Business Management and Marketing with Placement Year

University of Derby
Undergraduate BA Full-time with year in industry 4 Years Business and management studiesEvents management

UCAS Points

112 points

About this course

BA (Hons) Business Management and Marketing with Placement Year

Skills in business management and marketing make for a powerful combination. Our BA (Hons) Business Management and Marketing gives you a firm foundation for further professional qualifications plus the confidence and creativity to shape marketing strategies at the highest level.

Why choose this course?

You will gain a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 Diploma alongside your degree to accelerate your career ambitions. As this course is also accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), you can gain exemptions towards the CIM Certificate in Professional Marketing too.

Is this course for you?

If you want to become a business manager with a thorough grasp of marketing innovation, this course offers a distinctive, stimulating learning experience.

How you will learn

Drawing on our links with prominent marketing professionals and business leaders, you can enhance your CV through work-related learning, live projects, case studies and business simulations. You will build practical skills in everything from social media marketing to market sensing.

Boost your employability with a placement year

You’ll have the opportunity to take a placement year to put the skills you’ve learned into practice in a real-world environment. We'll support you to find your placement and throughout your year in industry. Placements allow you to gain valuable experience to add to your CV, make industry contacts and help you to narrow down what kind of role you may be interested in after graduation.

Careers and employability

BA (Hons) Business Management and Marketing marks you out as an ambitious professional with the potential for rapid promotion. Our graduates now work in companies such as the BBC, Capita and Centrica while others have set up their own businesses.

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff Points 112 points

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2431 Management consultants and business analysts
1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
7220 Customer service supervisors
2432 Marketing and commercial managers
1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
1139 Functional managers and directors

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Study Mode
Full-time with year in industry
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Derby
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Business and management studies, Events management