Business and Management

This is a Connected Degree

Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course.

Overview

Stand out in the job market with a BA (Hons) Business and Management degree that gives you the skills and knowledge you need to excel in today’s evolving global business landscape, as well as a professional qualification from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Develop your professional skills and business understanding with opportunities to work on live client projects and industry problem solving tasks throughout your course.

You’ll have support in every step of your journey with initiatives such as our mentoring scheme with industry professionals, and grow your confidence with client work and optional industry placements — including a paid placement year — so you’ll graduate ready to make an immediate impact in the workplace.

With opportunities to hear from industry guest speakers, join networking events, and take part in our 'Big Business Convo' topical discussions, you'll set yourself up for success in your career every step of the way.

Starting with a detailed core curriculum including marketing, finance, managing people and operations, this degree gives you strong foundations on which to build your business knowledge. After your first year you’ll choose which direction to take your learning, with a choice of specialisms such as sustainability or analytics.

Course highlights

• Graduate with a professional qualification from the Chartered Management Institute alongside your degree, to really make your CV stand out

• Feel workplace ready with dedicated professional skills development and practical learning opportunities throughout your course

• Get hands-on experience such as offering advice to local small businesses as part of our Business Consultancy Project

• Take a paid placement year with a business such as L'Oreal or BAE Systems

• Build a strong foundation of global business and management knowledge with comprehensive core modules

-Take your learning in the direction that reflects your interests, such as finance, analytics, marketing, or sustainability

• Benefit from a range of support including initiatives such as our industry mentoring scheme

• Grow your own network by joining extra-curricular events with industry professionals

• Get support for setting up your own business from our Entrepreneurs in Residence

Accreditation

We have partnered with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) so that you can gain a value added professional qualification alongside your degree. Students on our BA (Hons) Business and Management can be awarded a CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership upon successful completion of their degree programme. Upon joining their degree course, students become members of the CMI and are able to access a range of benefits, resources and events to support their professional development.

Careers and Opportunities

This degree will open doors to a wide variety of careers in the business world.

Previous graduates of this course have secured jobs as:

• HR manager

• business transformation consultant

• marketing manager

• project manager

• army officer - squadron operations

• business development executive

• product marketing executive

• account manager

• personal banker

• compliance analyst

• supply chain manager

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as:

• British Telecom

• Deloitte

• HM Government

• IBM

• Disney

• BAE Systems

• NHS

• John Lewis Partnership

• Estée Lauder

• Volkswagen Group UK

• Microsoft

(Data taken from HESA Graduate Outcome surveys)

Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

• Business Accounting
• Business Operations and Systems Management
• Economics For Business
• Managing People in Organisations
• Marketing Principles and Practice
• Professional & Academic Skills For Success

Year 2

Core modules in this year include:

• Business Analysis and Decision Making
• Employability, Research and Professional Development
• International Business
• Leadership, Ethics, Governance and Sustainability

Options to choose from in this year currently include:

• Business Venturing
• Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Financial Management
• Human Resources For the Professional
• Innovation Management
• Intermediate Economics
• Modern Foreign Language
• Risk Management and Supply Chain Vulnerability
• Business and Employment Law
• Business Analytics and Decision Modelling
• Electronic and Mobile Commerce
• Event Planning and Marketing
• Financial Decision Making and Control
• Human Resource Development
• Managerial and Decision Economics
• Managing Product Portfolios
• People Resourcing and Talent Management
• Procurement and Supply
• Public Relations
• Social Computing For Business
• Study Abroad 120 Credits (Year Long)

Placement year (optional)
On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry. We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

Year 3

Core modules in this year include:

• Business Analysis and Decision Making
• Employability, Research and Professional Development
• International Business
• Leadership, Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
• Strategic Management

Options to choose from in this year currently include:

• Business Venturing
• Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Financial Management
• Human Resources For the Professional
• Innovation Management
• Intermediate Economics
• Business Consultancy Project
• Contemporary Issues in Product and Service Development
• Critical Leadership: Theory and Practice
• Cross Cultural Awareness For Business
• Discrimination and Conflict in Employment Law
• Management & Information Systems
• Operations Strategy and the Supply Chain
• Public Policies and Labour Markets
• The Tourism Experience
• Transformative Marketing
• Trends in Technology
• Business Improvement & Creativity
• Destination Marketing
• International Financial Management
• Managing Equality & Diversity At Work
• Project Management For Enterprise
• Responsible and Sustainable Business
• Taxation
• Dissertation - Accounting and Financial Management
• Dissertation - Economics and Finance
• Dissertation - Marketing
• Dissertation - Operations and Systems Management
• Dissertation - Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management
• Dissertation - Strategy, Enterprise and Innovation

We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

How you're assessed will depend on the modules you select.

As well as online assessments and coursework you may be assessed using:

• practical exercises
• written reports
• presentations
• portfolios
• research proposals

As a guide, students on this course are typically assessed as follows:

• Year 1 students: 58% by written exams and 42% by coursework
• Year 2 students: 32% by written exams and 64% by coursework
• Year 3 students: 24% by written exams and 76% by coursework

You'll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark.

We'll give you feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business