Business with Business Communication (Top-Up)

Overview
Improve your English and learn valuable business communication skills while you study core subjects such as global business, leadership and strategic management.

With this top-up degree you can build on your previous higher education studies in business to gain a full BA (Hons) degree in just 1 or 2 years.

This degree combines English language improvement with the study of business. You can do this undergraduate degree in a single year or in 2 years, depending on your level of previous study and your ability to write and speak English.

Eligibility
This course is open to international, EU and UK students whose first language is not English. A key part of the course is improving your written and spoken business English.

Course highlights

• Learn in a Business School that's ranked 3rd in the UK for teaching power (Financial Times 2021)

• Improve your English in 3 ways: dedicated English language classes to improve your vocabulary and grammar; business communications classes where you'll practise presentations, interviews and writing for business; living and working with both UK and international students and experiencing life in a welcoming UK city

• Understand the global business environment through study that explores cross cultural awareness for business, international business and ethics and sustainability in business

• Research an independent study project in an area that interests you

• Experience excellent support from both your tutors and our dedicated global team

Careers and opportunities
Graduates of this course have gone into careers such as:

• business development and consultancy

• recruitment

• digital marketing

• publicity

• financial and risk analysis

Postgraduate study
Many graduates of this course go on to postgraduate study on master's courses such as MSc International Business or MA Business Communication for International Leadership. As a graduate of Portsmouth you may be able to get a scholarship or a reduction on your postgraduate tuition fees if you continue your studies with us.

Set up your own business
We're an endorsing institution for UK start-up visas, so we can offer you lots of help and support if you want to stay in the UK after you graduate and set up your own business.

After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

• Business Analysis and Decision Making (20 credits)
• Business Communication 2 (20 credits)
• General Language Grade 5 (English) (20 credits)
• International Business (20 credits)
• Leadership, Ethics, Governance and Sustainability (20 credits)
• Services Marketing (20 credits)

There are no optional modules in this year.

Year 2

Core modules in this year include:

• Business Communication 3 (20 credits)
• Business Improvement & Creativity (20 credits)
• Cross Cultural Awareness for Business (20 credits)
• General Language Grade 6 (English) (20 credits)
• Independent Study Project (20 credits)
• Strategic Management (20 credits)

There are no optional modules in this year.

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.