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BA/BSc (Hons) Business and Management.

University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Designed to prepare you for a range of career opportunities in the creative business sector, our BA/BSc Business, and Management course will equip you with the practical skills, entrepreneurial attributes, and industry experience required to make an immediate impact on global business organizations. Based on techniques that have produced world-leading creative professionals in a sector that is undergoing substantial growth, each unit of the course will prepare you for a range of career opportunities in the creative business sector and you'll have the opportunity to specialize in one of five areas: Fashion Industry, Games Industry, Music Industry, Cosmetics and Beauty Industry, and Lifestyle Industries. In Year 1, youll be introduced to the fundamentals of marketing, finance, and accounting, and learn about project and operations management. Youll also understand the importance of management and organization behaviors and learn about launching your own enterprise. As well as developing knowledge and skills in e-commerce, youll gain an understanding of law within the creative industries in your second year, as well as an international business practice. Youll develop your own business management style and ideally undertake a work placement.

General Eligibility

Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4) Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma Merit at UAL Extended Diploma 112 new UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject 27-30 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma with at least 15 IB points at Higher level, see more information about IB entry requirements. And four GCSE passes at grade A*-C and/or grade 4-9 including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • Business Bootcamp 1: Design Thinking & Orientation

  • Managing the Creative Industries

  • Foundations of Marketing and Communications

  • Business Seminar 1 – Understanding Consumers

  • Creative People and Organisations

  • Business Bootcamp 2: Research and Development

  • Economics for the Creative Industries

  • Business Seminar 2 – Business Analytics

  • Understanding Trends & Forecasting

All students choose one unit from the following:

  • Fashion: Business & Practices (elective unit)

  • Music: Business & Practices (elective unit)

  • Lifestyle Products: Business & Practices (elective unit)

  • Games: Business & Practices (elective unit)

  • Cosmetics & Beauty: Business & Practices (elective unit)

2 Year 2

  • Operations & Logistics (all students)

  • Business Seminar 3: Professional Practice (all students) 

  • Creative Business Start-up (all students)

  • Business Bootcamp 4: Exploring Innovation (all students)

All students choose one unit from Gamification & Marketing and Wearable Technology

  • Gamification & Marketing (elective unit)

  • Wearable Technology (elective unit)

BA students choose one unit from Digital Marketing Analytics or Influence & Influencers or Festivals & Cultures or Fashion Buying or Financial Management for the Creative Industries.

BSc students choose one unit from Digital Marketing Analytics or Financial Management for the Creative Industries.

  • Digital Marketing Analytics (elective unit)

  • Influence & Influencers (elective unit)

  • Festivals & Cultures (elective unit)

  • Fashion Buying (elective unit)

  • Financial Management for the Creative Industries (elective unit)

BA students choose one unit from Supply Chain Analysis & Management or Behavioural Studies & Consumption or Identity & Marketing.

BSc students choose one unit from Supply Chain Analysis & Management or Behavioural Studies & Consumption.

  • Supply Chain Analysis & Management (elective unit)

  • Behavioural Studies and Consumption (elective unit)

  • Identity & Marketing (elective unit)

  • Professional Placement (for all students not on Professional Practice Year pathway)

  • Creative Innovation (for students on the Professional Practice Year pathway)

  • Industry Lecture Series (for students on the Professional Practice Year pathway)

  • Critical Analysis with English for Academic Purposes 1 (For direct entry international students only)

  • Critical Analysis with English for Academic Purposes 2 (For direct entry international students only)

3 Year 3

  • Business Bootcamp 5: Research & Methodologies (all students)

  • Business Seminar 4: Strategy & Decision Making (all students)

  • Business Bootcamp 6: Developing Enterprise (all students)

  • Degree Project (all students)

All students choose one unit from Cosmetics & Beauty: Contemporary Issues or Fashion: Contemporary Issues or Games: Contemporary Issues or Lifestyle Goods: Contemporary Issues

  • Cosmetics & Beauty: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)

  • Fashion: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)

  • Games: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)

  • Lifestyle Goods: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)

All students choose one unit from Music: Global Industry & Futures or Cosmetics & Beauty: Global Industry & Futures or Fashion: Global Industry & Futures or Games: Global Industry & Futures or Lifestyle Goods: Global Industry & Futures

  • Cosmetics & Beauty: Global Industry & Futures (elective unit)

  • Fashion: Global Industry & Futures (elective unit)

  • Games: Global Industry & Futures (elective unit)

  • Lifestyle Goods: Global Industry & Futures (elective unit)

  • Music: Global Industry & Futures (elective unit)

  • Data Mining for Marketers (elective unit)

  • Audience Evaluation (elective unit)

  • Predictive Analytics for Business (elective unit)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
IELTS Indicator 6.0 (no component below 5.5).

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