Course Overview

This course allows you to discover how organizations are managed while developing your business mindset.

You'll explore the internal structures, and strategies businesses adopt in response to critical external drivers for change that impact them.

This part-time course is studied at a pace determined by an individualized program that best suits you. You'll learn alongside full-time students, but there is flexibility in the number of modules you choose to explore each trimester.

The course provides modules that give you real-world experience and the option to undertake a work placement. The practical knowledge and wide range of skills you will acquire through studying the program will enable you to pursue a broad range of career opportunities upon graduation.

For those who wish to start their own business while studying or after graduating, The Bright Red Triangle – our start-up incubator with certified and experienced business advisors and a sleek co-working space in central Edinburgh – is available.

General Eligibility

Minimum year 1

SQA Higher

Standard Entry Requirement

BBBB

National 5 grade C in English.

National 5 Maths recommended.

Minimum Offer Entry Requirement

BCCC 

National 5 grade C in English.

National 5 Maths recommended.

A Level

BCC

GCSE grade C/4 in English.

GCSE Maths recommended.

Irish Leaving Certificate

H2, H2, H3, H3 at Higher Level and grade O4 in Ordinary Level Maths and English.

BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3

Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit).

GCSE grade C/4 in English.

GCSE Maths recommended.

BTEC (QCF) National Diploma Level 3 plus A Level

Minimum grades DM (Distinction, Merit).

A Level grade C

GCSE grade C/4 in English.

GCSE Maths recommended.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Award of Diploma with 28 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, 4.

Grade 4 in SL Maths and English.

European Baccalaureate

Pass at 70% or above with grade 7 in three subjects.

Grade 6 in Maths and English.

HNC

Unrelated HNC subjects may be considered for year 1 entry where a C in the graded unit is achieved.

Minimum year 2

HNC

Pass HNC in Administration and IT, Business, Business & Finance, Human Resource Management, Management (not Retail), Marketing or Marketing Communication with grade C in the graded unit.

SQA Advanced Higher

BBC

A Level

BBB

CMI

Successfully complete CMI Diploma in Management and Leadership at Level 7

ILM

Successfully complete ILM Certificate/Diploma in Leadership and Management at Level 5/SCQF Level 9

Minimum year 3

HND

Pass HND in Administration and IT, Business, Business & Finance, Human Resource Management or Marketing with grades CC at SCQF Level 8 in the graded unit(s).

CMI

Successfully complete CMI Diploma in Management and Leadership at Level 8

ILM

Successfully complete ILM Certificate/Diploma in Leadership and Management at Level 5/SCQF Level 9

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week

Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic)

  6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

  TOEFL Internet-Based Test

  80 overall, with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing

  Pearson’s Test of Academic English

  56 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

  Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)

  ISE III, ISE III, & ISE IV with a pass in each component

  LanguageCert English language qualification

  B2 Communicator Test with an overall 39 or above and 25 or above in all skills