About Business & Management MA(socsci)/bsc/llb/ma in University of Glasgow

You will benefit from a wide range of diverse expertise within Business & Management, as well as our collaborative ties with local industry and commerce which make significant contributions to the degree programme. Theory and practice are taught through a variety of innovative learning methods and opportunities.

YEAR 1

Year 1

You will take four courses: Organisational behaviour; Introduction to marketing; Principles of management; Foundations of finance.

YEAR 2

You will take four courses: Fundamentals of human resource management; Business decision analysis; Entrepreneurship; Service operations management.

You will also study other subjects of your choice in years 1 and 2: see Flexible degrees.

YEARS 3 AND 4

In the Honours programme, you will study five core classes including Strategic management, Global business, Ethics and business, Research methods and an integrative experiential learning course.

Optional courses are offered from a range of disciplines including entrepreneurship, marketing, human resource management and organisational behaviour, international business, service operations and finance. 

In your final year of study, as a single honours or joint honours student, you will carry out a substantial piece of research into your area of interest in business and manegement, in the form of your final year dissertation.

Course details

Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised. In exceptional circumstances, however, the University may withdraw or alter a programme. For more information, please see: Student contract.

OUR INTERNATIONAL LINKS

There are opportunities for you to go abroad for up to a year as part of your undergraduate studies.

You can apply to spend part or all of your third year at another university. We currently have links with partners across Europe, the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Courses taken overseas through our exchange programmes form part of your degree.

There are no additional tuition fees and you get support and recognition for your time abroad through the programme.

You don’t need to speak a foreign language

Many of our partners teach in English. You can also take free language classes to prepare for your time abroad as part of the University’s Learn a Language initiative.

SQA Higher Entry Requirements (by end of S6)

• AAAAAA Higher or AAAA + BB Advanced Higher (AAABB S5 minimum for consideration)
• Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject or Mathematics.

SQA Higher Adjusted Entry Requirements* (by end of S5 or S6)

• MD20 – BBBBB (also other target groups*)
• MD40 – AABBB*
• Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject or Mathematics. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.

A-level Standard Entry Requirements

• AAB – BBB
• Additional requirements: A-level English or Humanities subject.

IB Standard Entry Requirements

• 38 (6,6,6 HL) – 32 (6,5,5 HL)
• Additional requirements: HL English or Humanities subject.

International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of foundation certificates.

For applicants whose first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)

• 6.5 with no sub-test under 6.0.
• Tests must have been taken within 4 years 5 months of start date. Combined scores from two tests taken within 6 months of each other can be considered.

TOEFL (ib, my best or athome)

• 90 with minimum R 20, L 19, S 19, W 23.
• Tests must have been taken within 4 years 5 months of start date. Combined scores from two tests taken within 6 months of each other can be considered.

PTE (Academic)

• 60 with minimum 59 in all sub-tests.
• Tests must have been taken within 4 years 5 months of start date. Combined scores from two tests taken within 6 months of each other can be considered.

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