Bsc (hons) Business Management (marketing) Top-up in University of Bolton, UK

Bsc (hons) Business Management (marketing) Top-up in University of Bolton

Course Details

Business management qualifications open doors and are considered essential whether you’re looking to pursue a career in business, or achieve higher levels of responsibility in your current work. We’ll support you to enhance your existing Foundation Degree or HND-level knowledge and skills, ready to achieve the status of BSc (Hons) Business Management (Marketing) Top-up graduate. You can study advanced aspects of business, management and marketing, enhance your professional skills, and boost your employability.

Building on your prior studies, we’ll guide you as you explore specialist areas including digital marketing strategy, marketing for E-commerce and global consumer behaviour. This Honours-level programme will also support you to gain knowledge of strategic management, and develop critical inquiry and research skills to improve your work and enhance its quality. When you successfully complete the course, you’ll also receive the CMI Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management and exemptions for some CIM professional qualifications.

Developing your employability is a key focus of this dynamic and flexible programme. Real-life case studies, guest speakers and industry visits are designed to help you to understand the business environment and the needs of employers in local, national and international contexts. We’ll support you to develop sought-after skills such as communication, data analysis, time management, team working and problem solving.

Key Features:

• This course is offered within our vibrant Institute of Management environment in Bolton town centre.
• We use small group and tutorial teaching, so you have the opportunity to benefit from the excellent support offered by our teaching staff.
• We regularly invite guest speakers who hold senior positions in industry and practice, enabling you to benefit from their knowledge and advice.
• Course materials are available online, allowing you to prepare work at home and make the most of the highly interactive in-class tuition.
• Contemporary research findings are woven into our teaching. We offer a robust academic underpinning to your studies of business management.
• Our dedicated team will support you as you develop critical thinking and research skills and apply these during your final year dissertation or work-based project (if you’re in suitable employment).

Career Opportunities

Our dual award BSc (Hons) Business Management (Marketing) Top-up course is designed to consolidate and extend your understanding of business functions within the business and commercial world to Honours-level, and develop your knowledge of marketing.

The course offers you a route into general management as well as the specialist area of marketing. As a graduate, areas such as supply chain management, enterprise, finance, law, retail and people management will also be open to you. The dual qualification gained on successful completion of this course is designed to enhance your employability in your preferred field of management.

In addition to nurturing academic and sector specific knowledge, the programme supports your development of key employability skills, such as critical thinking, problem solving and data analysis. Overall, the course aims to give you an essential appreciation of the skills needed to thrive and adapt in the changing world of work.

What Can I Do With This Qualification?

Graduates with specialist marketing knowledge underpinned by a broader understanding of how businesses and managers operate have a competitive advantage when entering employment or self-employment. As a graduate of this course, you’ll be equipped to enter a wide range of business and management roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Possessing knowledge of the marketing landscape, brand and consumer analysis and digital communication is valuable for most management roles. You’ll be well placed to embark on careers in areas such as retail management, human resource management, customer service management, advertising, merchandising, logistics and supply chain management. You might also pursue a career specifically as a marketing manager or consultant.

You may choose to undertake further study in order to develop your expertise in a particular area. A wide range of postgraduate and professional development courses are available in specialist areas of marketing such as digital, content and social media marketing, market research or public relations. Alternatively, you could focus your studies on human resources, finance, law, computing or international business management. Studying for an MBA is also another option.

Alternative Career Options

• Hotel and leisure management
• Public relations
• Financial management
• Information systems
• Market research analysis
• Product management
• Health policy and information
• Purchasing
• Teaching and education
• Media (TV, film, online, newspaper, magazine)
• Self-employment
• Banking
• Auditing and quality assurance
• Project management
• Risk and insurance

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