BSc (Hons) Business Management
Course Overview
Business management qualifications open doors and are considered essential whether you are looking to pursue a business career or achieve higher responsibility levels in your current work. This BSc (Hons) in Business Management offers a strong grounding in an essential range of contemporary business management subjects.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 understand the business environment and employers' needs 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.
We also aim to help you develop lifelong learning skills so that you can take ownership of your professional development for the future, maximising your potential for success.
Highlights
- Our team of highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic business management lecturers offer face-to-face sessions, online classrooms and one-to-one support, ensuring you can access help and advice when you need it.
- You’ll be exposed to key concepts in areas such as people management, business law, marketing, strategic management, information systems and big data, project management, finance, innovation and enterprise, and have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of specialist modules in your final year that allow you to tailor your degree to areas of personal or professional interest.
- Our team of highly experienced and enthusiastic lecturers who have worked in a wide range of businesses ranging from multinational organisation to SME’s offers face-to-face sessions and one-to-one support.
- The Growth Company in Manchester offers excellent IT facilities, WiFi and well-appointed teaching, learning, and study areas.
Key Features
- The Growth Company is a well-established partner of the University of Bolton, based in Manchester, focusing on business, early years, and initial teacher training courses.
- 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 in advance 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.
- A link tutor provides academic communication between The Growth Company and the University of Bolton’s academic school so that the experience you receive as an off-campus student is equivalent to that of an on-campus student.
- As an off-campus student, you'll also have access to the support of the University’s dedicated Off-Campus team and resources, to help make you truly feel part of the institution.
- You’ll also have access to the University’s e-learning resources, an extensive e-library and the support of University librarians.
Entry Requirements
- Any subjects are acceptable at Level 3.
- You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics.
- If you have non-traditional entry qualifications and relevant experience, or a suitable portfolio of work that we consider a reasonable substitute for the qualifications we typically accept for this course, then we will be happy to consider your application.
- You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
- If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.
- This course is open to Home students only. Applications from International and EU students cannot usually be accepted because the study location for this course is not licenced by UKVI to sponsor students. Therefore, if you require sponsorship under the Student Visa Route to study in the UK, then, unfortunately, we'll be unable to consider your application for this course. Some EU students are eligible to study this course under the EU Settlement Scheme or Common Travel Area arrangement – for details, please visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/studying-in-the-uk-guidance-for-eu-students.
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
Career Opportunities
This BSc (Hons) Business Management course is designed to provide a broad understanding of business functions within the business and commercial world.
The course offers you a route into general management and specialist areas, such as business accounting and finance, enterprise, human resource management, business law, marketing, retail or supply chain management, so you can tailor your skills and knowledge to pursue your chosen career.
In addition to nurturing academic and sector-specific knowledge, the programme aims to support 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 to the changing world of work.
What can I do with this qualification?
Some graduates may choose to undertake further study in marketing, finance, human resources, computing, and international business management to develop their expertise in a particular area of business. Studying for an MBA is also another option.
Alternative career options
Graduates can also use the qualification as a stepping-stone into a range of other careers. For some of these roles, relevant experience and/or postgraduate study may be required. Some of these careers include:
- 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
Fees & Funding
Home/EU Fees
No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.
International Fees
No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.
Bursaries
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2025-26 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
How to apply
Home Applicants
Course application details are unavailable at present
International Applicants
Course application details are unavailable at present
Partner Organisation Applicants
Please contact Admissions by telephone on 01204 903903 or email enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
Admissions
University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton, BL3 5AB
United Kingdom
Tel: 01204 903903
Email: enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
Teaching & Assessment
Lectures introduce the core course content, while seminars allow you to explore subjects in greater detail. Tutorials offer you space to ask any questions you have, ensuring you understand the topics covered in the lectures and seminars. We use case studies and practical scenarios as a means to help you learn to apply academic theory to real-life practical scenarios, allowing you to gain insights into contemporary practice in a working business environment. You’ll also be expected to undertake considerable guided independent study, for instance, library research and background reading, preparing for seminar and tutorial activities, and working on assignments.
Furthermore, you’ll be expected to adopt work-based learning as part of your employment or during a work experience placement.
Guest lectures and presentations by visiting speakers from relevant employment areas will offer you the chance to develop your knowledge and understanding further.
You can expect time-constrained exams, essays, reports, presentations, portfolios, and others in terms of assessment. These contribute to your final module mark and demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes.
We also use other assessment forms to help you learn, provide you with feedback, and inform your development. These do not, however, count towards your final module mark.
Modules
The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.
- Professional and Academic Skills Development
- Business Law
- Business Environment
- Contemporary Issues in Marketing
- Information Systems and Big Data Analysis
- People and Performance
- Business Management and Career Development
- Leading and Managing Teams
- Project Management
- Enterprise, Innovation and Creativity
- Financial Management and Decision Making
- Business Project
- Dissertation
- Strategic Management
- Learning and Development
- Work and the Employment Relationship
- E Commerce and Contemporary Marketing Practice
- Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy
- Retail Management
- Advanced Company Law
- Financial Reporting for Management
- Strategic Information Management
Assessment methods
| Level | Assessment method |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Coursework 42% Practical exams 32% Written exams 26% |
| Level 2 | Coursework 67% Practical exams 25% Written exams 8% |
| Level 3 | Coursework 66% Practical exams 15% Written exams 19% |
Learning Activities
| Level | Activity |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Guided independent study 66% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 34% |
| Level 2 | Guided independent study 66% Placement/study abroad 17% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 17% |
| Level 3 | Guided independent study 77% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 23% |
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
