Bachelor of Arts/Science (Hons) - Business and Management
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Epsom / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
With the practical knowledge, professional experience, and entrepreneurial spirit you'll acquire on our BA/BSc Business and Management degree program, you may have an effect on international business organizations.
Our program, which is offered at the Business School for the Creative Industries, is designed to help you become a creative leader in a rapidly expanding industry. You will be prepared for a variety of careers in the creative business sector through the course's several units, and you will have the option to focus on one of five industry sectors: fashion, games, music, cosmetics and beauty, lifestyle, or cosmetics and beauty.
You will learn about project and operations management as well as the foundations of marketing, finance, and accounting in first year. You'll also learn about starting your own business, as well as the significance of management and organizational behaviors.
In your second year, in addition to gaining knowledge and abilities in e-commerce, you'll also learn about international business practice and law as it relates to the creative industries. You'll create your own management approach for your business, and ideally, you'll do a work placement.
You will study business strategy, undertake exhaustive research, and develop a profound understanding of sustainability and corporate ethics in your final year. Your final project, which can be a business plan or consulting assignment, will help you finish your studies. It may be based on your experience working for an organization.
Before beginning your first year of study for a degree, you can also enroll in an international foundation year that focuses on English and essential creative abilities. You can also spend a year on a professional placement to obtain invaluable work experience before moving on to your final year of study.
Program structure
Year 1
- Business Bootcamp 1: Design Thinking & Orientation
- Managing the Creative Industries
- Foundations of Marketing and Communications
- Economics for the Creative Industries
- Business Seminar 1 – Understanding Consumers
- Business Bootcamp 2: Research and Development
- Creative People and Organisations
- Understanding Trends & Forecasting
- Cosmetics & Beauty: Business & Practices (elective unit)
- Fashion: Business & Practices (elective unit)
- Games: Business & Practices (elective unit)
- Lifestyle Products: Business & Practices (elective unit)
- Music: Business & Practices (elective unit)
- Business Seminar 2 – Business Analytics
Year 2
- Business Bootcamp 3: Storytelling and Narrative
- Financial Management
- Influence & Influencers (elective unit)
- Fashion Buying (elective unit)
- Festivals & Cultures (elective unit)
- Digital Marketing Analytics (elective unit)
- Gamification & Marketing (elective unit)
- Wearable Technology (elective unit)
- Business Seminar 3: Professional Practice
- Business Bootcamp 4: Exploring Innovation
- Operations & Logistics
- Identity & Marketing (elective unit)
- Supply Chain Analysis & Management (elective unit)
- Behavioural Studies and Consumption (elective unit)
- Professional Placement (for 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)
Year 3
- Business Bootcamp 5: Research & Methodologies
- Cosmetics & Beauty: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)
- Fashion: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)
- Games: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)
- Lifestyle Goods: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)
- Music: Contemporary Issues (elective unit)
- 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)
- Creative Business Start-up (BA course)
- Data Mining for Marketers (BSc course)
- Predictive Analytics for Business (elective unit BA/BSc course)
- Audience Evaluation (elective unit BA/BSc course)
- Business Seminar 4: Strategy & Decision Making
- Business Bootcamp 6: Developing Enterprise
- Degree Project
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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