Strategic Management & International Business (Top-Up) BA (Hons)

Course Content

• Course Details

  This strategic business management course includes key areas such as international trade, strategic management, and cross-cultural communication. We provide English language support and training workshops throughout the academic year to help you understand how to prepare, write and present your academic work at the university. Your principal module, Business Project, will allow you to have opportunities to work on a real project, and applying your knowledge in real business scenarios.

  We use innovative teaching strategies and assessment methods to enhance your learning experience, such as blended learning for a flexible and personalised learning experience; formative assessments for ongoing feedback/support. This should help to make your learning experience be more engaging, interactive, and effective.

  List of modules

  • Stage 1

    Module list:

    International trade and commerce – Module code: BUS3019
    Status: Compulsory (20 credits)

    The purpose of this module is to familiarise students with the tools and core concepts required to understand the forces that shape international trade and help determine trade policies, set within the context of theories and models in contemporary international business environment.

    Strategic management across culture – Module code: BUS3020
    Status: Compulsory (30 credits)

    The purpose of this module is to equip students with the tools and techniques to manage business strategies that differ and may be divergent across cultures. Management practices and processes frequently differ across national and regional boundaries. As managers find themselves working across cultures, the need to understand and effectively navigate these differences has become increasingly important. This module examines why these differences exist and how as global managers students can develop multicultural competencies to deal with them effectively.

    Business project – Module code: BUS4005
    Status: Compulsory (30 credits)

    The purpose of this module is to help students develop their essential research skills and business management skills and their ability to present, analyse and evaluate information in a reflective and critical manner, addressing either a strategic management or international business issue.

    Applying academic conventions – Module code: EDU3066
    Status: Compulsory (20 credits)

    This module is to help students to develop their ability to effectively apply academic conventions in the subject area, focusing on subject-specific and academic language development for a variety of written and spoken contexts. Students acquire reading strategies to engage effectively with academic literature and develop communication skills to enable active contribution to collaborative tasks.

    Academic Conventions for Critical Analysis – Module code: EDU3067
    Status: Compulsory (20 credits)

    This module develops language and thinking skills for critical analysis and evaluation in academic and subject-specific contexts. Students analyse and critique academically challenging texts to support academic arguments, making effective use of information from a range of sources and adapting use of language to the purpose and context.

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• FAQs

  How will I learn on the Strategic Management & International Business top up degree?

  On this international business & strategic management course, you can expect taught study to be a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, industry visits and guest lectures.

  How will I be assessed?

  The assessments for all modules are given to students at the start of the course and are made up of presentations, essays, reports and reflective portfolios.

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