Senior Lecturer

Business with Financial Services (Top-up)  - UH-001008

Entry requirements for this course are normally one of the following:
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<li>HND Business or overseas equivalents (two years post baccalaureate) passed at 55% average</li>
<li>Successful completion of a foundation degree with 120 ECTS credits (or equivalent).</li>
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If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our <a href="https://hud.ac.uk/international/courses-and-entry-requirements/international-entry-requirements/">International Entry Requirements</a> page.

UH-001008 - Business with Financial Services (Top-up) 

Honours Core

Term 1 Option Choices

Choose if not choosing an option in each term

Year Long Option Choice

Term 2 Option Choices

Students can choose 1 x 20 credit option in each term OR 1 x 40 credit year long module

Honours Optional

Honours Level

Structure

Develop the interpersonal skills of effective listening, negotiating, persuasion and presentation.

Make evident an ability to critically analyse statistical information data.

Exhibit the ability to use key business skills in a fashion that enables the student to support business decision-making and to deliver key business functions.

Evaluate the development of appropriate policies and strategies within a changing environment to meet stakeholder interests.

Make evident knowledge and understanding of the business environment, including markets, the economy, social and ethical responsibilities, marketing and the International environment, together with an understanding of its impact on business.

Demonstrate an understanding of the wide range of factors, including economic, ethical, environmental and technological, together with their effects on local, national and international levels upon the strategy, behaviour, management and sustainability of organisations.

Recognise the value of collaborative working.

Demonstrate appropriate knowledge of the role of key skills in the management of business. 

Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others.

Display effective communication skills, oral and written, using a wide range of media.

Show an understanding of the use of relevant communication and information technologies in business.

Exhibit the ability to conduct research into business and management issues, leading to the ability to critically evaluate them in the final year.

Combine specialist business and marketing knowledge and practice with the study of business.

Exhibit an understanding of the relative, and appropriate, contribution that graduates can make in the work environment

Exhibit the ability to self-manage, working independently towards targets and goals.

Exhibit an understanding of the nature and purpose of the various business functions including aspects of finance and the development and management of people and resources.

Exhibit understanding of the nature and purpose of research methods in business.

Display appropriate knowledge and understanding of sustainable development issues leading to critical evaluation in the final year.

Display appropriate knowledge and understanding of Entrepreneurship, leading to critical evaluation in the subject in the final year.

Exhibit the ability to use key business skills in a fashion that enables the student to support business decision-making, create and evaluate alternative solutions and deliver key business functions.

Exhibit the ability to use a range of techniques to support independent learning

Demonstrate understanding of the appropriate use of analytical tools and communications skills.

Make evident an ability to critically analyse both theories and data.

Be able to critically evaluate relevant communication and information technologies.

Exhibit the ability to analyse and interpret quantitative data to be used in a number of contexts, for example forecasting.

Full details of the methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standards of learning and teaching can be found in the University of Huddersfield’s Quality Assurance Procedures for Taught Courses handbook.  
The Chartered Management Institute externally verifies the programme on an annual basis.

UH-001008

Full details of the methods of evaluating and improving the quality and standards of learning and teaching can be found in the University of Huddersfield’s Quality Assurance Procedures for Taught Courses handbook. 
Further information about the University of Huddersfield can be found on the website: <a href="http://www.hud.ac.uk">www.hud.ac.uk</a>.

Students will be supported by a number of staff associated with the course, as indicated below:
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<li>module tutors and module leaders, in the context of module-specific problems</li>
<li>year tutors: each year cohort will have a year tutor with specific responsibility for matters affecting the year group as a whole.</li>
<li>course leader, with responsibility for course-level issues and as an alternative source of support to year tutors</li>
<li>personal tutor system: all students will be allocated a personal tutor within the Management Department. Personal tutoring for these students will be proactive and skills and learning focused, whilst also accommodating those with more specific difficulties</li>
<li>where students have special educational needs alternative assessment strategies or documentation formats may be provided. </li>
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