BA (Hons) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL YEAR ONE
BA (HONS) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL YEAR ONE
Business is about numbers of course, but it’s even more about people. Our Business & Management degree will prepare you with the analytical tools that drive business strategy as well as the influencing and team building skills required in a successful business.   
It’s a highly flexible programme which, after a solid grounding in year one, allows you the freedom of choice to specialise in those areas of business that interest you most.   
There’s a great variety of subjects to focus on from marketing to talent development, from project management to law or entrepreneurship and many more.  
Our course will deepen your overall business understanding while allowing you to keep your options open, until you choose where to focus.
About
This course is designed for international students with an academic background from outside of the UK. The first year taught at INTO UEA is designed to improve your English language skills, increase your knowledge of academic theories, and develop key study and research skills for undergraduate study, before you transition to the Norwich Business School (NBS).
At Norwich Business School, we believe that excellent management is all about complementing hard and soft skills. That means understanding numbers, their use and how they can shape your view about an organisation. It also means focusing on people, how they behave and why they behave as they do. On our course, you’ll become adept at this difficult balancing act, a skill that is highly prized in the business world. We believe that anyone can become a great manager, no matter what their background is, so our course is inclusive and welcoming to all.  
You’ll have the opportunity to hone your qualitative and quantitative capabilities, while learning how to work with people, building your reflective skills, and developing your ability to look at yourself and your own work critically.  
At UEA, we aim for an evidence-based management, so you will learn to pose questions and challenge assumptions and use evidence to make your own decisions and back them up. Students will develop quantitative and qualitative skills, learning how to deal with numbers and accounts, and how to interpret statistics, as well as how to manage people and resources. You’ll also gain experience working with others and presenting your findings and ideas. This is an invaluable practice for your career when you’ll need to not only develop solutions to problems, but also persuade people of their validity.  
Norwich Business School is a friendly and supportive school, with a lively and international cohort. We are in a region that’s safe and welcoming, with a thriving business innovation and enterprise community. All our teaching is informed by our world-leading research and real-world business experience. That means you’ll gain knowledge of the latest issues and debates facing industry and employers.  
Our current research interests include finance, accounting, employment systems and institutions, responsible business regulation, marketing, entrepreneurship and business strategy, and innovation, technology and operations management.

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Important Information
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the courses listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the regular review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. Changes may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will inform students.After the Course
In an ever-changing and increasingly complex world, one thing is certain: Norwich Business School is where great business careers begin. Our degrees have a proven track record of leading to successful careers in management.  
Whether you want to excel within a large organisation or bring big ideas to a small business, your business management degree will provide you with the grounding of hard and soft skills required for a successful career in any number of management roles.  
You could work in any industry, from manufacturing, to retail, to the service industries, media, arts, entertainment, sport and more, at multinational and major companies such as Sky, Unilever, Manchester United and British Airways. All businesses need the skills you will develop here, so the list is endless.
Career destinations
A degree at UEA will prepare you for a wide variety of careers. We've been ranked 1st for Job Prospects by StudentCrowd in 2022.
Examples of careers that you could enter include:
- HR manager  
- Operations manager  
- Supply chain manager  
- Marketing manager  
- Entrepreneur  

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Assessment for Year 1
You’ll be assessed through a mix of essays, presentations, reports and online tests. Our assessment methods have been developed not just to measure your skills, but also to aid your learning. For example, when you’re writing an essay, you’ll receive feedback on a formative exercise first. You’ll then have a chance to make revisions and improvements before handing in a summative essay for assessment. This helps you identify and focus on areas for improvement. The English team also dedicate time in classes to provide support and assistance with content assessments, including providing support and feedback for essays and allocating class time to practice presentations, on which the English teachers will give feedback and suggestions for improvement.Assessment for Year 2
You’ll be assessed through a mix of essays, presentations, reports and online tests. Our assessment methods have been developed not just to measure your skills, but also to aid your learning. For example, when you’re writing an essay you’ll receive feedback on a formative exercise first. You’ll then have a chance to make revisions and improvements before handing in a summative essay for assessment. This helps you identify and focus on areas for improvement.  
There are numerous opportunities to take this further with engagement in our employability prizes, sponsored and judged by industry and business specialists. In previous years, Adnams, the famous Suffolk brewer, has sponsored a prize for students on the Marketing Communications module, and the Alan Boswell Group (independent insurance brokers and financial planners) have sponsored a first-year prize.
Assessment for Year 3
You’ll be assessed through a combination of essays, presentations, reports and online tests. Our assessment methods have been developed not just to measure your skills, but also to aid your learning. For example, when you’re writing an essay you’ll receive feedback on a formative exercise first. You’ll then have an opportunity to make revisions and improvements before handing in a summative essay for assessment. This helps you identify and focus on areas for improvement.  
There are many opportunities to take this further with engagement in our employability prizes, sponsored and judged by industry and business specialists. In previous years Adnams, the famous Suffolk brewer, has sponsored a prize for students on the Marketing Communications module, and the Alan Boswell Group (independent insurance brokers and financial planners) have sponsored a first-year prize.
Year 1
Compulsory Modules (120 Credits)
BD-01 (20 Credits)
This module provides a basic understanding of business and management for those students who will undertake an undergraduate degree involving the study of business. The module pursues the following themes: models of management, the business environment, managing people, leadership, corporate social responsibility, organisational culture, human resource management, managing change, corporate strategy, marketing, organisation structure, managing finance and budgets, managing operations, and managing information systems.
BD-03 (20 Credits)
The aim of this module is to develop an appreciation of the nature and historical development of organisational behaviour. The module introduces key concepts, theories and methodologies in organisational behaviour and develops an understanding of the linkages between research, theory, and practice.
BD-06 (20 Credits)
The aims of this module are to provide a firm foundation in the theory and practice of accounting for those students going on to study accounting at a more advanced level. The module assumes no previous studies of accounting and pursues the following themes: the balance sheet, the profit and loss account, the double entry system, adjustments of accounting, accounts of limited companies, costing, budgeting and variance analysis.
BD-07 (20 Credits)
Topics to be covered in this module include: what is economics, its scientific status; demand and supply analysis including elasticity concepts and tax incidence; costs and profit maximisation; perfect competition, monopoly and monopolistic competition; game theory and oligopoly; factor markets; an introduction to welfare economics – market failure, public goods and externalities. There will be some simple applications of calculus to problems in microeconomics such as profit maximisation etc.
BD-08 (20 Credits)
Introductory Macroeconomics is a module designed as an introduction to university-level macroeconomic analysis. We start by considering national income accounting and the circular flow of income model. We then consider output and aggregate demand in an economy with a fixed price level: we analyse the expenditure multiplier model, the goods market and fiscal policy; the money market and monetary policy; the IS-LM model. We finally move on to an economy with a flexible price level and introduce aggregate supply factors into the analysis: we consider the Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand model; inflation, unemployment, and the Phillips’ curve; economic growth.
BD-09 (20 Credits)
This module is broadly divided into three parts. Firstly, students are trained in the transferable skills of spreadsheets, including their usage in a business context. Secondly, the module introduces basic mathematical techniques that are used in analysis, including a revision of basic maths, introductory statistics, and modelling. Thirdly, the module engages students in statistical analysis for a range of problems using SPSS or similar software. Considerable attention is placed on the interpretation of numbers.
ESSBE (0 Credits)
The aims of this module are:
- to improve students’ ability to deal with complex academic texts
- to develop critical ability in relation to academic writing
- to develop fluency and confidence in academic discussion and (iv) to enhance students’ ability to extract information from spoken texts
The module will include an investigative project involving research and investigation, data collection and analysis and a written and oral presentation of methods and results.
(Note from HC – this is not a credited module – students do not receive credits for this as they are just tested on English at the end).
Year 2
Please see the BA Business Managment page for information on the Year 2 modules.
Year 3
Please see the BA Business Managment page for information on the Year 3 modules.
Important Information:
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring and review of modules. Where this activity leads to significant change to a programme and modules, the University will endeavour to consult with affected students. The University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. Availability of optional modules may be restricted owing to timetabling, lack of demand, or limited places. Where this is the case, you will be asked to make alternative module choices and you will be supported during this process.
Entry Requirements
Additional entry requirements
Satisfactory completion of A-levels, a recognised Foundation programme, or the first year of an overseas university degree programme with good grades, or equivalent. 
English  Requirements
From: IELTS of 5.5 overall and in each component. 

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Fees and Funding
Year 1: from £19,470
Year 2 & 3: View our information for Tuition Fees for subsequent years.
Course related costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
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How to Apply
Applications need to be made via the INTO Online Application Form.  Applicants cannot apply for this course via UCAS. 
 

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