Right now, business is booming in Cornwall. The current business landscape has turned Cornwall from a peripheral concern into a business power in its own right. Local business owners are capitalising on the power of the Cornish brand, and our course will give you a front row seat as the area moves from strength to strength.
The degree course is designed to unleash and showcase your entrepreneurial and management potential. We are committed to the belief that everyone has the potential to succeed, so long as they are given the right levels of personalised support.
Our excellent relationships with the local business community will allow us to develop your business skills whilst also allowing you to develop a network of meaningful business contacts.
Improvements in both physical and digital infrastructure mean that businesses in Cornwall are thriving, come and be a part of something exciting.
Staff teaching you may include:
The course is delivered through a range of lectures, seminars, workshops with visiting Businesses and individual tutorials.
Our business and management degree program will help you to
develop a range of leadership and management skills to be able to make a
positive impact on organisations. You will learn how to recognise potential opportunities
and how to remain adaptable to the needs of the business, both now and in the
future.
Entrepreneurial thinking and innovative practice form an
integral component of our teaching model, and we work closely with local
business partners, to help you develop these skills in using real work
scenarios.
We are looking for students who are self-starters and who
thrive on being challenged. You do not need to have studied any business
subjects before, but being open-minded and resilient are useful prerequisites.
* Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum
enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you,
please discuss it with the Course Leader.
On average you should allow for between 40-50 hours per week for your
studies of which approximately 40% will be taught and 60% will be self-study.
In your first year, you will study the environments that contemporary businesses and entrepreneurs operate in, whilst learning how businesses communicate with their customers to meet their ever-changing needs.
You will also study how business seek to manage their staff both effectively and ethically whilst also attempting to manage their impact on the environment
In year 2, you will build on what you have learned in year 1 by studying how business managers undertake strategic decision-making and maintain effective control of their finances. You will also expand your study horrizons to investigate the challenges posed by operating business enterprises in multiple countries.
In the second year, you will also undertake a business research project as well as being involved in a collaborative enterprise project.
FdSc Business Management tuition fees for 2024 entry for UK/EU students will be £8250 per academic year.*
If you're from the EU/EEA and want to find out whether you qualify for 'home fee' please read the full guidance on the UK Government's website. Go to Government's website
Additional course expenditure is likely to include:
• A Laptop – It doesn’t matter which platform (Apple or Windows, though a mac can run windows software through Boot Camp). It should have 16GB RAM, at least a 500GB hard drive plus. Buy as fast a processor as you can afford. Approximate cost £500.
£200 - £300 -
Recurring annual costs
£50- £70 per
module for associated course materials. Many modules will have lower
costs than these indicated.
£50 - Optional study
visits and placements for the course duration.
If you need to
bring equipment or materials with you, these will be outlined in your Welcome
Letter.
* Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University and partner Bodmin College may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
We consider all applications on their own individual
merit and potential. We invite all applicants to an interview to give them the opportunity to demonstrate this along with what inspires and
motivates them in their field.
We welcome
applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM,
the arts or humanities.
As a guide our typical offer at undergraduate level
is 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points, primarily from Level 3 qualifications such as
but not limited to A-levels, T Levels, a BTEC/UAL Extended Diploma or a Foundation
Diploma. Check how many points
your qualifications are worth
