Course Details

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

STAGE ONE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (7 mandatory and 1 elective, all at SCQF level 7)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

• Management in a Global Context (C17EB)
• Introductory Micro Economics (C27AA)
• Introduction to Accounting (C37FA)
• Enterprise and its Business Environment (C17EC)
• Business Skills (C17BS)
• Introductory Macro Economics (C27BA)
• Introduction to Finance (C37FI) 

ELECTIVES

• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 1 to Stage 2:

STAGE TWO

Composition:

• 8 Courses (1 mandatory, 3 optional, 2 SML electives and 2 HWU electives – all mandatory, optional and 2 SML elective courses are at SCQF level 8)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY – in semester 2

• Operations Management (C18OP) 

OPTIONAL

• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18FM)
• Commercial Law (C18CL)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB) 

SML ELECTIVES

• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18FM)
• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Financial Reporting (C38FR)
• Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE) 

ELECTIVES

• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18FM)
• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Financial Reporting (C38FR)
• Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Intro to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
• Quantitative Methods (F78Q7)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
  • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Intro to Psychology 2 (tbc) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 2 to Stage 3:

• •At least 210 credits, with a minimum of 90 at SCQF level 8 – with a minimum of grade E required in Operations Management and a minimum of grade D required in any 4 courses at SCQF level 8. 

STAGE THREE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (2 mandatory, 2 optional, 2 SML electives and 2 HWU electives – all mandatory, optional and 2 SML elective courses are at SCQF level 9)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

• Business Research Methods (C19RH)
• Strategic Management (C19BU) 

OPTIONAL

• Consumer Behaviour (C19CE)
• Employment Law (C19EL)
• Innovation Management (C19IN)
• Project Management (C19PT)
  • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
  • Marketing Communications (C19MC) 

SML ELECTIVE

• Consumer Behaviour (C19CE)
• Employment Law (C19EL)
• Innovation Management (C19IN)
• Project Management (C19PT)
• Management Accounting, Techniques and Decisions (C39MT)
• Auditing and Assurance (C39AU)
• International Bond and Currency Markets (C39SM)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (C30CN)
• Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
• Marketing Communications (C19MC)
• Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting (C39CA)
• Financial Derivatives (C39SN)
• Managing Corporate Value (C39CE) 

ELECTIVES

• Consumer Behaviour (C19CE)
• Employment Law (C19EL)
• Innovation Management (C19IN)
• Project Management (C19PT)
• Management Accounting, Techniques and Decisions (C39MT)
• Auditing and Assurance (C39AU)
• International Bond and Currency Markets (C39SM)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (C30CN)
• Statistical Techniques (C08QU)
• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18FM)
• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Financial Reporting (C38FR)
• Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Intro to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
• Quantitative Methods (F78Q7)
  • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
  • Marketing Communications (C19MC)
  • Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting (C39CA)
  • Financial Derivatives (C39SN)
  • Managing Corporate Value (C39CE)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
  • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Intro to Psychology 2 (tbc) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 3 to Stage 4:

• At least 360 credits, with a minimum of 60 at SCQF level 9 – with a minimum of grade C, at the first attempt, required in the 2 mandatory courses and a further 4 optional/elective courses at SCQF level 9. 

Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree

• At least 360 credits, with a minimum of grade D required in no less than 4 courses at SCQF level 9. 

Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree with distinction

• Where a student obtains grade A in no less than 5 SCQF level 9 courses, out of the 8 courses completed at Stage 3, the examination board will consider whether to make the award of Bachelor of Business Administration with distinction.