Course Details

BA BUSINESS AND FINANCE

STAGE ONE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (6 mandatory and 2 elective, all at SCQF level 7)
• 4 courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

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

ELECTIVES (Choose 2)

• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Introduction to Psychology 2 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
• Business Skills (C17BS) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 1 to Stage 2:

• At least 90 credits at SCQF level 7 – with a minimum of grade D required in the 6 mandatory courses. 

STAGE TWO

Composition:

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

MANDATORY

• Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
• Quantitative Methods (F78QT)
  • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB) 

OPTIONAL – Choose 1 in each semester

• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18MF)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Business Entities (C19OP)
  • Operations Management (C19OP)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE) 

ELECTIVES (Choose 2: 1 from each semester)

• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18MF)
• Financial Reporting (C38FR)
• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Intro to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Business Entities (C19OP)
  • Operations Management (C18OP)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
  • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Intro to Psychology 2 (tbc)
  • Business Skills (C17BS)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 2 to Stage 3:

STAGE THREE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (5 mandatory, 1 optional and 1 elective – all mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 9)
• 4 courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

• International Bond and Currency Markets (C39SM)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (C39CN)
  • Financial Derivatives (C39SN)
  • Managing Corporate Value (C39CE)
  • Strategic Management (C19BU) 

OPTIONAL – (Choose 1 from either semester 1 or semester 2)

• Business Research Methods (C19RH)
• Research Methods (C39RM) 

ELECTIVES (Choose 2 – 1 in each semester if an optional course is selected)

• Consumer Behaviour (C19OB)
• Employment Law (C19EL)
• Innovation Management (C19IN)
• Project Management (C19PT)
  • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
  • Marketing Communications (C19MC) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 2 to Stage 3:

• At least 360 credits, with a minimum of 60 at SCQF level 9 – with a minimum of a minimum of grade C, at the first attempt, in 6 courses completed at Stage 3.

Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree

At least 360 credits, with a minimum of grade D required in the 5 mandatory courses completed at Stage 3, and at least one designated Management course from the following:

• Consumer Behaviour
• Employment Law
• Innovation Management
• Project Management  
• Critical Approaches to Management
• Marketing Communications 

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 Arts with distinction