BA (Hons) Business Administration
University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus
The BA (Hons) in Business Administration programme places emphasis on the functional, operational and strategic coordination of business activities. Throughout the course students develop an understanding of how organisational processes enable organisations to respond to external conditions in the market and the wider environment. Students gain a theoretical understanding of the nature of business and organisations, whilst developing practical skills, problem solving, risk assessment, group work and personal initiative.
This programme follows a rationale based on the principles of studying organisations as separate functions, interdependent operations and strategic entities.
Year 1
Compulsory
• Principles of Economics
• Introduction to Accounting & Finance
• Introduction to Mathematics & Statistics
• Academic Writing
Optional
• Managing People – Enterprise skills
• Business in Context
• English Language I
• English Language II
• University Elective
Year 2
Compulsory
• The External Business Environment
• Introduction to Business Functions
• Business and Management Project Essentials
• Data Communication
Year 3
Compulsory
• Planning your career OR Employability and PDP
• Management of Operations
• Global Environment of Business
• Managerial Decision-making
Optional
• Introduction to Financial Services Markets
• Business Analysis and Operations
• Marketing Principles for Business
• Developing Business Plans
• Student Initiated Module (SIM)
• Web-based e-commerce Systems
• Business and Economics in the European Union
• The Economics of Sport
• Managing Personnel and Human Resources
• Research Methods
Year 4
Compulsory
• Contemporary Issues in Business
• Business Strategy
• Personal and Professional Development for Business
Optional
FINANCE PATHWAY
• Financial Management for Business
• Risk and Capital Markets
• International Financial Environment
• International Financial Economics
HRM PATHWAY
• Evaluating HRM
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Learning and Development
MARKETING PATHWAY
• Introduction to International Marketing Management
• Marketing of Services
• Direct, Digital and Database Marketing
NON-PATHWAY OPTIONS
• Europe and the World Economy Advanced Dynamic Webpages & Content Management Systems
• Enterprise Project
• Dissertation
• Student Initiated Module (SIM)
The programme covers a spread of business topics that prepares candidates for a wide range of business careers. Employability is embedded in this programme which contains several features that support working lives; an emphasis on through-life learning and personal development, reflective practice, teamwork and client skills, as well as contact with businesses through applied projects and cases.
In addition, the subject material of the programme covers multinational and global corporations, local businesses, small and medium sized enterprises and start-up. This broad relevance, when joined with the personal capacity that the programme engenders, creates capable individuals whose value is recognised by employers and who have the capability to create work, as well as to seek it successfully.