Course Overview

Our BA Business Management with Finance top-up course provides you with a broad foundation in business. It helps you develop skills across several business disciplines to complement your previous studies and prepare for a business career.

This top-up course is delivered entirely online (part-time), meaning you can study at a pace and place that suits you. It mainly aims at those with a broad business-related HND, associate degree, or equivalent.

You can pay for this course flexibly on a module-by-module basis. So you don't have to pay the full course cost upfront.

Upon completing the course, you'll be well-placed to seek employment with a range of private, public, and third-sector employers.

General Eligibility

Our entry requirements indicate the minimum qualifications with which we usually accept students. Competition for places varies yearly, and you aren't guaranteed a business if you meet the minimum qualifications.

Minimum year 3

240 SCQF credits/120 ECTS credits at SCQF Level 8 or equivalent in an appropriate business and management subject area (i.e., basic understanding of principles in financial accounting, marketing, and operations).

Entry to the specialisms: You will also be required to demonstrate that you have the appropriate level of subject-specific underpinning in Marketing, Human Resource Management, Hospitality, or Finance to facilitate entry to the top-up degree (a minimum of 60 credits at SCQF level 7 or above, or equivalent)

Mature applicants who do not meet the standard entry requirements will be considered on a case-by-case basis taking into account RPL as appropriate.

Part Time Work Details

N/A

Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic)

  6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

  TOEFL Internet-Based Test

  80 overall, with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing

  Pearson’s Test of Academic English

  56 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

  Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)

  ISE III, ISE III, & ISE IV with a pass in each component

  LanguageCert English language qualification

  B2 Communicator Test with an overall 39 or above and 25 or above in all skills