| Application Deadline: | You are advised to apply as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,907 ≈ € 13,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Canterbury / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 240 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Management and business are in the top ten subjects for degree course choices as they combine excellent academic training with good career prospects. The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree gives you the academic foundation you need for a career in business or management.
The programme equips you with the fundamental skills and knowledge essential for managing the key areas of organisations: accounting, human resource management, quantitative methods, marketing, strategy and operations management. In addition, it gives you the choice of following specialist options, such as entrepreneurship and diversity, or spending a year working in industry.
Kent Business School students and staff come from a great variety of backgrounds and nationalities, which leads to a multicultural learning environment with a supportive and flexible approach to teaching.
Careers Kent Business School equips you with the skills you need to build a successful career. Through your study, you acquire communication skills, the ability to work in a team and independently, and the ability to express your opinions persuasively and with passion. Through modules on entrepreneurship such as our New Enterprise Start-up module, we give you the confidence and the expertise you need to start your own business and, through our varied contacts in the business world, we give you the opportunity to gain valuable work experience as part of your degree.
Our BBA graduates work in a variety of careers in management, business analytics, marketing, website management, recruitment and business development for companies such as Hays Consulting, Juniper Networks, Hewlett-Packard, IBM or Microsoft.
Stage 1
Core modules * Business Skills
* Computing for Business and Accounting
* Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis
* The Global Business Environment
* Introduction to Statistics for Business
* Introduction to Management
* Introduction to Marketing
* Micro Economics for Business
Stage 2
Core modules * Accounting for Management Control and Decision-Making
* Managing Human Resources in Contemporary Organisations
* Managing People
* Marketing Strategy
* Operations Management
* Strategy Analysis and Tools
Plus two options.
Stage 3
Core modules * Contemporary Management Challenges
* Corporate and Business Strategy
* Service Management
* Strategic Human Resource Management
Options You take 30 credits of options in Stage 2 and 60 credits of options in Stage 3.
* Business/Management Project
* Business to Business Marketing
* Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
* Diversity in Organisations
* E-Commerce and Business
* E-Marketing
* Enterprise
* Employment Relations
* International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
* International Marketing
* Law of the Workplace
* Marketing Communications
* Marketing Research
* New Enterprise Start-up
* Psychology of the Workplace
* Simulation Modelling
* Spreadsheet Modelling for Operational Research
* Techniques and Methods in Management Science
You can take up to 30 credits drawn from modules offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences, or in applied computing or European languages.
Year in industry
You can spend a year working in industry between Stages 2 and 3. Kent Business School has a placement officer who can offer advice and guidance.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testKent accepts a wide range of qualifications, and we always try to judge applications on the basis of academic potential. We consider your experience, alternative qualifications, and other information you enter on your application form. We try to ensure that students are not treated differently on grounds of race, colour, religion, disability, gender, sexuality or any other distinction.
A good pass from the Kent IFP with an overall average of 50%, including passing all components guarantees you entry onto the first year of this degree programme.
Offer levels
A/AS level 320 points (over 3 A levels), IB Diploma 33 points inc 4 in Mathematics or IB Diploma with 15 points at Higher inc 4 in Mathematics.
Joint honours: 300/320 points (3/3.5 A level equivalents) inc either BB/AB/AAB at A level.
Required subjects
* GCSE Mathematics grade C.
* For Year in Europe: GCSE modern language other than English grade C for French/Italian/Spanish variants. A level German for German variant.
English language entry requirements
In order to enter directly onto a degree course. you also need to prove your proficiency in English, and we ask for one of the following:
* average 6.5 in IELTS test, minimum 6.0 in reading and writing
* a TOEFL score of at least 580 including 4.0 reading and writing (paper-based test) or 85 including 19 reading and writing (internet-based test)
* grade C in Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
* grade B in Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English
* international GCSE English as a first language grade C; as a second language grade B.
We also accept some school English certificates.
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 580 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 85 |
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