About BA (honours) Business Management (1/2 Year Top-up) in Sheffield Hallam University

Course summary

• Convert your business Foundation, HND or academic credits into a full Honours degree
• Advance your skills, knowledge and career prospects in business
• Choose between separate start dates which allow for students whose first language isn't English
• Gain valuable skills in everything from negotiation to strategy, marketing to management
• Take specialist pathways or more general business and employability modules

This course allows you to become fluent in the world of business while topping up your existing qualifications or academic credits. You'll develop vital personal, analytical and communication skills, and graduate ready to hit the ground running in the world of business.

This course offers separate pathways to allow for different interests, languages and availability. The September start date focusses more on international aspects of business, with modules including an international business consultancy project, and marketing in a global context.

The January start allows for those whose first language isn't necessarily English. It offers managerial and professional modules, as well as the opportunity to hone your English skills for business.

Your modules are taught by seasoned academics and business practitioners, and are geared toward the real-world application of theory and academic skills.

You learn through:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Coursework
• Examinations
• Presentations
• Case studies

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• managerial positions
• human resources
• recruitment
• academia
• teaching

Previous graduates have gone on to work for

• NHS
• BMW
• River Island
• Interflora
• HSBC
• the National Railway Museum

Undergraduate programmes

Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes

• Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
• A levels
• International Baccalaureate
• HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree

• Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.

  For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.

  Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    79
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 52
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)    

• Grade C
• Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Reading: minimum Grade E 
• Writing: minimum Grade E

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