Become a dynamic business management graduate – topping up your existing credits and qualifications while preparing to operate in diverse settings and contexts.
Develop your critical thinking and a global business mindset.
Enhance your team-work and management skills to achieve business objectives.
Understand and apply a variety of business management theories and principles.
Build an agile skill set for working in dynamic business environments.
Convert your business Foundation degree, HND or academic credits into a full Honours degree in one year.

Businesses need effective managers to ensure success in a competitive and challenging global business environment. Whether you work in a global organisation, a small or medium-sized business enterprise (SME), public sector or a not-for-profit organisation, this Business Management (1 year top-up) course helps you to become a successful business manager of the future. 

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

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

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

 

Applicants normally need one of the following

• a foundation degree, HND or equivalent qualification in business and/or management, with an overall merit profile from year two modules

• 120 year one and 120 year two credits, with an overall mark of 55 per cent or above, from a relevant business degree or equivalent

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

We welcome applications from people of any age. There may be some flexibility in entry requirements provided you have other relevant learning or experience. This must show that you will benefit from and successfully finish the course.

If English is not your first language you need an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, with a minimum score of 5.5 in each skill. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Academic And Professional Excellence	20	Coursework
International Business Strategy And Practice	20	Coursework
International Management Research Project	40	Coursework
Responsible Global Business Management	40	Coursework