Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Management with Marketing

at Leeds Beckett University - City Campus United Kingdom

Civil engineering is a rewarding profession with engineers increasingly working in multidisciplinary teams.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Study a practical course that will ensure you have the technical and management capabilities to contribute effectively in a wide range of environments
• Be supported in recording your initial professional development for membership of the accrediting institutions
• Secure work placements during the summer, with the help of your course team

Accredited IEng (Full)

This degree is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) comprising the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers, Institute of Highway Engineers, and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation on behalf of the Engineering Council as fully satisfying the educational base for an Incorporated Engineer (IEng).

The course team will help you secure work placements during the summer and your sandwich year, if you choose to take one. A placement or sandwich year will provide you with a great opportunity to gain practical experience in the workplace, which will help you apply for jobs when you graduate.

Gain the skills to shape and maintain the world around us. The growing demand for infrastructure to sustain modern societies and underpin economic and social development requires creative solutions from engineering professionals.

This accredited course will help you develop your career as a leader in design, construction and management operations within civil engineering.

As part of your course, you’ll:

• Develop your technical ability, understanding of engineering principles, commercial flair and environmental awareness
• Study contractual issues, health and safety, business functionality, communication skills, report writing, codes of conduct and responsibilities to your team
• Develop research capability and skills to analyse complex problems
• Develop leadership skills required to meet changing technical and commercial needs in civil engineering

Prepare to enter the thriving music industry, part of the growing UK creative economy that employs millions nationwide.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Explore ways of turning your passion into a rewarding career
• Develop a deep-rooted knowledge of different facets of the industry
• Learn about key areas of the music industry, including marketing, developing online content, managing live music events, copyright and HR
• Taught by academic staff with a wealth of industry experience
• Get involved in real-world projects 

You could be a musician looking to complement your creativity and boost your employment prospects, an entrepreneur with ambitions to transfer your business acumen to the worlds of music and entertainment, or you may just love music.

Develop your skills in product design and professional practice.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Gain insight into user requirements, economic, environmental and ethical considerations, as well as materials, manufacturing, production and industry capabilities
• Use your insights to help inform the design of your products
• Design a range of products for both commercial and domestic use, including furniture, interior products, consumer goods and sustainable products
• Work on live industry briefs, which will ensure you’ll be working in real world settings to design products that make a positive contribution to the world around us

As part of your course you’ll:

• Study sports journalism within the wider context of journalism as a practice
• Learn how to produce real journalism content within ethical, legal and institutional constraints and influences
• Practise assessing and analysing the developing market
• Gain a historical and theoretical understanding of journalism, and sports journalism’s rich past and challenging future
• Be encouraged to create content for traditional and emerging platforms
• Develop your transferable content production skills
• Start to build your professional contacts and confidence

Dietitians strive to provide the best possible nutritional care for clients with acute and chronic health conditions.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Learn to interpret and communicate the science of nutrition
• Understand how to use dietary manipulation and food to treat disease and optimise health
• Gain practical experience in our modern health science, clinical skills and catering laboratories

The Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulates dietetics. The title of Dietitian is protected by law. This means that anyone who uses a designated title must be on the HCPC Register. Successful completion of the BSc (Hons) Dietetics course will give you the eligibility to apply for registration with the HCPC after you graduate.

Develop your theoretical understanding, technical skills and creative practice in the emerging field of sonic arts through a series of lectures, seminars and workshops which aim to challenge preconceptions surrounding musical composition, performance and sound art.

You will explore varied approaches to sound practice through exposure to modern ideas and techniques in the areas of electroacoustic music, spatial sound, contemporary music thinking and sound interactivity. You will have the chance to investigate new software and hardware tools, inquire into the ideas and practical work of the most influential contemporary music thinkers, such as John Cage, Pierre Schaeffer and Brian Eno, and produce a variety of creative artefacts to begin building your own music and sound repertoire.

The course is delivered by a team of practitioners, whose work at the forefront of this field enjoy critical acclaim at an international level, and who will support you in preparing for a career in sound or further study.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Study contemporary accounting issues, techniques and practices
• Explore the theoretical principles of accounting theory
• Understand issues and challenges faced by companies when applying accountancy theory in modern day business
• Gain professional accounting exam exemptions on successful completion

Accounting examination exemptions

On completion of this course, you’ll be able to apply for the following exemptions from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA):

• Business and Technology
• Management Accounting
• Financial Accounting
• Corporate and Business Law

You may also be eligible for the following exemptions from ACCA:

• Performance Management
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Management

Develop skills in analysis, legal reasoning, evaluation and advocacy on this Leeds Law School qualifying law degree.

The course is recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board as meeting the academic requirements of your legal training, and completion will enable you to undertake further study in order to become a solicitor or barrister.

As part of your course, you’ll:

• Gain an understanding of the legal systems, rules and practices that govern and regulate society
• Study commercial and social relationships
• Have unlimited and free access to all law textbooks offered by Oxford University Press online through Law Trove, a subscription only service, worth almost £200 per year
• Have the opportunity to work with a professional mentor

Equip yourself with the expertise to contribute more effectively to the delivery of health and community care. You will increase your knowledge of new developments in the field, gain finely tuned time management and prioritisation skills and hone your understanding of the complex issues at the forefront of your specialist area.

This course incorporates a variety of modules to meet the needs of a wide range of healthcare environments. Emphasis is placed on self-directed and lifelong learning, and you will be given one-to-one support to plan and organise a personalised programme of study.

You will have the opportunity to consider your area of practice in significant depth and further develop your critical analysis and reasoning skills. With our part-time option, you will have the flexibility to study at your own pace to fit your learning around your work and personal commitments.