Business and Management courses
Whether you’re seeking entry into the world of business or looking to progress your career towards a management position, our business and management courses have much to offer you. Choose below from our range of degrees, diplomas and certificates.
Business and Management
Degrees
- Also known as an undergraduate or bachelors degree.
- Internationally respected, universally understood.
- An essential requirement for many high-level jobs.
- Gain a thorough understanding of your subject – and the tools to investigate, think critically, form reasoned arguments, solve problems and communicate effectively in new contexts.
- Progress to higher level study, such as a postgraduate diploma or masters degree.
Total of 360 credits
- Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.
- One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.
- You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.
- For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long will it take?
Business and Management
Diplomas
- Widely recognised qualification.
- Equivalent to the first two thirds of an honours degree.
- Enhance your professional and technical skills or extend your knowledge and understanding of a subject.
- Study for interest or career development.
- Top up to a full honours degree in just two years.
Total of 240 credits
- Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.
- One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.
- You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.
- For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long will it take?
Business and Management
Certificates
- Widely recognised qualification.
- Equivalent to the first third of an honours degree.
- Study for interest or career development.
- Shows that you can study successfully at university level.
- Count it towards further qualifications such as a DipHE or honours degree.
Total of 120 credits
- Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.
- One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.
- You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.
- For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long will it take?
Why study Business and Management with The Open University?
The Open University Business School has been delivering transformational, high quality business and management education for over 30 years. You can be reassured by the quality of our teaching as we’re proud to be part of an elite and exclusive group of the top 1% of global business schools who are triple accredited.
The benefits of studying business and management with us:
- You can specialise in accounting, economics, innovation and enterprise, leadership practice or marketing.
- Our computing & IT and business degree meets the accreditation requirements of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
Careers in Business and Management
As organisations must innovate to meet the challenges of economic uncertainty and global competition, they’re looking for managers with adaptable skills to help them succeed. A good grounding in commercial awareness and the leadership skills that business and management qualifications develop is becoming more valuable to employers.
Our range of courses in business and management can help you start or progress your career as a :
- Middle or senior manager across all sectors
- Business Development Manager
- Entrepreneur or Business Owner
- Management Consultant
- Business Analyst
Looking for something other than a qualification?
The majority of our modules can be studied by themselves, on a stand-alone basis. If you later choose to work towards a qualification, you may be able to count your study towards it.
All Business and Management courses
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