Develop your career as a socially and ethically engaged, globally connected professional who is creative, enterprising, resilient, and innovative
This Business and Management degree provides you with a broad introduction to the fundamental principles of business and management in a rapidly changing, increasingly globalised world.
Supported by practice-based interdisciplinary teaching and research, you’ll develop your business expertise alongside the practical and professional skills needed to effectively manage the challenging issues affecting organisations today.
Course Structure
The MA programme is delivered either full-time over one year or part-time over two years. You need to take 120 credits of classroom-based taught modules first, before completing your 60-credit dissertation project.
We combine academic study with practice-based teaching. You’ll learn through a variety of activities including lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, online activity and discussion, work-based learning and research projects.
Staff on this course offer access to a wide range of academic and practical expertise in business and management. You’ll benefit from one-to-one tutorials, workshops, peer-support and shared learning.
We work with you to ensure that what you learn on the course translates into effective practice in the workplace, and develops your professional potential.
What does the course cover?
- Gain a thorough grounding in current best practice and theory, enriched by real-world problem-solving
- Benefit from access to a valuable network of industry links and opportunities for further accreditation
- Choose a broad programme of study, or specialise in accounting, entrepreneurship, international business or marketing.
Course Modules
Level 7
This course includes or offers the following modules. Contact us for more information on which modules are core, required or optional.
- Entrepreneurship
- Governance, Ethics and Risk Management
- Financial and Management Accounting
- Marketing Management
- Digital Marketing
- Research Methods
- Managing People
- International Business Environment
- Dissertation
How you are assessed
You’re assessed in a variety of methods that may include some or all of the following across the various modules on the course:
- Reports on work-based assignments
- Research project reports
- Portfolios
- Reflective Learning and work experience journals
- Reviews
- Proposal papers for projects, funding or events, business plans, or strategy documents
- Project progress reports
- Project evaluations
- Presentations
- Essays
- Exams
Bath Spa University
Known for its commitment to creativity, sustainability, and community, Bath Spa University offers an enriching environment where traditional academic excellence meets modern innovation. Their courses, delivered through FSB, are crafted to inspire, challenge, and prepare you for a changing world.
With our partnership, FSB students gain access to unique perspectives and methodologies that blend creativity with critical thinking, setting the stage for a transformative educational experience.
Entry requirements
• Bachelors degree with honours in any subject awarded at 2:2 or above.
• Each applicant will need to provide a 300 word statement of purpose.
• If not a UK degree, ECCTIS (formally NARIC) will be used to establish equivalence to UK degree.
• If degree not delivered in an English majority speaking country, then the applicant will also need to provide an English language test showing an equivalence to IELTS 6.0 (min. 5.5 in each component).
Get in touch
Please contact our Admissions Team for more information
Fees and Funding
FSB’s programmes are delivered under franchise agreements with partner universities who are registered Approved Providers with the OfS.
Therefore our students are eligible to apply for student finance from the Student Loans Company to cover the cost of their tuition fees, as well as maintenance grants to help with the cost of living.
Please get in touch with our Admissions Team for more information.
