Business and Enterprise (Final Year Entry)

Final Year

Compulsory modules

• Social Enterprise and Innovation

  This module is focused on developing students’ understanding of contemporary issues in entrepreneurship through their active involvement in the Business Faculty’s entrepreneurship research and practitioner communities. This ensures that students learn in ways that parallel or reflect the ways that staff themselves research into entrepreneurship and engage with entrepreneurs and in entrepreneurship. The content, in addition to being contemporary, also reflects the breadth and multi-disciplinary nature of the entrepreneurship research domain. Areas covered include but are not limited to Social Enterprise and Social Innovation. Whilst the module is research-led it is also practically orientated, supporting the development of essential research and self development skills, as well as providing practical insight into student understanding and career aspirations.

• Critical and Reflective Academic Practice

  This module is designed to develop academic literacies for use on other modules across the programme. Through the design of the final coursework assessments, youwill acquire the essential independent learning skills to support this stage of your Undergraduate study, including research skills, critical thinking, reflection, academic writing, presentation skills, and academic conventions. It will also give you the opportunity to develop your digital literacies and group working skills.

• Contemporary Business Operations and Emerging Technologies

  This module provides an integrated understanding of contemporary business operations, purchasing and supply chain management, the role of emerging technologies, and the impact of artificial intelligence on business decision-making. Students will explore how businesses develop, implement, and sustain efficient operations while adapting to rapid technological advancements. The module will cover core areas such as operational strategy, supply chain and procurement, process efficiency, digital transformation, and AI-driven business decision-making. The module follows a structured, topic-based approach, with each area studied for approximately two weeks before synthesizing learning into a summative assessment.

• Applied Research for Social Impact

  The aim of this module is to provide you with the opportunity to undertake an independent research project that addresses real-world challenges and contributes to positive social change. This capstone module integrates research skills developed throughout the programme, enabling you to critically investigate contemporary issues with significant social, environmental, or organisational implications.

• Advancing your Career Path

  This module aims to develop your knowledge of the theory and practice of career and management. Contemporary organisations increasingly expect employees to self-manage their careers, change roles within the organisation and develop the careers of those they line manage. You will be required to demonstrate critical insight into your own knowledge, skills and experience and consider how this might allow you to manage your post-graduation career.

• Entrepreneurial Business Management

  Students become familiar with the steps involved in innovation, developing a business idea and drawing up a business plan. This module provides an in-depth focus on the skills involved in evaluating business ideas, the practical steps involved in launching a business and the necessary processes of winning the finance. The module also addresses those issues that ventures must consider when planning for the eventual exit strategy and so focuses attention on the purpose of business enterprise.

• Entrepreneurial Business Launch

  Students become familiar with the steps involved in developing a business idea and drawing up a business plan. This module provides an in-depth focus on the skills involved in evaluating business ideas, the practical steps involved in launching a business and the necessary processes of winning the finance. The module also addresses those issues that ventures must consider when planning for the eventual exit strategy and so focuses attention on the purpose of business enterprise.

• Entrepreneurial Business Ideation

  Students become familiar with the steps involved in innovation, developing a business idea at an early stage, conducting initial market research, and learning from the experience of entrepreneurs who have engaged in the same process. This module provides a lean start-up focus on the skills involved in evaluating business ideas, and the learning that can be gained through primary research into others experiences. The module also focuses attention on the purpose of business enterprise.