Introduction

The BA (Hons) Professional Studies programme provides a broad coverage of the key functions of management and the context in which organisations operate. It is our aim to equip you with a level of knowledge and managerial skills that will enable you find suitable and rewarding employment upon graduation and facilitate further personal and career development in the future

The overall aim of the BA (Hons) Professional Studies programme is to equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience that will enable you to be 'professionally ready' on graduation. The programme provides broad coverage of the key functions of management and enables you to appreciate the importance of the social, political, ethical, technological, environmental and global contexts in which organisations operate. The programme also provides opportunities for you to develop creativity, communication, problem solving, time-management and decision making abilities through a range of skills and knowledge relevant to modern business and professional contexts. This facilitated through the opportunities provided to investigate current issues within the business and professional environments.

BA (Hons) Professional Studies aims to:

• Provide articulated progression from appropriate higher level study and to facilitate progression to further HE study at post-graduate level;
• Place emphasis on autonomy and independent, self-directed learning appropriate to honours level and beyond
• Provide opportunities for the application of knowledge, skills and understanding within appropriate Honours level assessment activities (e.g. dissertations, projects, critiques etc);
• Develop the students' presentational and communication skills, whether oral, written or through electronic media to professional standards
• Encourage self-reflection and self-criticism, contextualised to own learning, performance and coursework;
• Provide a factual or knowledge base with the emphasis on more complex/unpredictable aspects of the chosen subject;
• Equip students to discuss aspects of their subject/profession with confidence and to enable them to appreciate where multiple solutions or ambiguity exist;
• Provide appropriate blended learning via formal lectures, group work, one-to-one tutorial support, peer support and sustained self-directed learning.

You will need to demonstrate the following learning outcomes in order to complete the course. You will have already have partly or wholly achieved many of these outcomes in your work experience or previous studies. BA (Hons) Professional Studies will enable you to further develop these skills and contextualise them in your professional activities.