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Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Engineering Business Management

Programme Introduction
As a student on this course, you will be preparing for a career in product-based companies, either within a commercial function, such as marketing or purchasing or in operations management. Core content of the course consists of business, management and technology.

Technology is taught via product analysis and artefact studies, and is focused on its business implications. The course makes no presumption of technical knowledge. Business and management topics make extensive use of case studies and project work. A range of assessment methods is employed, including a final-year project that simulates setting up a subsidiary of a multinational company.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Programme Introduction
This programme provides a diploma-qualified engineer an opportunity to gain a degree in Electroncs & Electrical Engineering. The course consists of studies in micro electronic devices, electrical power systems together with supporting subjects in computing, networking and project planning. You learn about the design of power systems and methods of the supply and control of electrical energy. Microelectronics, taught at an advanced level, will include practical design considerations. Project planning, a vital aspect of engineering, will utilise advanced computer tools.

The individual project will allow you to use all of the studies and knowledge gained so far to solve a series of objectives in a specific area applicable to your intended onward career.

We offer a full range of computing services to support our courses. We have well-equipped EEE lab, up-to-date computer facilities offering Linux, Windows 2000, CISCO networking, wireless LAN, multimedia authoring packages, web-site development tools, and specialist workstation environments. All students have full internet access and email facilities.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing

Programme Introduction
As a student on this course, you will learn how to apply appropriate methods to specify, design, program, test and document software. You will examine the hardware these systems run on, from the single-user PC up to multi-user and networked computer systems. You will learn how to analyse and design information processing systems using computer-based tools, and build database systems to meet commercial needs.

Alongside this, skills acquired during this course in logical thinking, problem solving and project management will equip you for a career in many roles in business or industry and many more in emerging fields.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Administration

Programme Introduction
Generally, management deals with developing strategies and policies for organizations, setting ethical goals and standards, effectively allocating and using resources, making decisions, and evaluating performance to create value for customers. Management offers a challenging field with unlimited opportunities in a variety of areas.

This undergraduate programme provides general Business modules that introduces and explains the complexity of business and develops some key skills such as information searching and presentation. Alongside this, you will also develop skills in team building, leadership, general problem-solving and research.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Information Technology

Programme Introduction
How do you build a website to expand your market? What is involved in automating your purchase and sales ledgers? What value can an intranet be to your company? Should you outsource computing requirements? Can you increase customer satisfaction using IT? All these questions are about improving the competitive advantage of a business organisation and all depend upon the effective deployment of the right kind of information technology.

This programme provides the skills and knowledge for using IT to solve business problems. You will learn business skills, develop an understanding of management and finance, and appreciate the need for strategic thinking. Your IT knowledge will include website design, database implementation, information systems development and Internet technology. Integrative study focuses on key topics such as customer relationship management, knowledge management, business process re-engineering and the use of decision support systems. You may explore IT applications in marketing, accounting and finance, personnel management or international business.

Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Business & Human Resource Management

Programme Introduction
The main aim of the joint honours degree in Business and Human Resource Management is for you to study two related disciplines you are interested in. You will study roughly equal amounts of Business and Human Resource Management. The Business modules introduces and explains the complexity of business and functional business applications. Alongside this, you will also develop skills in team building, leadership, general problem-solving and research. The Human Resource Management modules highlights human resource fundamentals and concepts, as well as the theoretical foundations to successfully accomplish the business objectives of a firm by the effective management of scarce resources: Capital, human, and physical.

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Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Business & Marketing

Programme Introduction
The main aim of the joint honours degree in Business and Marketing is for you to study two related disciplines you are interested in.

The Business modules introduces and explains the complexity of business and functional business applications. Alongside this, you will also develop skills in team building, leadership, general problem-solving and research.

Marketing focuses on developing coordinated programs to successfully manage a company's relationship with its target customers in order to meet its strategic goals in a competitive environment. As a student, you will learn how to assess customer desires, create products to meet specific needs, and develop distribution, pricing and promotional strategies to efficiently target your customers. Students will gain a solid foundation in the basic disciplines essential for understanding consumer and organizational buying patterns.