BA Management and Philosophy

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate a broad understanding of the marketing and financial accounting functions performed within organisations;
- apply generic and subject specific intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were originally studied;
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms;
- understand how financial statements are produced and how to interpret financial information produced for publication and for planning, decision-making and control within the organisation;
- understand and apply basic marketing principles; and
- demonstrate the knowledge and understanding required for more advanced, specialist study in Programme Year 3.

On completion of the year students should have developed to an intermediate level the skills developed at Level 1, and should have:
- acquired a sound grasp of central contexts, texts and theories in central areas of the discipline
- begun to develop the ability to see interconnections between different areas of the discipline, and to synthesise a view of their own.

They should have provided evidence of being able to:
- apply generic and subject specific intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were originally studied;
- use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information;
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility; and
- IT, numeric and modelling skills.

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the ability to apply a range of aspects of the discipline to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline; and
- the ability to evaluate and critically analyse received opinion.

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

1. demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
2. work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
3. demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
4. the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.