Business and Supply Chain Management (Extended Degree) - BA (Hons)

Northumbria University, Newcastle

The Business and Supply Chain Management BA (Hons) degree has been designed to give you the ideal balance between a broad understanding of business and a more focused emphasis on operations and supply chain management.

You will undertake a balanced 50/50 split between business management content (where you explore business functions such as finance, marketing, and human resources) and operations and supply chain management topics such as International Operations Management, Applied Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Global Logistics and Inventory Management, Strategic and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, and Supply Chain Innovation. The degree will start with a heavy focus on broad business content, becoming gradually more supply chain management focused as you move towards final year.

The University have Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and is also covered by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation for Newcastle Business School.

The Business and Supply Chain Management course has been designed to prepare you for graduate employment in operations and supply chain management or broader business and is a CILT (UK) Accredited Degree. This degree is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS - UK).Before your final year of studies, you will be encouraged to undertake a work placement, study abroad or combine both. In the final year, you’ll have the option to carry out a group consultancy project in the Business Clinic, a management enquiry project or a dissertation depending on whether you completed a placement. The management enquiry project will allow for working individually to investigate a real business issue, and gaining critical practical experience.

This extended degree provides an alternative route to higher education and supports those who don’t meet the standard entry requirements for an undergraduate degree. It includes a foundation year that gives you the chance to establish a strong academic foundation while exploring a wide range business issues, ranging from strategy and marketing to entrepreneurship and responsible management.

This first year of this course will introduce you to the key concepts of human resource and marketing management and the concept of strategic and contemporary management. It will provide you with a broad context of knowledge and development of the essential skills required for industry. You will then learn how to apply key theoretical themes in an end of year project.The foundation year of the course delivered at level 3 which develops your ability to study in Higher Education is not accredited. Subsequent levels and years are accredited and deliver the knowledge, competencies, and skills required to meet the specific course accreditation requirements that relate to the approved accredited award title.