The Business Studies Department offers Association of Business
Studies (ABE) programmes leading to internationally respected and
accredited qualifications. Students on these programmes come from
a wide range of backgrounds, bringing with them appropriate prior
learning experience.
The Association of Business Executives (ABE) is a professional
organisation offering public examinations in Business Administration
and Travel and Tourism at certificate, diploma and advanced diploma
levels. To sit these examinations you have to become a member of the
ABE, and the College will assist students in applying for membership.
A small membership fee will apply.
Students are placed on either:
- a ‘Degree Access route’, enabling them to gain a Certificate in
Business Management, which is a qualification at level 3 of the
National Qualification Framework (NQF), or
- an ‘Advanced Diploma route’ where students will undertake a three year
programme leading to a professional qualification from the ‘Association
of Business Executives’ (ABE), at NQF level 6. This qualification is
equivalent to the end of second year BA(Hons) or foundation degree
level of a UK Business Studies degree programme.
Successful SCC Business Studies Students on both the Degree Access
and the Advanced Diploma routes gain internationally recognised
ABE qualifications. Students completing their Advanced Diploma in
Business Management are invited by several British Universities to
apply for the final year of a BA Hons Degree programme in Business
Management or in International Business Management via a one year “top-up” course.
ABE examinations are accepted
by the UK Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority.
All students intending to study
Business Studies at SCC will
need to be able to demonstrate
that they have prior learning
experience to a minimum
of NQF level 2 (GCSE’s or
equivalent). Students will be
re-assessed upon arrival at
the College and advised as
to which level is most suited
to their needs, taking into
account previously gained
recognised qualifications.
DEGREE ACCESS ROUTE
Business Technology
(Bus)/Advanced Business
Technology (Bus)
Students are introduced
to a range of computer
applications and to a course
in sales and marketing, as
well as strengthening their
numerical and communicative
skills, before moving on to
the Association of Business
Executives - ABE Business
Management syllabus.
Course Subjects:
- Integrated Business Technology [Analysis, Structure and
Presentation of Information using Database, Spreadsheet, Word
Processing and Graphics Applications] – Accredited by Association
of Computer Professionals (ACP)
- Sales and Marketing – Accredited by Association of Business
Professionals (ABP)
- A Numeracy and Communications component
- Presentation Skills – an internally devised course, specific to
SCC students
This section of the course will normally take 2 years depending on
progress of the student.
ABE Certificate in Business Management
Course Subjects:
- Business
- Accounting
- Quantitative Methods
- Business Communications.
Success in these examinations qualifies the student to progress to
either further study at diploma level or appropriate employment.
Students who enrol for 3 years on the Degree Access route and who
successfully complete the Certificate of Business Management at the
end of their second year, will be permitted to progress to the first year
of the Advanced Diploma route.
Entry requirements
Students must demonstrate competence in English Language and must
be able to show evidence of having gained qualifications at level 2 of the
National Qualifications Framework, GCSE, “O” level or equivalent.
ADVANCED DIPLOMA ROUTE
Diploma in Business Management
This programme enables students to develop analytical skills and a
deeper understanding of the business and management problems
covered at certificate level.
Diploma 1 – Course Subjects:
- Organisational Behaviour
- Economic Principles and their Application to Business
- Financial Accounting
- Quantative Methods for Business and Management
Diploma 2 – Course Subjects:
- Human Resource Management
- Management in Action
- Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication
- Managerial Accounting
- Principles of Business Law.
On completion of the diploma programme, students will be well
qualified to progress to either the advanced diploma, the second
year of a BA Hons degree at a British University, further professional
development or appropriate employment.
Entry requirements
ABE Certificate
or
Two ‘A’ level passes plus four GCSE passes at grade A- C, two of which
must be English and Maths.
or
Overseas qualifications which, following University of London or NQF
guidelines, may be accepted by ABE as being equivalent to the above.
Advanced Diploma in Business Administration
This advanced level qualification equips students to continue their
studies before completing the final year of an Hons degree or a Post-
Graduate qualification, either at a University or through distance learning.
Course Subjects
- Corporate Strategy and Planning
- Managing in Organisations
- International Business Case Study
- Strategic Marketing Management
- Strategic Human Resource Management for
Business Organisation.
The Advanced Diploma examination papers are set and marked to the
level of a second year BA(Hons) degree or foundation degree level of
a UK Business Studies degree programme.
Entry requirements
Either the ABE Diploma in Business Administration or a degree
awarded by a recognised UK or Overseas University.
