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Business Studies at South Chelsea College


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.

Business

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.

Association of Business Executives website


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