Sectors

Students take the first two years of this Kingston University honours degree course at Richmond upon Thames College before moving on to study for the final year at Kingston Business School. Whilst studying at the college, students enjoy the full benefits of the University’s facilities in addition to the college’s own higher education resources centre, providing PCs and work space for the exclusive use of HE students.

If you want an internationally recognised, marketing-related qualification awarded by a leading business school, you should consider this course. It will also suit you if you wish to study in a highly supportive, friendly environment where teaching takes place in small groups.

You will qualify if:
• You have a minimum of 160 UCAS points at AS/A2 level and five GCSEs (A-C) including English and Mathematics
Or
• You have a suitable BTEC National/AVCE profile and the above GCSEs
Or
• You have an appropriate Access to Higher Education qualification
Or
• You do not have the above formal qualifications but you do have relevant commercial experience and you are over 21 years of age on entry to the course.

Application for entry should be made through UCAS to Kingston University using the Institution Code K84, Course Code N500 and Campus Code R for Richmond.

Please note this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and elective modules.

Level 4 (Year 1)
Students will undertake the following modules:
Business Environment
Marketing
Business Accounting
Quantitative Methods & Statistics
Managing Yourself & Others
Business Information Systems
Law for Business I

Level 5 (Year 2)
Seven core modules (compulsory):
Operations Management
Human Resources Management
International Business & Institutions
Marketing Communications
Qualitative Marketing Research
Quantitative Marketing Research
Accounting for Business Performance

One elective module from:
Enterprise in Society
Small Business Computing
Managing Your Career
Decision Making

In each core and elective module, assessment is based on a combination of coursework assignments and end of module examinations or equivalent final assessments. The assignment programme is designed to enable you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of business concepts and your progress towards developing effective business skills. Supervised work placements and/or exchanges are also available at the end of Year 2.

The course provides a demanding and valuable route to a degree relevant to a career in marketing management. In doing so, it also lays a firm foundation for subsequent post-graduate qualifications and the qualifying examinations of professional bodies.

The UK/EU tuition fees set by Kingston University are £3,290 per annum.

You are advised to take out a student loan to cover the cost of the tuition fees and repay the money when you graduate and start earning.

Bursaries from Kingston University and maintenance grants and loans from your local authority are available depending on your household income.