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Part time
2 years
OCT
MBA - Master of Business Administration
MBA Humanities / General Studies / Combined Studies
Taught
This course offers part-time, negotiable study that values workplace learning, recognising your expertise in your chosen field, and will allow you to be rewarded for prior experiential learning. It is usually possible to commence studies throughout the academic year.
Course overview
Our WBIS course is ideal for part-time learners who are happy to learn in and through their workplace, with support from tutors who can help them to develop their professional practice in a way that enables them to receive academic reward for this.
Assessment
There are no formal exams. You will be assessed through a variety of formats - for example, reflective assignments, portfolios, reports, presentations, and dialogue assessment.
There are 200 notional learning hours per 20 credits. For 20-credit modules (pro rata for bigger modules), direct contact time typically varies between three and 20 hours, depending on the module.
Job prospects
Students on the programme are all professionals in the workplace and many report significant career enhancement from study on the WBIS programme. Employers have reported significant business benefits from staff participants, often supporting several groups over a period of time to engage with the programme.
For this course (per year)
£7,515
For this course (per year)
£14,500
Most applicants will already have a first degree; however, applicants who are operating at a high, strategic level in the workplace but do not possess a first degree will, on agreement with staff, be allowed to take a diagnostic module to assess their suitability for Master’s study. Applicants for the WBIS MBA are expected to be working at a strategic level and to possess several years of relevant managerial experience.
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