HND in Business (Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management)Programme Structure

Module Information

Qualification frameworks such as Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications are designated Higher Education qualifications in the UK. They are aligned to the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Subject Sector Benchmarks. These qualifications have been regulated to the Ofqual Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).

Programme

To achieve HND in Business (Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management), students are required to complete 15 units, totalling 240 credits of which 120 credits are at Level 4, and 120 credits are at Level 5.

Core units and Optional units

All students must take the following 6 core units and 2 optional units for Level 4:

• Business and Business Environment (Core unit)
• Marketing Process and Planning (Core unit)
• Human Resource Management (Core unit)
• Leadership and Management (Core unit)
• Accounting Principles (Core unit)
• Managing a Successful Business Project (Core unit)
• Entrepreneurial Ventures (Optional unit)
• Innovation and Commercialisation (Optional unit)

Level 5: Core units + Optional units + Specialist units

• Organisational Behaviour (Core unit)
• Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities (Specialist unit)
• Business Strategy (Optional unit)
• Launching a New Venture (Specialist unit)
• Research Project (Core unit)
• Managing and Running a Small Business (Specialist unit)
• International Marketing (Optional unit)

Student Continuation  to Year 2:

• Student should PASS/Achieve minimum 90 credits to be allowed to start the second year.
  a. Each unit in year 1 carries 15 credits, hence student should PASS a minimum 6 units.
• Students who are unsuccessful in achieving 90 credits (Pass minimum 6 units), should stay in year 1 to complete minimum requirements.

Any student who does not meet Continuation  requirements may not be allowed, at the discretion of the College, to continue and the termination process will be invoked.

Guidance on Re-submission and Repeat:

• A Student will only have one Re-submission opportunity for a Referred unit. A Re-submission
  typically involves a reworking of the original task.
• At the discretion of the Assessment and Continuation  Board, a student who has not passed the
  Re-Submission may have the opportunity to Repeat an assignment. This will not be based on the
  original task.
• Students may not be allowed to transfer; this is at the discretion of the College.
• Re-submission and Repeat should be capped to PASS.