Teaching and assessment
You’ll study and learn with academics who are active researchers, experts in their field and have a passion for their subjects. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.
Teaching format
Modules are taught by leading academics and industry experts with vast experience in their fields. We host guest lectures delivered by practising marketing managers and other industry and subject specialists.
This course has a strong practical focus, allowing you to apply and develop your skills. Some modules include case study analysis and business consultancy working closely with real-world companies.
We use a wide range of teaching methods to suit different learning styles, including:
- Lectures
- Small-group seminars
- Activity-based workshops
- Group projects
- Individual projects
Timetabled activities
In your first year, you can expect:
| Lectures |
5-8 hours per week |
| Seminars |
3-4 hours per week |
| Workshops |
0-4 hours per term |
| Practicals |
0-2 hours per term |
These figures are representative of a typical week. Your contact hours will vary throughout the year due to your module choices, non-compulsory classes, exam periods and changes to scheduled activities.
Outside your timetabled hours, you'll study independently. This may include preparation for classes, follow-up work, wider reading, practice completion of assessment tasks, or revision.
In the UK, full-time students are expected to spend 1,200 hours a year learning. That's about 40 hours of classes and independent study each week during semesters. Everyone learns at a different rate, so the number of hours you spend on independent study will be different to other students on your course.
Teaching location
You will be based in the School for Business and Society on Campus West. Most of your teaching will take place in the Church Lane Building, with additional contact hours elsewhere on Campus East and Campus West.
About our campus
Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can use the fast and frequent bus service. Take a campus tour.
Assessment and feedback
Assessment will be by a mixture of essays, projects and examinations, with an emphasis on individual project reports. Our seminars have a particularly strong practical component.
You will have some scope to choose forms of assessment that you prefer through selection of optional modules in your second and final years. You can pick modules which emphasise presentation skills, essay writing or exams.
