Form P6
Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Structure & Notes Template
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment & exit awards)
C18M-INM
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
MA (Hons)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
MA International Business Management /MA International Business
Management
4. Exit Awards (graduation only)
5. Date of Production
BA (Ord), DipHE, CertHE
17 October 2014
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
X
X
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X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
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4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
5
5
5
Course Title
STAGE 1
Management in a Global Context
Introductory Micro Economics
Introduction to Accounting
Elective (See Section 8)
C17EC
Enterprise and its Business Environment
C17BS
Business Skills
C27BA
Introductory Macro Economics
C37FI
Introduction to Finance
STAGE 2
C18HM Human Resource Management
C18FM
Fundamentals of Marketing
C18CL
Commercial Law
Option (See Section 7) or Elective (See Section 8)
C18OP
Operations Management
Option (See Section 7)
Option (See Section 7)
Option (See Section 7) or Elective (See Section 8)
STAGE 3 (year abroad – see sections 9 & 12 below)
C17EB
C27AA
C37FA
C10IB
C10HD
C10HE
STAGE 4
International Business
Option (See Section 7)
Option (See Section 7)
Dissertation 1
Dissertation 2
Option (See Section 7)
Option (See Section 7)
Option (See Section 7) or Elective (See Section 8)
STAGE 5
Notes
Level
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Code
Credit
Value
MQA
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Courses:
(Please highlight any new courses and include the course
descriptors
NEW COURSES ARE IN BOLD
SCQF
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Phase (Parttime only)
Semester
Collaborative
Partner
IDL
ALP
Stage
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Dubai
HWUM
Edinburgh/
Orkney/SBC
6. MANDATORY COURSES
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
8
8
7 or 8
8
8
8
7 or 8
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
There is no stage
5 in this
programme
Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Structure & Notes Template
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Phase (Parttime only)
IDL
Semester
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Collaborative
Partner
Stage
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ALP
Edinburgh/
Orkney/SBC
HWUM
Dubai
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
MA (Hons)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
MA International Business Management /MA International Business
Management
4. Exit Awards (graduation only)
5. Date of Production
BA (Ord), DipHE, CertHE
17 October 2014
Courses:
(Please highlight any new courses and include the course
descriptors)
NEW COURSES ARE IN BOLD
Code
C18CM
C18TP
C18FO
C18OB
C19AM
C19CE
C19EL
C19RE
C19IN
C19PT
C19BV
C19CA
C19LM
C19MC
C10SR
C10HG
C10HM
C10LM
C10RS
C10CW
C10CO
C10LT
C10DM
C10DI
C10IL
C10BU
C10SM
C10MK
C10SE
C10BF
Course Title
Business Entities
Enterprise Concepts and Issues
Marketing Perspectives
Organisational Behaviour
Applied Business Management
Consumer Behaviour
Employment Law
Employment Relations
Innovation Management
Project Management
Business Venturing
Critical Approaches to Management
Marketing and Consumer Law
Marketing Communications
Business Ethics
High Growth Companies
International Law of HRM
Leisure Marketing
Retail Marketing
The Contemporary Workforce
Company Law
Changing Trends in Employment
Digital Marketing
Diversity Management
International Business Law
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Marketing and Management in SMEs
Marketing Sustainability
Social Enterprise
International Banking and Financial Law
Credit
Value
MQA
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment & exit awards)
C18M-INM
SCQF
Form P6
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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5
5
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Level
Notes
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
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9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Options may
be taken
subject to the
required prerequisites for
each option.
See Note in
Section 15.
5
8. ELECTIVES (please provide a detailed description and course lists where possible)
Stage 1:
Electives to be chosen from across the University dependent on pre-requisites, availability and timetabling.
Stage 2:
Electives to be chosen from across the University dependent on pre-requisites, availability and timetabling.
Stage 3:
Electives to be chosen from across the University dependent on pre-requisites, availability and timetabling.
Stage 4:
Electives to be chosen from across the University dependent on pre-requisites, availability and timetabling.
Stage 5:
N/A
PROGRAMME NOTES
9. COMPOSITION & STAGE NOTES e.g. xx taught Courses (xx mandatory & xx optional)
Stage 1:
8 Taught Courses (7 Mandatory & 1 Elective). All mandatory courses are at SCQF Level 7.
Stage 2:
8 Taught Courses (4 Mandatory & 2 Optional & 2 Elective). All mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 8.
Elective courses can be drawn from available electives at levels 7 & 8.
Stage 3:
Students will spend stage 3 at the institution of an approved partner where they will follow a programme of study
similar to that of stage 3 of the MA Business Management programme. While studying abroad at the institution
overseas they will follow an approved course of study which incorporates a combination of compulsory/optional
electives.
Each campus will be expected to develop and maintain distinct lists of approved partners. Students from Malaysia
campus will not have access to the Edinburgh campus partner list and vice versa. All new partnerships, regardless of
campus, will be developed in line with normal university approval processes. Current lists of foreign exchange
Form P6
Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Structure & Notes Template
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment & exit awards)
C18M-INM
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
MA (Hons)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
MA International Business Management /MA International Business
Management
4. Exit Awards (graduation only)
5. Date of Production
BA (Ord), DipHE, CertHE
17 October 2014
partners are available from the School of Management & Languages.
Limited numbers of places are available at each partner institution so there can be stiff competition for placements.
The academic performance of students, and especially their results in those courses which are requirements of the
exchange partner, will be taken into account when allocating students to placements.
If students attend a formal exchange partner of Heriot-Watt University they are not liable to pay fees to the partner
institution. However, students may still be required to pay fees to Heriot-Watt University, and they are responsible
for checking the situation with the Registration/Finance Offices at Heriot-Watt University. If students attend an
overseas institution which is not a formal exchange partner of Heriot-Watt University, they are liable to pay fees to
the partner institution and may also be required to pay fees to Heriot-Watt University. Students are responsible for
checking the situation with the Registration/Finance Offices at Heriot-Watt University.
Satisfactory completion of this stage in both options A and B is equivalent to 120 SCQF credits.
Stage 4:
Stage 5:
8 Taught Courses (3 Mandatory & 4 Optional & 1 Elective). All mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 10.
Elective courses must be level 10.
Form P6
Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Structure & Notes Template
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment & exit awards)
C18M-INM
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
MA (Hons)
10. NOMINAL PASS MARK/GRADE
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
MA International Business Management /MA International Business
Management
4. Exit Awards (graduation only)
5. Date of Production
BA (Ord), DipHE, CertHE
17 October 2014
11. SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT METHODS (Expressed as a percentage)
(Highlight any changes)
Mark
Grade
Coursework:
Integrated Masters
C
50%
Variations in assessment methods across campuses/modes of study are as follows:
Honours
D
40%
Ordinary
D
40%
Diploma
D
40%
Certificate
D
40%
Assessment at the HWUM campus consists of a combination of examination and/or
coursework. The weighting of assessment method varies according to the course and
details are in the course descriptors.
As far as the 3rd year is concenred, the mark achieved by the student in each course at the
partner institution is an indicative mark, although the pass in that course is a requisite for
the progression of the student to the further stage (see section 12, Part B below).
Various
Examination:
Various
12. PROGRESSION REQUIREMENTS
Part A. Minimum number of credits required to progress through each stage are as follows
Stage 1 to 2: At least 90 credits with a minimum of 90 at Level 7.
Stage 2 to 3: 240 credits.
Stage 3 to 4: At least 360 credits
Stage 4 to 5: Not applicable
Part B. Minimum grade D required in the following courses: (progression requirements exceeding a grade D must be qualified)
All courses that are designated as required to be passed at grade D, or better, plus additional courses (if required) so
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
that no less than 4 courses are passed at Grade D or better.
All courses that are designated/pre-requisite for study at a higher level at grade D or better, plus additional courses (if
required) so that no less than 4 courses at SCQF level 8 are passed at grade D or better. Students are not permitted to
carry any courses into Stage 3 and must meet the progression requirements no later than 30th June of the year in which
they propose to study abroad.
Satisfactory performance in the approved course of study at the overseas institution. Students should achieve the
equivalent of 120 HWU credits on the year abroad.
Progression to award is as follows:
Ordinary Degrees The BA Business Management will be awarded where 360 credits have been obtained, with no less
than 4 courses at Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 9 passed at Grade D, or better. Where a student
obtains grade A in no less than five out of eight courses completed at stage 3 (SCQF level 9), the examination board will
consider whether to make the award of Bachelor of Arts with distinction.
Honours Degrees Honours classification is determined by a weighted average of marks attained in 12 Qualifying
Courses taken over Stages 3 and 4. All 8 courses completed at stage 4 are qualifying courses and these courses have
a weight of 80% in the average. Four Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 9 courses completed at stage 3
have a weight of 20% in the average. Where a student has completed more than four potentially qualifying courses at
stage 3, the ‘best’ four will be used in determining the degree classification,
The ‘best’ four is that subset of potentially qualifying courses that consists of single semester courses and the whole of
year-long courses for which the student has obtained the highest average mark.
As specified in General Information for First Degree Students, reg. 3 (New), para. 16.4, resits of Stage 3 Qualifying
Courses are allowed but only in order to gain credits for the course. For the purposes of determining the degree
classification, the mark obtained in the first assessment of a Qualifying Course must be used.
13. RE-ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The re-assessment policy for this programme is in line with University Regulations as set out below (please tick)
Yes
No 
If you have selected "No" please amend the statement below and highlight changes.
1. A student who has been awarded a Grade E or a Grade F in a course may be re-assessed in that course. The requirement to
resit a grade E will be determined by the Progression Board of Examiners applying the appropriate progression
regulations.
2.
3.
4.
A student shall be permitted only one re-assessment opportunity to be taken at the Resit diet of examinations following the
first assessment of the course.
A student shall not be re-assessed in any qualifying course taken in the final stage of a course of study.
The Progression Board may permit a student to be re-assessed in any qualifying course not taken in the final stage in order
to gain credits for the course, provided that the mark or grade obtained in the first assessment of any such course is used in
determining the classification of the degree to be awarded.
Form P6
Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Structure & Notes Template
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment & exit awards)
C18M-INM
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
MA (Hons)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
MA International Business Management /MA International Business
Management
4. Exit Awards (graduation only)
5. Date of Production
BA (Ord), DipHE, CertHE
17 October 2014
14. AWARDS, CREDITS & LEVEL e.g. requires xx SCQF credits including a minimum of xx at Level 9 and xx at Level 10
The awards, credits and level for this programme is in line with University Regulations as set out below (please tick) Yes  No
If you have selected "No" please amend the statement below and highlight changes.
Integrated Masters
600 SCQF credits including a minimum of 120 credits at Level 11
Honours Degree (inc MA)
480 SCQF credits including a minimum of 180 credits at Level 9 and 10 of which at least 90 credits
at Level 10
Ordinary or General Degree
360 SCQF credits including a minimum of 60 credits at Level 9
Diploma of Higher Education
240 SCQF credits including a minimum of 90 credits at Level 8
Certificate of Higher Education 120 SCQF credits including a minimum of 90 credits at Level 7
15. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Note to Section 7 and 8:
An elective course is an appropriate SCQF level course offered by any department of the university. Students may also select one of the
optional courses listed in Section 7 as an elective choice providing it is at the appropriate level. The School of Management and
Languages runs as many courses as resources permit. SML reserves the right to determine the provision of courses. No guarantee can
be given that the stated optional and elective courses will run every year in all locations.
Note to Section 12: For the academic year 2013/14 the requirement to qualify for the honours stream is 4 grade Cs at SCQF Level 9,
as well as the 360 credit requirement and designated/ pre-requisite requirements. This is due to the phase-out of the previous
progression regulations.
16. Programme None
Accredited by
17. QAA Subject
Benchmarking Group(s)
General Business and
Management
18. UCAS Code(s)
N202