Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Notes
Form P8
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment &
exit awards)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
Business Management with Work Placement
MA (Hons)
4. Exit Awards (for graduation only)
n/a
C1BW-BMW
5.
Type
Specialist Department
6.
Programme Accredited by
7.
UCAS Code
8. School
School of Management and
Languages
9.
QAA Subject Benchmarking
Group(s)
Business and Management
10. Date of Production/
Revision
27th March 2013
Stage Notes
Stage One: Elective courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at
www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses . Elective courses at the appropriate SCQF level can also be chosen from other departments within the University subject to prerequisites and timetabling constraints.
Stage Two: Students wishing to ensure eligibility for the Award of Diploma of HE by the end of Stage 2 must have completed at least 6 courses (90 credits) at SCQF Level 8.
Elective courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses. Elective
courses at the appropriate SCQF level can also be chosen from other departments within the University subject to pre-requisites and timetabling constraints.
Optional courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses.
Students who fail to meet the progression requirements to Stage 3 of the Honours programme, but have met the requirement to progress to Stage 3 of the BA Ordinary
programme will transfer onto Stage 3 of the BA degree.
Stage Three: Qualifying courses at Stage 3 are any SCQF level 9 management courses. In Stage 3, 4 SCQF level 9 courses will count towards the Honours Classification.
Mandatory and optional course choices are identical for stage 3 of the MA (honours) and the BA (ordinary) programmes (it is the level of performance expected that varies).
Students on the BA (ordinary) programme will be eligible to transfer back onto the MA (honours) programme subject to performance, in stage 3, equivalent to that required for
progression to stage 4 on the MA (honours) programme.
Elective courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses Elective
courses at the appropriate SCQF level can also be chosen from other departments within the University subject to pre-requisites and timetabling constraints.
Optional courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
Stage Four: All courses taken at Stage 4 are Qualifying courses towards the Honours degree.
Elective courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses. Elective
courses at the appropriate SCQF level can also be chosen from other departments within the University subject to pre-requisites and timetabling constraints.
Optional courses should be chosen from the School of Management and Languages Course Catalogue, available online at www.sml.hw.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses.
Additional Information: The School of Management runs as many courses as resources permit. No guarantee that all optional and elective courses will be run every year.
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Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Notes
Form P8
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment &
exit awards)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
Business Management with Work Placement
MA (Hons)
4. Exit Awards (for graduation only)
n/a
C1BW-BMW
5.
Type
6.
Specialist Department
Programme Accredited by
7.
UCAS Code
8. School
School of Management and
Languages
9.
QAA Subject Benchmarking
Group(s)
Business and Management
10. Date of Production/
Revision
27th March 2013
Progression Requirements
From Stage 1 to Stage 2: at least 90 credits, with all courses that are 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 are passed at Grade D or better.
From Stage 2 to Stage 3: at least 210 credits, with all courses that are pre-requisite for study at a higher level at grade D or better, plus additional courses (if required) so that
no less than 4 mandatory/optional courses at SCQF level 8 are passed at Grade C, or better, at the first attempt.
Students who fail to achieve the grade C requirement, but have at least 4 SCQF level 8 mandatory/optional courses at grade D, or better, (including any pre-requisites) will
transfer to stage 3 of the BA (ordinary) Business Management degree.
From Stage 3 to Stage 4: at least 360 credits, with all courses that are pre-requisite for study at Stage 4 at grade D or better, plus additional courses (if required) so that no less
than 4 mandatory/optional courses at SCQF level 9, are passed at Grade C, or better, at the first attempt.
Students who fail to achieve the grade C requirement, but have but have at least 4 SCQF level 9 mandatory/optional courses at grade D, or better, will transfer to the BA
(ordinary) Business Management degree for graduation.
Students on the BA (Ord) route can be transferred onto the MA (Hons) route subject to successfully completing the third year MA (Hons) progression requirements.
Note: from 2013/14 onwards for progression from stage 2, and 2014/15 for progression from stage 3, the progression requirement to the honours stream will be raised to at least
six grade Cs.
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Heriot-Watt University – Undergraduate Programme Notes
Form P8
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment &
exit awards)
2. Programme Titles for all awards (unabbreviated)
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited to)
Business Management with Work Placement
MA (Hons)
4. Exit Awards (for graduation only)
n/a
C1BW-BMW
5.
Type
6.
Programme Accredited by
Specialist Department
7.
UCAS Code
8. School
School of Management and
Languages
9.
QAA Subject Benchmarking
Group(s)
Business and Management
10. Date of Production/
Revision
27th March 2013
Award Requirements
Ordinary Degrees
The BA ordinary degree 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 5 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 yearlong 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.
The accompanying Programme Structure provides details of courses, awards and credits for the programme.
The accompanying Programme Description template provides details of aims, outcomes, teaching & learning and assessment policies for the programme.
LIST 4BSEMESTER 2 OPTIONAL COURSES
C10IL2
C10BF2
C10DI2
C10LT2
C10MK2
C10DM2
C10BU2
C10SE2
C10SM2
International Business Law
Banking and Financial Law
Diversity Management
Changing Trends in Employment
Marketing Sustainability
Digital Marketing
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Social Enterprise
Marketing and Management in SMEs
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