Undergraduate Diploma in

Business Administration
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Contents

2 The Academy
3 The Course

5 The Modules

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Undergraduate Diploma in Business
Administration which has been accredited at
MQF Level 5 with 60 ECTS.
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 Undergraduate Diploma
in Business Administration

• MQF Level 5
• 60 ECTS
• 300 contact hours
• 6 modules + Research Project

Modules
• Creating a Business
• Financial Analysis
• Marketing and Research
• Strategic Management
• Human Resource
Management
• Managing data and its
implications
• Research Project
Entry Requirements
• At least a matriculation certification (MQF Level 4) or A
Level equivalent with more than 2 years’ work
experience.

• Students hailing from a non-majority English-speaking

country. Either a minimum of level B2 in CEFR or IELTS
level 6 in each component.

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 Methods of Assessment
Assessment will be based on in class presentations following
group work, self assessment questionnaires, reflective notes,
assignments, and a final research project.

This course is suitable for Students will be guided through a series of

• Students seeking knowledge and
achievement in a formal Business
Administration qualification.
• Students seeking to develop skills and
critical thinking in business administration
• Employees seeking a qualification for their
personal and professional development;
• Employees seeking job progression in
administrative or senior management; OR
• Individuals interested in starting their own
business.
This Level 5 Diploma in Business
Administration assists student in developing
abilities, skills and understanding to prepare
them with the necessary knowledge and
talents to become an effective strategic
administrator, manager and leader. Thus,
successful students may seek a career in:
- Business ownership
- Human Resources
- Sales and Marketing
lectures for each module and will also be
exposed to resources in order to prepare
themselves for discussions, presentations as
well as presenting mock reports during
lectures, and to continue furthering their
research thereafter.
Lectures will cover different aspects of
Business Administration according to the
particular module. This shall include analysis
of case studies, tackling of fictitious day to
day business situations, in order for
participants to be able to evaluate and put
into practice what they are being taught
during the lectures and what they find out
through their own research.
Delivery will be carried out using
presentations prepared by the lecturers as
well as audio visual material. At the end of
each module participants will work in groups
to prepare a presentation on different
scenarios themselves.
When possible, participants will also be
addressed by experienced Business
Administrators to share their experiences with
the students.

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 The Modules

Creating a Business
ECTS 8

The module focuses on the basics of entrepreneurship, underlining the

contexts, the changing aspects as well as the engaged methodologies to
create a fresh, and possibly innovative, undertakings. Moreover,
participants are exposed to theories and strategies that are important to
develop an effective and competitive business model.

Financial Analysis
ECTS 8

This module serves as an introduction to the processes of evaluating businesses,

projects, budgets, and other finance-related operations to establish their suitability and
performance. Students will learn to evaluate whether an enterprise is stable, solvent,
liquid, or profitable enough to warrant a monetary investment or ask for a loan. The
most common types of financial analysis performed by professionals will be covered
during this module.

Marketing and Research

ECTS 8
Students are introduced to the basic models of marketing and understand
its purpose in today’s business environment. The principal theories and
practices of marketing will be discussed. Participants will be exposed to
how marketing builds value to the organisation and the clients.
The overall exposition of marketing research principles and basics of
market research practices will be introduced. Students will also go through
and distinguish between qualitative and quantitative data and how the
respective data is gathered and analysed.

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 The Modules

Managing data and its implications

ECTS 8

In this module, participants will study common data management tools

used in business, most of which process personal data. Throughout this
module students will come across different tools used by different
departments within an organisation such as the HR, Marketing as well as
the IT department and go to the pros and cons of such tools. Awareness
on the implications of the use of personal data is raised and participants
are exposed to data privacy legislation such as the GDPR.

Strategic Management
ECTS 8

This module will provide the students with a comprehensive framework for
understanding the responsibility and purposes of Strategic Management inside modern-
day business organisations. They will understand how different entities formulate,
implement, and evaluate strategies and how they consider the strategic alternatives
available to them. They will also be provided with a framework and context within
which knowledge acquired across the course may be combined with new strategic-
management techniques and how this may be integrated to outline the future
prospective direction of different businesses.

Human Resource Management

ECTS 8

This module introduces the management of an entity's workforce through

the planning and application of effective human resources policies and
procedures. Current issues faced by companies as well as common
practices are examined. It delves in a variety of topics which will include,
the need for human resources management and its rising professionalism;
human resource planning including job design and analysis; recruitment
and selection; motivation and compensation; performance management;
employee development; and employee relations.

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 The Modules

Research Project
ECTS 12

This module is intended to offer students the opportunity of working on

a supervised research project and to integrate and/or develop aspect/s of
their previous learning experience throughout the preceding modules.
Students will be asked to come up with a research proposal on a, possibly
innovative, business idea to fill in a gap in the market resulting from daily
challenges they come across either in their personal or work
environments. Eco friendly ideas and those making use of alternative
energy will be encouraged though not a must.
Once the submitted idea is approved students will have to plan, design
and research, the business’ operations, marketing strategies, a five-year
financial plan as well as its human resource strategy.
During both the research stage as well as the drafting of the long essay,
students will be in continuous touch with their tutor/s who will assist
them throughout the whole project’s cycle.

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