This document has factsheets for all the courses available at Arden University for the

2023/2024 academic year.

Please select your course from the list below and use this to revise the course modules
and other key information (course duration, tuition fees, assessment methods) for
your interview.

ONLY REMEMBER INFORMATION FROM YOUR OWN COURSE!

BA (Hons) Business (Top-Up) 2

BA (Hons) Business Management 3

BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year 4

BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology with Foundation Year 5

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year 6

BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year 7

BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up) 8

BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year 9

BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (Top-Up) 10

BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management with Foundation Year 11

BSc (Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year 12

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year 13

BSc (Hons) Supply Chain Management with Foundation Year 14

CertHE Business Management 15

CertHE Computing 16

CertHE Health and Care Management 17

LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year 18

 BA (Hons) Business (Top-Up)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Case studies, group presentations, essays,

portfolios of work

Course modules

● Contemporary Management Issues

● Strategic Management
● Managing Self and Others
● International Management
● Research Methods and Dissertation

Please know ALL the course modules. Also, CHOOSE ONE module you are interested in and

discuss how it will help you with your future career plans.

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 BA (Hons) Business Management

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 3 years

Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

presentations, essays

Course modules

Level 4 (Year One)

● Digital Skills & Professional Development (20 credits)

● Contemporary Business Environment (20 credits)
● Marketing Dynamics (20 credits)
● Introduction to Business Finance (20 credits)
● People Management (20 credits)
● Technology & Innovation (20 credits)
Level 5 (Year Two)

● Data Analytics & Management (20 credits)

● Business Start-up (20 credits)
● Sales Management (20 credits)
● Digital & Social Media Marketing (20 credits)
● Blockchain & Applications FinTech for Managers (20 credits)
● Operations & Supply Chain Management (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)

● Business Transformation (20 credits)

● Entrepreneurship and Innovation (20 credits)
● Corporate Governance, Law & Ethics (20 credits)
● Independent Study (20 credits)
● Project Management (20 credits)
● International Business Management (20 credits)

Please know at least 9 course modules (3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

presentations, essays

Course modules

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Data Analytics & Management (20

● Exploring the Business Environment
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Becoming an Effective Leader
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Digital Skills & Professional
Development (20 credits)
● Contemporary Business
Environment (20 credits)
● Marketing Dynamics (20 credits)
● Introduction to Business Finance (20
credits)
● People Management (20 credits)
● Technology & Innovation (20
credits)
credits)
● Business Start-up (20 credits)
● Sales Management (20 credits)
● Digital & Social Media Marketing (20
credits)
● Blockchain & Applications FinTech
for Managers (20 credits)
● Operations & Supply Chain
Management (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Business Transformation (20 credits)
● Entrepreneurship and Innovation (20
credits)
● Corporate Governance, Law &
Ethics (20 credits)
● Independent Study (20 credits)
● Project Management (20 credits)
● International Business
Management (20 credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

presentations, essays, portfolios of work,
roleplays

Course modules

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● The Prison (20 credits)

● Exploring the Social World
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Examining Social Justice
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Becoming a Criminologist (20
credits)
● Introduction to Studying Psychology
(20 credits)
● Social Psychology (20 credits)
● Crime, Media, Culture (20 credits)
● Working within the Criminal Justice
System (20 credits)
● Developmental Psychology (20
credits)
● Personality and Intelligence (20
credits)
● Youth Crime and Justice (20 credits)
● Crimes of the Powerful (20 credits)
● Researching the Field (20 credits)
● Forensic Psychology (20 credits)
● Counselling Psychology, Mental
Health and Illness (20 credits)
● Victimology (20 credits)
● Cyberpsychology (20 credits)
● Professional Practice: A Case Study
(20 credits)
● Research Project (40 credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Group presentations, counselling

situations, essays, reports, case studies

Course modules

Foundation year

● Preparing for University Success

● Exploring the Social World
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Examining Social Justice
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project

Level 4 (Year One)

● Introduction to Studying Psychology (20 credits)

● Social Psychology (20 credits)
● Introduction to Research Methods (20 credits)
● Developmental Psychology (20 credits)
● Biological Psychology (20 credits)
● Cognitive Psychology (20 credits)
Level 5 (Year Two)

● Qualitative Research Methods (20 credits)

● Quantitative Research Methods (20 credits)
● Positive Psychology (20 credits)
● Personality and Intelligence (20 credits)
● Introduction to Counselling Psychology (20 credits)
● Core Counselling Skills (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)

● Health and Psychological Well-being (20 credits)

● Psychological Assessment and Formulation (20 credits)
● Counselling Psychology, Mental Health and Illness (20 credits)
● Managing the Therapeutic Process (20 credits)
● Counselling Research Project (40 credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Board presentations, consultancy projects,

reports, memos

Course modules

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Financial Reporting (20 credits)

● Exploring the Business Environment
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Becoming an Effective Leader
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Introduction to Business Economics
(20 credits)
● Introduction to Finance (20 credits)
● Financial Accounting (20 credits)
● Introduction to Management
Accounting (20 credits)
● Quantitative Methods for
Accounting and Finance (20 credits)
● Introduction to Financial
Technology (20 credits)
● Financial Markets and Institutions
(20 credits)
● Performance Management (20
credits)
● Corporate and Business Law (20
credits)
● Security Analysis and Valuation (20
credits)
● Applied Financial Skills (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Corporate Financial Management
(20 credits)
● International Finance (20 credits)
● Taxation (20 credits)
● Audit and Assurance (20 credits)
● Investment and Portfolio
Management (20 credits)
● Financial Management Project (20
credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Portfolios of work, projects, assignments,

computer-based activities

Course modules

● Data Mining (Core)

● Managing Innovation and Change (Core)
● Computing Project (Core)

Choose 2 from:

● Information Security Management (Elective)

● Technology Entrepreneurship (Elective)
● Distributed and Cloud Computing (Elective)
● Web Application Development (Elective)

Please know at least 5 course modules.

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Presentations, case studies, reports,

computer artefacts

Course modules

Foundation year Technical route

● Preparing for University Success ● Advanced Databases (Elective) and

● Exploring the Business Environment ● Object Oriented Programming
● Advancing your Academic Skills (Elective)
● Becoming an Effective Leader Managerial route
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Digital Business (Elective) and
● Investigation & Innovation Project
● Ethics, Quality and Sustainability in
Level 4 (Year One) Technological Environments
(Elective))
● Introduction to Academic Skills and
Level 6 (Year Three)
Professional Development (Core)
● Introduction to Computer Systems ● Data Mining (Core)
and Security (Core) ● Managing Innovation and Change
● Introduction to Databases (Core) (Core)
● Introduction to Programming (Core) ● Computing Project (Core)
● Introduction to Web Authoring
(Core) Technical route
● Productivity and Collaboration Tools ● Distributed and Cloud Computing
for Learning and Work (Core) (Elective)
Level 5 (Year Two) ● Web Application Development
(Elective)
● Human Computer Interaction (Core)
Managerial route
● Data Analytics and Visualisation
(Core) ● Information Security Management
● IT Project Management (Core) (Elective)
● Systems Analysis and Design (Core) ● Technology Entrepreneurship
(Elective)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (Top-Up)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Essays, presentations, case studies,

portfolios of work

Course modules

● Global Health and Sustainability

● Health Analytics and Planning
● Total Quality Management in Health & Care
● Project Management
● Final Project

Please know ALL the course modules. Also, CHOOSE ONE module and discuss how it will

help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Essays, reports, presentations, case studies,

podcasts, portfolios of work

Course modules

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Leadership Theory & Concepts for

● Exploring the Business Environment
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Becoming an Effective Leader
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Essential Skills for Health & Care
Management
● Meeting the Needs of Service Users
● Planetary Health
● Health Promotion
● Supporting Dignity and Respect
Through Ethical Principles and
Theories
● Communication & Interprofessional
Collaboration
Health & Care Management
● Fundamentals of Health & Care
Finance
● Public Health
● Resource Planning in
Multidisciplinary Working
● Digital Health Leadership
● Evidence Based Practice
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Global Health and Sustainability
● Health Analytics and Planning
● Total Quality Management in Health
& Care
● Project Management
● Final Project

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Live case studies, plans, projects, reports

Course modules

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Advanced Project Management (20

● Exploring the Business Environment
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Becoming an Effective Leader
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Business Research Methods and
Analysis (20 credits)
● Business Consulting (20 credits)
● Principles of Procurement, Financial
Control and Contract Management
(20 credits)
● Governance in a Global Business
Environment (20 credits)
● Introduction to Project
Management (20 credits)
● Elective: Digital Skills & Professional
Development (20 credits)
● Elective: Technology and
Innovation (20 credits)
credits)
● Project Justification (20 credits)
● Project Planning (20 credits)
● Agile and Hybrid Project
Management (20 credits)
● AI and Big Data Analytics in Project
Management (20 credits)
● Elective: Operations & Supply Chain
Management (20 credits)
● Elective: Digital & Social Media
Marketing (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Project Change and Control (20
credits)
● Quality Management (20 credits)
● Project Risk and Issue Management
(20 credits)
● Developing People and Capabilities
(20 credits)
● Final Project including End Point
Assessment (40 credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year
Tuition fee (per year)
Total course duration
Assessment methods
Course modules
Foundation year
● Preparing for University Success
● Exploring the Social World
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Examining Social Justice
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Introduction to studying Psychology
(20 credits)
● Social Psychology (20 credits)
● Introduction to Research Methods
(20 credits)
● Developmental Psychology (20
credits)
● Biological Psychology (20 credits)
● Cognitive Psychology (20 credits)
Level 5 (Year Two)
Core modules
● Qualitative Research Methods (20
credits)
● Quantitative Research Methods (20
credits)
● Personality and Intelligence (20
credits)
Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).
Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.
£9,250
4 years
Essays, reports, case studies, roleplays,
presentations
● Positive Psychology (20 credits)
Elective modules (select two)
● Forensic Psychology (20 credits)
● Sport and Exercise Psychology (20
credits)
● Occupational Psychology (20
credits)
● Clinical and Health Psychology (20
credits)
● Child Development and Educational
Psychology (20 credits)
● Coaching Psychology (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)
Core modules
● Professional Development (20
credits)
● Research Project (40 credits)
Elective modules (select three)
● Counselling Psychology: Mental
Health and Illness (20 credits)
● Behavioural Neuroscience and
Neuropsychology (20 credits)
● Political Psychology (20 credits)
● Cyber Psychology (20 credits)
● Gender and Sexuality (20 credits)
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 BSc (Hons) Supply Chain Management with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Essays, reports, appraisals, plans

Course modules

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Operations and Supply Chain

● Exploring the Business Environment
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Becoming an Effective Leader
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Business Research Methods and
Analysis (20 credits)
● Business Consulting (20 credits)
● Principles of Procurement and
Contract Management (20 credits)
● Governance in a Global Business
Environment (20 credits)
● Introduction to Project
Management (20 credits)
● Digital Skills and Professional
Development (20 credits)
● Technology and Innovation (20
credits)
Management (20 credits)
● Agile Project Management (20
credits)
● Sustainable and Circular Supply
Chain Management (20 credits)
● Applied Logistics Management (20
credits)
● Operational Risk and Resilience (20
credits)
● Data Analytics and Management (20
credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Digital Supply Chain 4.0 (20 credits)
● Strategic Supply Chain Management
(20 credits)
● Quality Management (20 credits)
● Social Value Networks (20 credits)
● Logistics & Supply Chain Research
Project (40 credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 CertHE Business Management

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Essays, reports, presentations, case

studies

Course modules

● Digital Skills & Professional Development

● Contemporary Business Environment
● Marketing Dynamics
● Introduction to Business Finance
● People Management
● Technology & Innovation

Please know ALL the course modules.

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 CertHE Computing

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Essays, reports, presentations, case

studies

Course modules

● Introduction to Academic Skills and Professional Development

● Introduction to Computer Systems and Security
● Introduction to Databases
● Introduction to Programming
● Introduction to Web Authoring
● Productivity and Collaboration Tools for Learning and Work

Please know ALL the course modules.

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 CertHE Health and Care Management

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Essays, reports, presentations, case

studies

Course modules

● Essential Skills for Health & Care Management

● Meeting the Needs of Service Users
● Planetary Health
● Health Promotion
● Supporting Dignity and Respect Through Ethical Principles and Theories
● Communication & Interprofessional Collaboration

Please know ALL the course modules.

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

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 LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Drafting exercises, multiple-choice

questions, portfolios, coursework

Course modules

Foundation year Level 6 SQE pathway

● Preparing for University Success ● Business Law and Practice

● Exploring the Social World ● Solicitors Professional Practice
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Property Practice
● Examining Social Justice
Block A (select one):
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project ● EU Law
● Placement and Pro Bono (subject to
eligibility)
Level 4 (Year One) Block B (select one):

● English Legal System and Skills ● Employment Law

● Public Law ● International Commercial Law
● Tort 1 ● Legal Dissertation (40 credits: no
● Crime 1 block C requirement if selected)
● Civil Liberties in Practice Block C (select one):
● Contract Law
● Family Law
● Public International Law
Level 5 (Year Two) ● Placement and Pro Bono (subject to
eligibility)
● Tort 2 ● Legal Research Project (cannot be
● Crime 2 combined with the Legal
● Land Law and Practical Skills Dissertation option)
● Equity, Trusts and Wills ● Legal Dissertation (Continued)
● Dispute Resolution
● Technology, Innovation and the Law
Level 6 Bar pathway

Core modules (20 credits):

● Business Law and Practice
● EU Law

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 ● Property PracticeOptional modules Block C (select one):
(20 credits):
● Family Law
Block A (select one): ● Public International Law
● Placement and Pro Bono (subject to
● Employment Law
eligibility)
● Placement and Pro Bono (subject to
● Legal Research Project (cannot be
eligibility)
combined with the Legal
Block B (select one): Dissertation option)
● International Commercial Law ● Legal Dissertation (Continued)
● Legal Dissertation (40 credits: no Level 6 International Bar pathway
block C module requirement if
selected) ● Business Law and Practice
● EU Law
● International Commercial Law
● Public International Law
● Legal Dissertation (40 credits)

Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).

Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.

You should also choose a specific Level 6 pathway and explain why you have chosen this.

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