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MA/MSc Extended Award

Fast-track your career in business, marketing, or human resource management with this extended course, designed to enable third-class degree holders to pursue a postgraduate qualification. Demonstrate your value to employers. Qualify for senior roles with significant responsibility.

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Course codeCID1278
Duration15 months
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LocationOn campus

Course summary

The MA/MSc Extended Award degree is designed to prepare you for postgraduate study and fast-track your progress into senior business roles. With a strong focus on leadership, global business understanding, and professional development, it offers the academic foundation and real-world insight to help you succeed in a competitive international job market.

After successfully completing the first term, you can transfer to a range of specialist master’s degrees, including:

Your final award will reflect your chosen pathway, allowing you to graduate with a focused, career-relevant qualification.

The course features a global curriculum, combining academic research with industry expertise. You’ll benefit from guest lectures by business leaders, such as the CEO of Sunderland AFC and the Head of Sales and Marketing at Divine Chocolate, and have access to professional networking and career support throughout your studies.

This course prepares you for leadership roles across various sectors including business, finance, marketing, HR, and international management. Graduates from our business courses have gone on to work at top global companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Nike, Adidas, Procter & Gamble, Lloyds Bank, Marriott Hotels, and the NHS.

Whether you're exploring your career direction or ready to specialise, this course offers the academic rigour, industry exposure, and flexibility to help you achieve your goals.

What you'll study

Modules

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some of these options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific required modules. If you’re not sure what you need before picking a module, your course leader can help.

Postgraduate module credits should total 180. If optional modules are available alongside core modules on your course, you should choose an amount that totals 180 credits.

How you'll learn

Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, tutorials, group work, directed study, and independent learning. You'll be given guided learning hours, but not all of the hours will be conducted in the classroom. You'll be actively encouraged to research using problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

The course normally requires 15 months of full-time study. However, as well as the final award, there are two interim awards available to those wishing to leave the course having gained 60 Master's-level credits (excluding PGBM001):

  • A Postgraduate Certificate, or 120 master's-level credits
  • A Postgraduate Diploma.

Entry requirements

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  • Full-time November 2026

    MSc International Business Management

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