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Year one core modules:
Analysis of Business
Business Environment
Company Law for Business 1
Learning and Skills Development in Business
Managing People, Finance and Marketing
Year two core modules:
Advanced Financial Accounting
Company Law for Business 2
Financial Accounting
Information Systems
International Business
Management Accounting
Research Skills
Year three core modules:
Auditing, Control and Communication
Ethics and Governance
Financial Management
Strategic Management
The Strategic Management of Human Resources
Taxation of UK Corporate Organisations
Undergraduate Major Project
Associated careers
This degree provides an excellent foundation for a career in a range of business disciplines but will be of particular value to anyone wishing to pursue a career as a Chartered Secretary.
Assessment
Assessment is via a mix of examination, coursework assignments including problem-solving exercises, essays, consultancy projects, computer-based examinations and the undergraduate major project.
Professional recognition

Although providing an excellent foundation in general business and management theory, this degree is specifically designed for students wishing to gain a professional qualification as a Chartered Secretary.

Chartered Secretaries are qualified to advise on business conduct in areas such as accounting, company law, corporate strategy and planning.

Within this context the main aims of this course are to give you the skills required to pursue a career as a Chartered/Company Secretary and to provide you with a broader understanding of a range of theories, principles and techniques used in business. Emphasis is also placed on the skills required to work in an international environment.

When you graduate you will be able to:
demonstrate a critical awareness of the international environment within which business operates
display a real understanding of major contemporary issues facing business
demonstrate a sound appreciation of management practice, including human resources, marketing, accounting and finance and information management.
On a more practical level, you will be able to:
critically analyse the contribution of the internal environment in formulating corporate strategy
analyse strategic corporate behaviour in response to the external environment
identify and appraise the various sources and uses of finance
effectively communicate at whatever level is appropriate to the audience.
This course has a strong focus on the professional requirements of practising Chartered/Company Secretaries and will provide an academic challenge. Chartered Secretaries are highly respected professionals frequently employed as managers, company secretaries, chairs, chief executives and non-executive directors.

Year one modules:
An Introduction to Technology and Design
Learning & Skill Development in HE & Work
Understanding the Work Sector
Site Management and Safety
Land Surveying
Construction Economics.
Year two modules:
Environmental Services and Construction Technology
Measurement and Analysis of Prices
Construction Resource Management
Construction Project
Project Administration
Construction Planning and Programming
Site and Engineering Surveying
Work Based Learning in the Built Environment
Methods of Teaching and Learning
It will be possible to undertake modules which draw on your experience in the workplace, office or site. Methods of assessment will include project work, presentations, role play, examinations, case studies, reports and workplace assessment.
Associated careers
This course prepares you for a broad range of careers related to construction, construction management, project management, the built environment and the support of building users. Possible jobs include the management of new building projects providing specialist professional services as a member of the design or production team, or the management of facilities in terms of existing building stock. You could be based on site or work in the office.
As one of the UK’s largest industries, construction offers challenging and stimulating career opportunities for men and women. The demand for graduates outstrips supply and is likely to continue to do so well into the future.
Professional recognition
The FdSc Construction Management is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) for Incorporated Member status. Anglia Ruskin University is an accredited centre for CIOB recognised programmes.
Links with industry
The Department has excellent links with industry at a local and regional level as well as professional institutions

The Construction Management courses provide an insight into the management and technology involved in the construction industry, one of the largest and most diverse industries in the country. There is a lot of commonality between the Built Environment courses, especially at the first stage. In the final stage of the Foundation Degree you have some choice of modules that you will study which may suit your particular interests and career aspirations.
The common core of the course provides a broad background to the processes that lead to the production and maintenance of buildings. These range from technological studies through to the management of resources (people, materials and equipment), within the economic and legal framework in which the construction industry operates. The course develops technical and interpersonal skills through a programme that links the design and construction of buildings.
Construction Management allows you to study the processes of managing construction activity in a rapidly changing, competitive environment.
A wide variety of teaching methods are used, but the emphasis is on applying knowledge to real situations.
Course content
This course provides a blend of academic and work-based learning. The learning and assessment processes are often integrated, mirroring each other to help students develop their knowledge and skill within the modules. Students will study modules which are related to the technology of buildings, health and safety issues as well as management of resources. You will be encouraged to study additional modules and are able to join the degree course at an advanced stage.

Year one core modules:
Contextual Skills for the Built Environment
An Introduction to Technology and Design
Built Environment in the Economy
Introduction to Civil Law and Legislation
The Practice of Management
Year two core modules:
Environmental Services and Construction Technology
Measurement and Analysis of Prices
Construction Resource Management
Project Administration
Year three core modules:
Construction Technology and Innovation
Project Management
Dissertation/Major Project
The Construction Business
Associated careers
This degree provides sound preparation for a variety of roles within construction management from site management, project management to contracts management.
Assessment
Assessment is via a mix of examination, project work, presentations, role play, case studies, reports and work place assessment.
Professional recognition
This degree is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) as meeting the academic base for full membership. Anglia Ruskin is an accredited centre for CIOB programmes.

The construction industry occupies a key role within the UK economy, and the opportunities it offers skilled people continue to grow. This makes Construction Management not only a highly relevant course of study but also potentially a very rewarding one.
The main aims of this degree are to:
provide you with a broad background in the wide range of disciplines involved in construction management
equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a successful career within the industry.
Construction management covers a wide range of disciplines, from economics to human resource management. While formal lectures will give you a through understanding of theory, the real focus of this course is on the application of that theory in practical situations, and the development of key skills.
The chance to take part in a work placement will give you the opportunity to test your new skills in a professional environment as well as giving you a real insight into the demands of professional practice.
When you graduate you will be able to:
demonstrate a sound understanding of the construction process
take a logical approach to solving a range of technical, economic, legal and organisational challenges.
The construction industry offers a particularly fast-paced environment, one that is continually changing in response to economic and competitive pressures. Its professionals need to be able to adapt and evolve to keep pace with its changing technologies and methods. This course is about preparing you for that environment and ensuring you have the knowledge and skills to succeed within it.

A certificate or associate degree are available in either management or small business management in this program, which is designed to provide students with entry-level management skills. The program is suited for working adults in first-level management or supervisory positions, as well as those wanting to learn management skills.

This masters-level programme prepares students fully for professional practice in town planning. It is concerned with the relationship of contemporary lifestyles and the spaces we live in. It focuses on the sustainability and regeneration agendas, and the role of planners in the development of space and place, in the context of a region experiencing major development pressures and environmental challenges and opportunities. The course develops not only students’ professional knowledge and skills, but also their ability to analyse complex issues, make sound judgments, solve problems, communicate, and act autonomously.
Course content
The course covers core aspects of planning activity ranging from development control and local planning through to European spatial strategy, development feasibility, and urban design. This is complemented by theoretical insights into the social and economic context of planning and its impact on society. Development of the practical and capacity-building skills for the realisation of for sustainable communities accompanies research, evaluative and reflective skills, culminating in a research project based on a specialist study area. Currently, students choose from specialisms in Urban Design, Housing and Planning, and Waste, Minerals, and Environment.
Methods of teaching and learning
These are diverse and designed to encourage active participation in the learning process, including, practical exercises, seminars, tutorials, role-play and group work. Students undertake a major project in a specialist area of study of their choice, demonstrating their ability to structure a clear, concise, reasoned argument and analysis.
Benefits to you
This course is professionally accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), and provides the knowledge and skills needed for professional practice in town planning. Successful completion of the MSc, plus two years’ professional planning experience, enables you to apply for membership of the RTPI, highly regarded in Britain and overseas.
Benefits to your organisation
Your organisation can be confident that you have followed a course of study which is recognised by the RTPI as equipping students with the range of specialist professional and generic skills required to work in this challenging, creative, and fast-changing profession.
Associated careers
The course is professionally accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute and is designed for those who wish to follow a career in spatial planning or an associated discipline.
Assessment
Assessment uses a range of methods, eg coursework, oral presentation, examination, to demonstrate achievement of the programme’s learning outcomes. Each method is designed to encourage students to gain confidence and experience in different methods of presentation of subject matter using styles customised for different purposes and audiences.
Prfessional recognition
The course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Special features
The course is an intensive MSc running over one year in full-time mode, with three terms each of 15 weeks. Students who cannot entirely satisfy the entry requirements may be eligible to enrol on a 30-credit ‘bridging course’ to prepare themselves for entry to the MSc Town Planning.

The MA covers the essential core skills required to manage tourism organisations and tourist places in more sustainable ways for the 21st century. The programme is aimed at those who are wishing to enter a career, or further an existing career, in the tourism industry, or those wishing to develop tourism expertise in other areas such as conservation management, urban and rural planning, and other areas.
Course content
Key topics include: Ecotourism and Nature Based Tourism; Cultures of Tourism; Sustainability and Tourism Management; Research Skills & Methods in Tourism; Consultancy Skills; and a choice of a selection of Business and Management modules.
Methods of teaching and learning
Most teaching will be delivered through lectures and seminars, which will draw upon a number of different sources and take a variety of forms, including problem solving, presentations, and site visits.
Benefits to you
Developing skills to improve your employment prospects in what is a very diverse and expanding industry. Having acquired learning and knowledge through academic study/research, you should be able to pose appropriate solutions to some of the problems that the tourism industry, individual and community practitioners face in differing places and contexts in the 21st century.
Benefits to your organisation
The course equips students with essential current practical and organisational skills, the knowledge and understanding of the potential benefits of tourism as well as finding solutions to practical problems raised by it.
Associated careers
This course provides access to tourism management careers throughout a variety of organisations from large and small private companies, to local government, conservation, and tourism authorities.
Assessment
Modules are assessed by assignment, by group and individual presentations, and project work.
Special features
The course will be seeking to make a number of short-term placements available to students in the tourism sector, as well as encourage students to develop research projects in tandem with external tourism-based organisations.
Links with industry
The course has links with international practitioners, researchers, local tourism organisations, and conservation groups

A taught postgraduate programme, designed to develop your knowledge and skills in the fields of the environment, sustainability and management, together with the specialist knowledge and skills to understand and manage sustainability in the built environment.
The programme is designed for built environment graduates and professionals, as well as those from the social sciences, environmental sciences and management who work in relation to, or have an interest in, the built environment, who wish to enter, or develop, a career in sustainable construction and the management of sustainable construction.
The programme provides the management and organisational basis, plus the technological skills to undertake the effective management of projects to meet the challenges of a sustainable built environment.
Course content
The programme has a strong management basis to the specialist modules that develop a comprehensive understanding of the environmental technology, issues and policies involved in the built environment and sustainable construction. These are supported by modules that enable students to implement sustainability into construction projects and to manage the design, technology and organisation through to a successful conclusion. Emphasis is placed on the development of the knowledge and skills to identify and implement innovative organisational and technological solutions to the challenges created by sustainable construction.
Modules studied:
Management Theory
Management Practice
Sustainable Buildings: Design and Simulation
Economic, Legal and Political Framework
Sustainable Energy
Environmental Management Issues and Policies
Environmental Management Systems
Research Design and Methodology
Dissertation/Major Project.
Methods of teaching and learning
Modules are delivered by lectures, tutorials and workshops by specialists in their field; case studies are used to reinforce and develop your application of project management theory and skills. WebCT is used to support student learning; it provides access to teaching materials and electronic resources, including the University electronic library; to communicate with tutors and receive tutor feedback, and to allow students to submit work electronically.
Associated careers
The Department of the Built Environment has a partnership arrangement with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and it is envisaged that the programmes will be accredited by the RICS, subject to which, graduating students will be eligible for graduate membership of the RICS and enrolment for the Assessment of Professional Competence.
Sustainable construction is an evolving, dynamic and challenging field; it offers exciting opportunities in a variety of organisations. Successful candidates can expect to be involved in a wide range of roles in construction and the built environment, as well as other roles in the development and construction sectors of the economy.
Assessment
Assessment is diverse to reflect the scope and aims of the programme. Candidates can expect to be assessed by a combination of assignments, case studies, examinations, group work, and presentations.