Course content
Detailed course guide
Year 1
Semester 1
Management in a Global Context
Introductory Economics
Introduction to Accounting
Elective
Semester 2
Enterprise and its Business Environment
Business Skills - Professional Development Track
The Economy
Introduction to Finance
Year 2
Semester 1
Fundamentals of Marketing
Human Resource Management
Commercial Law
Intercultural Issues in Business Management
Semester 2
Operations Management
Management Theories in Practice - Professional Development Track
Enterprise: Concepts and Issues
Option or elective
Optional courses available include Business Entities, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing Perspectives.
Year 3
Semester 1
Business Research Methods
Business Venturing
Option
Option or elective
Semester 2
Strategic Management
Business Analysis and Consultancy - Professional Development Track
Innovation Management
Option or elective
Optional courses available include Project Management, Employment Law, Employment Relations, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Communications.
Year 4
Semester 1
International Business
International Entrepreneurship
Option
Management Dissertation 1 or Business Project 1
Semester 2
Approved Enterprise Option
Global Trends and Ethics - Professional Development Track
Marketing and Management in SMES or Social Enterprise
Management Dissertation 2 or Business Project 2
Approved Enterprise options include Business Ethics; High Growth Companies; Marketing & Management in SMEs; Social Enterprise; Changing Trends in Employment.
Optional courses available include Logistics; International Business Law; Diversity Management; Management Science; Digital Marketing; and Company Law.
Entry requirements
Year 1
Standard entry requirements
Highers AAAB (over two sittings)
A-Levels BBB
Int. Baccalaureate 29 points
BTEC DDM (Business preferred)
HNC B in graded unit (Business preferred)
HND B in graded unit (Business preferred)
Minimum entry requirements*
Highers BBBC
A-Levels BCC
* Minimum: under our Fair Access Policy, we will relax our standard entry requirements for Scottish students depending on their circumstances. Our minimum requirements will apply if you:
live in an area within the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation lowest 20% (SIMD20), or
are care experienced.
We can also make exceptions for some Scottish students with grades above minimum but below standard. Read more about our Minimum and standard entry requirements
Year 2
Advanced Highers BB including one of Accounting, Business, Economics or Maths, plus AAAB at Higher
A-Levels ABB including one of Accountancy, Business, Economics or Maths
Int. Baccalaureate 34 points (with Higher Level Business at 5)
HNC A in graded unit (Business)
HND BB in graded units (Business)
BTEC DDD (Business-related subjects preferred)
Year 3
HND AA in graded units (Business)
Additional information
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you have to demonstrate that your English language ability is strong enough to succeed on your course. Please refer to our English language requirements .
Fees
Tuition fees for 2020 entry (by residency status)
Status*
Scotland / EU**
England / Northern Ireland / Wales***
International
Fee
Paid by SAAS
£9,250
£15,080
* Your residency 'status' is usually defined as the country where you have been ordinarily resident for the three years before the start of your course. Find out more about tuition fees .
** European Union countries (not including England, Northern Ireland or Wales).
*** 'Rest of the UK' (RUK) students entering at Level 1 receive a fee waiver of one year's tuition fee. Normally this will be the final year, or a year during which students study abroad (either at a partnership institution, or at one of Heriot-Watt's overseas campuses).
Additional costs
You may incur additional costs in the course of your studies at Heriot-Watt over and above tuition fees in an academic year. Depending on your programme of study, these may include: protective equipment, field trips, professional memberships, studio fees, required course texts or other study resources.
Scholarships and bursaries
Featured scholarships
Bursaries for students from England, Northern Ireland or Wales starting undergraduate degree courses in 2020
In addition to government loans and grants towards the costs of fees and living costs, we are offering generous financial support to attract and support eligible students from England, Northern Ireland or Wales:
View our full range of undergraduate scholarships .