SQA Advanced Diploma in Business

 

The SQA Advanced Diploma in Business provides learners with a progression route into employment. It also provides opportunities for further study, including university degree programmes.

The SQA Advanced Diploma in Business (SCQF level 8) covers the main aspects of international business including management, human resources, economics and administration. It will equip students with an awareness of key issues and practices within a changing business environment.

Entry requirements

  • GCE Advanced Level – Passes for 2 subjects in one attempt (18 Months)
    or

  • 12 years of education and a pass in placement test (18 Months)
    or

  • Successful completion of Foundation Programme in Business and 6 passes for GCE Ordinary Level Examination including Mathematics and English Language (30 Months)

Programme Contents

Semester 1
  • Managing People and Organisations

  • Marketing: An Introduction

  • Economic Issues: An Introduction

  • Business Accounting

  • Information Technology : Applications Software 1

  • Business Law: An Introduction

Semester 2
  • Human Resource Management: Introduction

  • International Marketing: An Introduction

  • Communication: Business Communication

  • Business Contractual Relationships

  • IT in Business: Spreadsheets

  • Manage Operational Resources

  • Business: Graded Unit 1

Semester 3
  • Preparing Financial Forecasts

  • Economics 1: Micro and Macro Theory and Application

  • Behavioural Skills for Business

  • Economics 2: The World Economy

  • Statistics for Business

  • Research Skills

Semester 4
  • International Purchasing and Supply

  • Business Culture and Strategy

  • Information and Communication Technology in Business

  • Business: Graded Unit 2

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