Regulations for the Certificate in Business Administration Admission

  1. There are no formal entry requirements, but candidates must demonstrate:
    1. significant experience of a managed organisational environment (this may include experience in charities, clubs and families for those returning to work, as well as more conventional work environments);

    2. a willingness to undertake the required self-development;

    3. an ability to devote sufficient time to private study and assessed work;

    4. an ability to cope with sustained academic work.
    All candidates will be interviewed. Two references will be required to comment on the above factors.

Scheme of Study

  1. The scheme of study will comprise of lectures and other course work.

  2. A candidate is required to undertake the scheme of study over a period of not less than three terms of part-time study and normally not more than two years of part-time study, from first registration.

Examinations

  1. All components of the scheme of study will be examined during and/or at the end of the period of study as specified by the College Board.

  2. Examination shall be based on satisfactory completion of group class work, the assessment of three assignments and a report on a project.

  3. On successful completion of the units and the three assignments, a candidate shall undertake further study and submit a report on a project. The report shall be submitted not later than two years from the date of first registration. In exceptional cases, the College Board may approve a later date for the submission of the report on a project.

  4. A candidate who fails to satisfactorily complete any unit on the first occasion will normally be permitted to repeat the unit within a time prescribed by the College Board.

  5. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in any assignment or the project on the first occasion will normally be permitted to re-submit in a form and by a date prescribed by the College Board.

Exemptions

  1. Exemptions of up to 2 units may be granted to candidates on the basis of imported credits or prior learning approved by the Board of the College for that purpose.

Award

  1. The Certificate in Business Administration of the University of Southampton (Cert BA Soton) is awarded by Senate on the recommendation of the College Board to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed the scheme of study and passed the examinations prescribed. The Certificate may be awarded with a Merit or Distinction.