Am I eligible for this progamme?
This course is most suited to individuals who are at least 16 years old, have a high school education and wish to progress onto a degree at university, or the Undergraduate Level 4/5 Extended Diploma in Management with COTHM Online.
English Proficiency
Candidates who do not have English as a first language will have to demonstrate competence in reading, writing and listening skills in English.
University top-up
If you decide to top up to a full undergraduate degree through an accredited UK university, the costs are listed below. Please note, the below costs are for distance learning/online only. You have the option of finishing on campus, costs will vary depending on which university you chose to complete the final year at.
Northampton University
BA (Hons) in Business and Management Top up – £3800
BSc (Hons) in International Accounting Top up -£3800
University of Derby
Undergraduate Top up to BA – £4400
Edinburgh Napier University
BA in Business Management (Top-Up) – £4600
BA in Business and Enterprise (Top-Up) – £4600
BA in Sales Management (Top-Up) – £4600
Anglia Ruskin University
BSc (Hons) Business Management (Final Year) – £4500
BA (Hons) Management (Top-Up) – £4500
University of Worcester
BA (Hons) Business Administration Final Year Top up – £4000
University of Sunderland – On Campus
BA (Hons) Business and Management (Year 3 ) – £9250
University of Hertfordshire
BA (Hons) Business Administration (top-up) (Online)
University of Bolton
BA (Hons) Top-up, fee £10,250, duration 2 semesters
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Business
BA (Hons) Business and Computer Studies
BA (Hons) Professional Studies
BSc (Hons) Professional Studies
BSc (Hons) Engineering and Management Studies
BSc (Hons) Engineering Project Management
Buckinghamshire New University
BA (Hons) Top-up, fee £3,000
Coventry University
BA (Hons) Top-up – progression from ATHE Level 5 Extended Diploma in Management, fee £9,560
Southern Cross University
Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business in Convention and Event Management
Bachelor of Business in Hotel Management
Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality Management
Please enquire for top up prices for Southern Cross University
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Undergraduate Top up to BA – €6000
NOTE: UK/EU students may be eligible for student loans for the top-up portion of their studies. Visit www.slc.co.uk for more information.
Career path
Successful completion of the full Level 4/5 Extended Diploma in Management and final year of an accredited Undergraduate Degree programme will give students the right credentials to go on and apply for a job in marketing, accounting, human resources, management or business consultancy.
Level 4 module listing
- Developing Personal Skills: This module will develop learner’s personal skills which are considered important in the business world. It will also focus on leaderships skills, communication skills and decision making methods.
- Effective Communication: In this module, learners will learn various communication methods which are used for commercial dealings. Effective communication is important to work effectively in a team to bring needed outcomes.
- The Business Environment: Learners will learn examine external environment and its impact on a business success and operations. They will study about global parameters, economic condition and competition etc.
- The Marketing Mix: Learners will use marketing mix elements and will explore its role in the context of business planning process.
- Strategic HRM: In this module learners will learn about employees as a valuable asset for the business. It will focus on right selection, rewards system and employees’ retention.
- Managing Ethically: This module will help students to learn and analyze different management theories and models in various contexts.
- Culture and the organization: Students will learn about culture, it’s importance and context in which it varies among organizations.
- Customers and customer service: This module helps students understand customers’ importance in a way that they are considered as the backbone of any business.
- Fundamentals of accounting: This module will enable students to learn about accounts and it’s utilization in knowing an organization’s current position.
- Financial management and control: This module will help students to explore business financial decisions (right and wrong) and their consequences.
Level 5 module listing
- The entrepreneurial manager: In this module students will learn about entrepreneurship and skills needed to become a successful entrepreneur.
- Organisation structures: This module will help students to explore that why an organization is being structured in a particular manner? And how one organizational structure is different from another? Students will also explore various theories and models that are used to form an organizational structure.
- Practical accounting analysis: Learners will be able to complete accounts exercises in this module and will understand ways to quickly analyze them.
- Business planning and goal setting: Students will learn about organizational aims, strategies to achieve them and ways to define them clearly. In this module, learners will learn to prepare clear plans to attain organizational objectives.
- Politics and business: In this module political impact on a business and challenges that may be caused due to it for a business will be analyzed. Learners will also learn about economy, government aid and exports.
- Business law: This module will make learners understand legal obligations of business executives and an organization.
- Managing in today’s world: In this module, the learners will focus on learning about modern world practices by focusing on governance and business ethics.
- Performance management: This module will help to understand the contribution of people in bringing continuous improvements in a business. Reward structures, trainings programmes, CPD and employee development programmes will also be examined to attain best business outcomes.
- Marketing and sales planning: This module will help to understand that how integrated planning is possible by bringing few elements (customers, products, markets and competitors) together.
Quantitative skills: This module successful completion will enable learners to understand numeric exercises usages and knowledge.
Written assignments
Students will have to complete assignments after the successful completion of each module. Support will also be provided to students online through the learning platform. The details of assignments are given below,
| Level 4 Modules |
Written Assignments in L-4 |
Level 5 Modules |
Written Assignments in L-5 |
Assignment Word Count of Each Assignment |
| 10 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
5k – 8k |
The assignment unit titles for the level 4 course are:
- Marketing mix
- The business environment
- Communication skills for business
- Corporate social responsibility
- Customer relationship management
- Financial techniques for managers
- People in organisation
- Resources management
More information about the level 4 units can be found here https://athe.co.uk/level-4-management-qualifications/
The assignment unit titles for the level 5 course are:
- Managing communications
- Business organisations in a global context
- People management
- Finance for managers
- Research project
- Marketing principles and practice
- Planning a new business venture
- Business law
More information about the level 5 units can be found here https://athe.co.uk/level-5-management-qualifications/
