Arden University Course Factsheets

This document has factsheets for all the courses available at Arden University for the
2023/2024 academic year.
Please select your course from the list below and use this to revise the course modules
and other key information (course duration, tuition fees, assessment methods) for
your interview.
ONLY REMEMBER INFORMATION FROM YOUR OWN COURSE!
BA (Hons) Business (Top-Up) 2
BA (Hons) Business Management 3
BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year 4
BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology with Foundation Year 5
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year 6
BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year 7
BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up) 8
BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year 9
BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (Top-Up) 10
BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management with Foundation Year 11
BSc (Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year 12
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year 13
BSc (Hons) Supply Chain Management with Foundation Year 14
CertHE Business Management 15
CertHE Computing 16
CertHE Health and Care Management 17
LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year 18

BA (Hons) Business (Top-Up)
Tuition fee (per year) £9,250
Total course duration 1 year
Assessment methods Case studies, group presentations, essays,

portfolios of work
Course modules
● Contemporary Management Issues

● Strategic Management
● Managing Self and Others
● International Management
● Research Methods and Dissertation
Please know ALL the course modules. Also, CHOOSE ONE module you are interested in and
discuss how it will help you with your future career plans.
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BA (Hons) Business Management
Total course duration 3 years
Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

presentations, essays
Course modules
Level 4 (Year One)
● Digital Skills & Professional Development (20 credits)

● Contemporary Business Environment (20 credits)
● Marketing Dynamics (20 credits)
● Introduction to Business Finance (20 credits)
● People Management (20 credits)
● Technology & Innovation (20 credits)
Level 5 (Year Two)
● Data Analytics & Management (20 credits)

● Business Start-up (20 credits)
● Sales Management (20 credits)
● Digital & Social Media Marketing (20 credits)
● Blockchain & Applications FinTech for Managers (20 credits)
● Operations & Supply Chain Management (20 credits)
Level 6 (Year Three)
● Business Transformation (20 credits)

● Entrepreneurship and Innovation (20 credits)
● Corporate Governance, Law & Ethics (20 credits)
● Independent Study (20 credits)
● Project Management (20 credits)
● International Business Management (20 credits)
Please know at least 9 course modules (3 course modules per academic year/level).
Also, choose 2-3 modules and discuss how they will help with your future career plans.
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BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year

presentations, essays
Course modules
Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)
● Preparing for University Success ● Data Analytics & Management (20

● Exploring the Business Environment credits)
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Business Start-up (20 credits)
● Becoming an Effective Leader ● Sales Management (20 credits)
● Planning for Your Future Success ● Digital & Social Media Marketing (20
● Investigation & Innovation Project credits)
● Blockchain & Applications FinTech
Level 4 (Year One) for Managers (20 credits)
● Operations & Supply Chain
● Digital Skills & Professional
Management (20 credits)
Development (20 credits)
● Contemporary Business Level 6 (Year Three)
Environment (20 credits)
● Marketing Dynamics (20 credits) ● Business Transformation (20 credits)
● Introduction to Business Finance (20 ● Entrepreneurship and Innovation (20
credits) credits)
● People Management (20 credits) ● Corporate Governance, Law &
● Technology & Innovation (20 Ethics (20 credits)
credits) ● Independent Study (20 credits)
● Project Management (20 credits)
● International Business
Please know at least 8-12 course modules (2-3 course modules per academic year/level).
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BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology with Foundation Year

presentations, essays, portfolios of work,
roleplays
Course modules
● Preparing for University Success ● The Prison (20 credits)

● Exploring the Social World ● Personality and Intelligence (20
● Advancing your Academic Skills credits)
● Examining Social Justice ● Youth Crime and Justice (20 credits)
● Planning for Your Future Success ● Crimes of the Powerful (20 credits)
● Investigation & Innovation Project ● Researching the Field (20 credits)
● Forensic Psychology (20 credits)
Level 4 (Year One)
● Becoming a Criminologist (20
credits) ● Counselling Psychology, Mental
● Introduction to Studying Psychology Health and Illness (20 credits)
(20 credits) ● Victimology (20 credits)
● Social Psychology (20 credits) ● Cyberpsychology (20 credits)
● Crime, Media, Culture (20 credits) ● Professional Practice: A Case Study
● Working within the Criminal Justice (20 credits)
System (20 credits) ● Research Project (40 credits)
● Developmental Psychology (20
credits)
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BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Group presentations, counselling

situations, essays, reports, case studies
Course modules
Foundation year
● Preparing for University Success

● Exploring the Social World
● Advancing your Academic Skills
● Examining Social Justice
● Planning for Your Future Success
● Investigation & Innovation Project
Level 4 (Year One)
● Introduction to Studying Psychology (20 credits)

● Social Psychology (20 credits)
● Introduction to Research Methods (20 credits)
● Developmental Psychology (20 credits)
● Biological Psychology (20 credits)
● Cognitive Psychology (20 credits)
Level 5 (Year Two)
● Qualitative Research Methods (20 credits)

● Quantitative Research Methods (20 credits)
● Positive Psychology (20 credits)
● Personality and Intelligence (20 credits)
● Introduction to Counselling Psychology (20 credits)
● Core Counselling Skills (20 credits)
● Health and Psychological Well-being (20 credits)

● Psychological Assessment and Formulation (20 credits)
● Counselling Psychology, Mental Health and Illness (20 credits)
● Managing the Therapeutic Process (20 credits)
● Counselling Research Project (40 credits)
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BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Board presentations, consultancy projects,

reports, memos
Course modules
● Preparing for University Success ● Financial Reporting (20 credits)

● Exploring the Business Environment ● Financial Markets and Institutions
● Advancing your Academic Skills (20 credits)
● Becoming an Effective Leader ● Performance Management (20
● Planning for Your Future Success credits)
● Investigation & Innovation Project ● Corporate and Business Law (20
credits)
Level 4 (Year One) ● Security Analysis and Valuation (20
credits)
● Introduction to Business Economics
● Applied Financial Skills (20 credits)
(20 credits)
● Introduction to Finance (20 credits) Level 6 (Year Three)
● Financial Accounting (20 credits)
● Introduction to Management ● Corporate Financial Management
Accounting (20 credits) (20 credits)
● Quantitative Methods for ● International Finance (20 credits)
Accounting and Finance (20 credits) ● Taxation (20 credits)
● Introduction to Financial ● Audit and Assurance (20 credits)
Technology (20 credits) ● Investment and Portfolio
● Financial Management Project (20
credits)
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BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up)
Assessment methods Portfolios of work, projects, assignments,

computer-based activities
Course modules
● Data Mining (Core)

● Managing Innovation and Change (Core)
● Computing Project (Core)
Choose 2 from:
● Information Security Management (Elective)

● Technology Entrepreneurship (Elective)
● Distributed and Cloud Computing (Elective)
● Web Application Development (Elective)
Please know at least 5 course modules.
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BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Presentations, case studies, reports,

computer artefacts
Course modules
Foundation year Technical route
● Preparing for University Success ● Advanced Databases (Elective) and

● Exploring the Business Environment ● Object Oriented Programming
● Advancing your Academic Skills (Elective)
● Becoming an Effective Leader Managerial route
● Digital Business (Elective) and
● Investigation & Innovation Project
● Ethics, Quality and Sustainability in
Level 4 (Year One) Technological Environments
(Elective))
● Introduction to Academic Skills and
Professional Development (Core)
● Introduction to Computer Systems ● Data Mining (Core)
and Security (Core) ● Managing Innovation and Change
● Introduction to Databases (Core) (Core)
● Introduction to Programming (Core) ● Computing Project (Core)
● Introduction to Web Authoring
(Core) Technical route
● Productivity and Collaboration Tools ● Distributed and Cloud Computing
for Learning and Work (Core) (Elective)
Level 5 (Year Two) ● Web Application Development
(Elective)
● Human Computer Interaction (Core)
Managerial route
● Data Analytics and Visualisation
(Core) ● Information Security Management
● IT Project Management (Core) (Elective)
● Systems Analysis and Design (Core) ● Technology Entrepreneurship
(Elective)
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BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (Top-Up)
Assessment methods Essays, presentations, case studies,

portfolios of work
Course modules
● Global Health and Sustainability

● Health Analytics and Planning
● Total Quality Management in Health & Care
● Project Management
● Final Project
Please know ALL the course modules. Also, CHOOSE ONE module and discuss how it will
help with your future career plans.
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BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Essays, reports, presentations, case studies,

podcasts, portfolios of work
Course modules
● Preparing for University Success ● Leadership Theory & Concepts for

● Exploring the Business Environment Health & Care Management
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Fundamentals of Health & Care
● Becoming an Effective Leader Finance
● Planning for Your Future Success ● Public Health
● Investigation & Innovation Project ● Resource Planning in
Multidisciplinary Working
Level 4 (Year One) ● Digital Health Leadership
● Evidence Based Practice
● Essential Skills for Health & Care
Management Level 6 (Year Three)
● Meeting the Needs of Service Users
● Planetary Health ● Global Health and Sustainability
● Health Promotion ● Health Analytics and Planning
● Supporting Dignity and Respect ● Total Quality Management in Health
Through Ethical Principles and & Care
Theories ● Project Management
● Communication & Interprofessional ● Final Project
Collaboration
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BSc (Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Live case studies, plans, projects, reports
Course modules
● Preparing for University Success ● Advanced Project Management (20

● Exploring the Business Environment credits)
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Project Justification (20 credits)
● Becoming an Effective Leader ● Project Planning (20 credits)
● Planning for Your Future Success ● Agile and Hybrid Project
● Investigation & Innovation Project Management (20 credits)
● AI and Big Data Analytics in Project
Level 4 (Year One) Management (20 credits)
● Elective: Operations & Supply Chain
● Business Research Methods and
Analysis (20 credits)
● Elective: Digital & Social Media
● Business Consulting (20 credits)
Marketing (20 credits)
● Principles of Procurement, Financial
Control and Contract Management Level 6 (Year Three)
(20 credits)
● Governance in a Global Business ● Project Change and Control (20
Environment (20 credits) credits)
● Introduction to Project ● Quality Management (20 credits)
Management (20 credits) ● Project Risk and Issue Management
● Elective: Digital Skills & Professional (20 credits)
Development (20 credits) ● Developing People and Capabilities
● Elective: Technology and (20 credits)
Innovation (20 credits) ● Final Project including End Point
Assessment (40 credits)
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BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Essays, reports, case studies, roleplays,

presentations
Course modules
Foundation year ● Positive Psychology (20 credits)
● Preparing for University Success Elective modules (select two)

● Exploring the Social World ● Forensic Psychology (20 credits)
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Sport and Exercise Psychology (20
● Examining Social Justice credits)
● Planning for Your Future Success ● Occupational Psychology (20
● Investigation & Innovation Project credits)
● Clinical and Health Psychology (20
Level 4 (Year One)
credits)
● Introduction to studying Psychology ● Child Development and Educational
(20 credits) Psychology (20 credits)
● Social Psychology (20 credits) ● Coaching Psychology (20 credits)
● Introduction to Research Methods Level 6 (Year Three)
(20 credits)
● Developmental Psychology (20 Core modules
credits) ● Professional Development (20
● Biological Psychology (20 credits) credits)
● Cognitive Psychology (20 credits) ● Research Project (40 credits)
Level 5 (Year Two) Elective modules (select three)
Core modules ● Counselling Psychology: Mental
Health and Illness (20 credits)
● Qualitative Research Methods (20
● Behavioural Neuroscience and
credits)
Neuropsychology (20 credits)
● Quantitative Research Methods (20
● Political Psychology (20 credits)
credits)
● Cyber Psychology (20 credits)
● Personality and Intelligence (20
● Gender and Sexuality (20 credits)
credits)
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BSc (Hons) Supply Chain Management with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Essays, reports, appraisals, plans
Course modules
● Preparing for University Success ● Operations and Supply Chain

● Exploring the Business Environment Management (20 credits)
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Agile Project Management (20
● Becoming an Effective Leader credits)
● Planning for Your Future Success ● Sustainable and Circular Supply
● Investigation & Innovation Project Chain Management (20 credits)
● Applied Logistics Management (20
Level 4 (Year One) credits)
● Operational Risk and Resilience (20
● Business Research Methods and
credits)
Analysis (20 credits)
● Data Analytics and Management (20
● Business Consulting (20 credits)
credits)
● Principles of Procurement and
Contract Management (20 credits) Level 6 (Year Three)
● Governance in a Global Business
Environment (20 credits) ● Digital Supply Chain 4.0 (20 credits)
● Introduction to Project ● Strategic Supply Chain Management
Management (20 credits) (20 credits)
● Digital Skills and Professional ● Quality Management (20 credits)
Development (20 credits) ● Social Value Networks (20 credits)
● Technology and Innovation (20 ● Logistics & Supply Chain Research
credits) Project (40 credits)
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CertHE Business Management
Assessment methods Essays, reports, presentations, case

studies
Course modules
● Digital Skills & Professional Development

● Contemporary Business Environment
● Marketing Dynamics
● Introduction to Business Finance
● People Management
● Technology & Innovation
Please know ALL the course modules.
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CertHE Computing

studies
Course modules
● Introduction to Academic Skills and Professional Development

● Introduction to Computer Systems and Security
● Introduction to Databases
● Introduction to Programming
● Introduction to Web Authoring
● Productivity and Collaboration Tools for Learning and Work
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CertHE Health and Care Management

studies
Course modules
● Essential Skills for Health & Care Management

● Meeting the Needs of Service Users
● Planetary Health
● Health Promotion
● Supporting Dignity and Respect Through Ethical Principles and Theories
● Communication & Interprofessional Collaboration
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LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year
Assessment methods Drafting exercises, multiple-choice

questions, portfolios, coursework
Course modules
Foundation year Level 6 SQE pathway
● Preparing for University Success ● Business Law and Practice

● Exploring the Social World ● Solicitors Professional Practice
● Advancing your Academic Skills ● Property Practice
● Examining Social Justice
Block A (select one):
● Investigation & Innovation Project ● EU Law
● Placement and Pro Bono (subject to
eligibility)
Level 4 (Year One) Block B (select one):
● English Legal System and Skills ● Employment Law

● Public Law ● International Commercial Law
● Tort 1 ● Legal Dissertation (40 credits: no
● Crime 1 block C requirement if selected)
● Civil Liberties in Practice Block C (select one):
● Contract Law
● Family Law
● Public International Law
Level 5 (Year Two) ● Placement and Pro Bono (subject to
eligibility)
● Tort 2 ● Legal Research Project (cannot be
● Crime 2 combined with the Legal
● Land Law and Practical Skills Dissertation option)
● Equity, Trusts and Wills ● Legal Dissertation (Continued)
● Dispute Resolution
● Technology, Innovation and the Law
Level 6 Bar pathway
Core modules (20 credits):

● Business Law and Practice
● EU Law
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● Property PracticeOptional modules Block C (select one):
(20 credits):
● Family Law
Block A (select one): ● Public International Law
● Employment Law
eligibility)
● Legal Research Project (cannot be
eligibility)
combined with the Legal
Block B (select one): Dissertation option)
● International Commercial Law ● Legal Dissertation (Continued)
● Legal Dissertation (40 credits: no Level 6 International Bar pathway
block C module requirement if
selected) ● Business Law and Practice
● EU Law
● International Commercial Law
● Public International Law
● Legal Dissertation (40 credits)
You should also choose a specific Level 6 pathway and explain why you have chosen this.
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This document has factsheets for all the courses available at Arden University for the

2023/2024 academic year.

ONLY REMEMBER INFORMATION FROM YOUR OWN COURSE!

BA (Hons) Business (Top-Up) 2

BA (Hons) Business Management 3

BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year 4

BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology with Foundation Year 5

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year 6

BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year 7

BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up) 8

BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year 9

BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (Top-Up) 10

BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management with Foundation Year 11

BSc (Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year 12

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year 13

BSc (Hons) Supply Chain Management with Foundation Year 14

CertHE Business Management 15

CertHE Health and Care Management 17

LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year 18

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Case studies, group presentations, essays,

● Contemporary Management Issues

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 3 years

Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

Level 4 (Year One)

● Digital Skills & Professional Development (20 credits)

● Data Analytics & Management (20 credits)

● Business Transformation (20 credits)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Data Analytics & Management (20

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Individual reports, case studies, group

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● The Prison (20 credits)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Group presentations, counselling

● Preparing for University Success

Level 4 (Year One)

● Introduction to Studying Psychology (20 credits)

● Qualitative Research Methods (20 credits)

● Health and Psychological Well-being (20 credits)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 4 years

Assessment methods Board presentations, consultancy projects,

Foundation year Level 5 (Year Two)

● Preparing for University Success ● Financial Reporting (20 credits)

Tuition fee (per year) £9,250

Total course duration 1 year

Assessment methods Portfolios of work, projects, assignments,

● Data Mining (Core)

● Information Security Management (Elective)

Please know at least 5 course modules.