This Extended Diploma in Business Administration is designed to provide a broad understanding of business administration. It should equip learners with the right knowledge, skills and tools to progress careers and/or take up employment in the business sector. Those who are keen to further their education/qualification can progress to the Higher Diploma in Business Administration or gain entry and acceptance into Year 2 of a Bachelor degree in Business and Management.
Overall Programme Outcomes
On completion of this programme, learners will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of foundational management theories, current issues of management, the development of conceptual frameworks to guide its application within organizations operating in an increasingly global and competitive environment.
- Demonstrate and apply critical skills to enable an investigation and evaluation of management issues and practices.
- Acquire the critical skills of thinking, learning, investigation and examination of information as well as academic writing and business reports.
Assessments
Assessments are based wholly on course work submitted by learners
Entry Requirement
No prior knowledge is required. Applicants should normally be at least 16 years old andpreferably with the following:
- Level 3 (QCF/RQF) Certificate; or
- 2 GCE A Levels; or
- Working adults with a few years of working experience.
Programme Structure
The Level 4 Extended Diploma in Business Administration accrues 120 credits over 6 Units
where each Unit carries 20 credits. The six Units are:
- Unit 1 – Business Economics
- Unit 2 – Principles of Marketing.
- Unit 3 – Principles of Management.
- Unit 4 – Business Numeracy and Finance.
- Unit 5 – Business English.
- Unit 6 – Information Systems in Business.
Mode of Delivery:
1. Blended Delivery Mode:
| SELF INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING MATERIAL | FACE TO FACE TUTORIALS | ONLINE DISCUSSIONS |
| Students are given a complete set of learning materials to facilitate independent study which can be downloaded from the designated Learning Portal | Face-to-Face classes conducted at a learning centre at 12 hours per module | Learners are encouraged to participate in online discussions with other learners and their tutors for at least 18 hours per module |
2. Face to face Taught Mode:
| FACE TO FACE TAUGHT MODE | ONLINE DISCUSSIONS |
| Face-to-Face lasses conducted with not less than 12 hours of classes per module at a learning centre | Learners are encouraged to participate in online discussions with other learners and their tutors for at least 18 hours per module |
3. Fully Online Mode
| SELF INSTRUCTURAL LEARNING MATERIAL | ONLINE DISCUSSIONS |
| Students are given a complete set of learning materials to facilitate independent study which can be downloaded from the designated Learning Portal | Learners are encouraged to participate in online discussions with other learners and their tutors for at least 18 hours per module |
Location
For the Blended Mode and Face to Face Fully Taught Mode please Contact Us to find an Approved Learning Centre near you.
Please note we are constantly adding LEB Approved Centres.
For the Fully Online Mode please enrol now to sign up for the next available intake.
Notional Hours
Notional hours are defined in terms of the amount of time it should take a learner to achieve the learning outcomes. Each credit requires on average 10 notional hours of a learner’s time.
Guide to Learning Hours / Student Learning Time
The Level 4 Programme accrues 120 credits spread over 8 modules or 1,200 notional hours in total. Each module therefore equates to 150 notional hours and the programme should take between 8 to 12 months to complete.