This BA (Hons) Business and Event Management course focuses on building the skills and experience you need in business and event management, particularly the logistical and operational elements of event management. One of the special features about this degree is that in the second and final year, you have the opportunity to plan, design and implement your own events.

Business is brought to life on this BA (Hons) Business and Event Management degree with focus on current real-world business and event and project management practice. You will work on live business projects and case studies to develop your confidence, business knowledge, entrepreneurial mind-set and understanding of event management principles and design.

You will explore a range of topics such as management, events design and creation, marketing, project management, operations management, branding, public relations, virtual events, communications, and sustainability to provide you with a strong foundation of event, project and business management needed by employers today.

Many of the jobs you will hold in the future don’t exist yet and this degree will teach you management fundamentals to deal with today’s complex and changing business landscape. It will also develop your marketing focus should you decide to progress your career in marketing and extend your studies further to gain full Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) accreditation.

This BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management degree will help you to develop the skills needed in business to recruit, manage and develop the most talented staff to compete in an ever-changing business environment.

Business is brought to life on this Business and Human Resource Management degree with focus on current real-world business and people management. You will work on live business projects and case studies to develop your confidence, business knowledge, HR knowledge, entrepreneurial mind-set and resilience.

You will explore a range of topics such as HRM, leadership, management, marketing, finance, operations management, entrepreneurship and market research to provide you with a strong foundation of both HR and business management needed by employers today.

Many of the jobs you will hold in the future don’t exist yet and this degree will teach you management fundamentals to deal with today’s complex and changing business landscape. It will also develop your people management focus should you decide to progress your career in HRM and extend your studies further to gain full Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) accreditation.

This Business and Management (International Route) Top-up degree is a one-year, full time course designed for international students with a business or management-related HND or associate degree (or equivalent).

This course is for international students who wish to continue their studies at final year honours level in the UK and also develop their academic and vocational English skills.

You will adjust to studying in the UK as you earn your full honours degree and develop the skills and knowledge you need to continue to further postgraduate study.

This degree will prepare you for further study at masters level in the UK. If you achieve a 2nd class honours or higher you will be guaranteed entry to the University of Chichester MSc International Business programmes, with bursaries available for students achieving a 2:1 or above.

Many of the jobs you will hold in the future don’t exist yet. This degree will help you become a confident and enterprising graduate, giving you the skills and experience you need to succeed across the business industry without limiting you to a single career pathway.

This BA (Hons) Business Management degree will teach you management fundamentals in the context of the contemporary business landscape, so your business skills will remain flexible and adaptable as your progress through your career.

This course combines practical professional experience with creative approaches to develop your entrepreneurial spirit, and incorporates as much hands-on experience and professional training as possible. You will explore a range of business and management disciplines including marketing, accounting and finance, HR management, information systems, operations management and research skills. You will learn from guest speakers, study work-based projects, and have opportunities to complete work experience in a one-year work placement or ten-week placement in your final year.

This BA (Hons) Business Management and Finance degree gives you an overall knowledge of crucial factors within the business sector with a focus on accounting and finance and improving the financial performance of a business.

Business is brought to life on our business management and finance degree with focus on current real-world business and financial scenarios. You will work on live business projects and case studies to develop your confidence, business knowledge, financial acumen, entrepreneurial mind-set and resilience.

You will explore a range of topics such as finance, accounts, taxation, management, enterprise, information systems, market research and marketing to provide you with a strong foundation of both finance and business management needed by employers today.

Many of the jobs you will hold in the future don’t exist yet and this degree will teach you management fundamentals to deal with today’s complex and changing business landscape. It will also develop your financial focus, should you decide to progress your career in accounts and finance or extend your studies further to gain full Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) accreditation. Some of our modules have ACCA exemption.

This BA (Hons) Business Management and Marketing degree focuses on building the skills and experience you need in marketing to create successful marketing and social media campaigns. To develop expertise as a marketer, you will apply theory in a range of marketing projects and apply your skills to realistic business scenarios.

Business is brought to life on our Business and Marketing degree with focus on current real-world business and marketing management practice. You will work on live business projects and case studies to develop your confidence, business knowledge, entrepreneurial mind-set and understanding of marketing principles.

You will explore a range of topics such as management, marketing, finance, consumer buyer behaviour, brands, digital campaign planning, market research, HRM and law to provide you with a strong foundation of both marketing and business management needed by employers today.

Many of the jobs you will hold in the future don’t exist yet and this degree will teach you management fundamentals to deal with today’s complex and changing business landscape. It will also develop your marketing focus should you decide to progress your career in marketing and extend your studies further to gain full Chartered Institute of Marketing Institute (CIM) accreditation. You can gain this additional professional qualification by taking the marketing options and membership/exam fee.

This BA (Hons) Business Management Top Up degree is for you if you already have a good foundation of business and management from your Higher National Diploma (HND) or equivalent qualification, and you are interested in extending your studies to obtain a full degree. In this one-year programme you are offered the same opportunities as our current Business Management students and have the opportunity to specialise in areas of interest for your career pathway.

Many of the jobs you will hold in the future don’t exist yet and the BA (Hons) Business Management degree will teach you management fundamentals to deal with today’s complex and changing business landscape with our current real-world business and management scenarios. You will explore a range of business and management disciplines such as marketing, accounting and finance, HR management, information systems, operations management and research skills.

Event management is the design, creation, implementation and management of events, where events are a communications tool to assist organisations in achieving their corporate communications goals.

This BA (Hons) Event Management degree explores all aspects of events management including risk management, marketing, finance, sponsorship, public relations, hospitality, stakeholder management, and creativity. You will study topics including tourism and events, management and organisations, event design and planning, project management, operations management and marketing communications.

During this degree you will plan live and virtual events and work with real clients, experiencing the kind of work you could undertake after you graduate. You will study event theory and apply this knowledge to two assessed live events during your course. Past students have organised spectacular events including auctions, gala balls, award ceremonies, music festivals, fashion exhibitions, sport challenge events, game shows and family fun days.

The course benefits from the scale, wealth and diversity of events in the local and regional area.

This BA (Hons) Event Management and Finance course will give you a strong academic understanding of event management, as well as practical events experience in the industry, with a key focus on finance.

The course benefits from the scale, wealth and diversity of events in the local and regional area. Our close relationship with Goodwood Estates means you will have the opportunity to work with experts at events such as:

• Goodwood Members’ Meeting
• Goodwood Festival of Speed
• Goodwood Revival
• Glorious Goodwood

The modules, projects and assessments on this course will help you to develop the skills and knowledge you need in the events industry, and give you the chance to apply these skills to live events. You can also take part in the events volunteering programme to work with event providers and gain first-hand experience while you study.

Your first year will share many modules with other business courses to give you a solid understanding of business management and the role of events in the industry. During your second and final years you will demonstrate your understanding by planning, designing and implementing two major events.

This degree has been designed in consultation with event professionals and event organisations to ensure you will experience suitable academic study and practical experience. You will explore the applied, logistical, business and operational elements of event management, and learn from and work with event managers who have staged events all over the world.

An integral part of this programme is emphasis on practical experience through contact with ‘real world’ situations. The BA (Hons) Event Management Top-Up degree is a business based degree that will equip you with the skills to be successful in this very competitive industry. By joining the final year of BA (Hons) Event Management as a top-up student, you can also choose to undertake a 10 week work placement to gain valuable experience working in an organisation, or write a thesis for a management project.

Emphasis will also be placed on health and safety and risk management. Final year modules including, sponsorship, public relations and marketing communications are designed to support you in the delivery of you final ‘live’ event or your thesis. Each module you’ll undertake is usually supported by a weekly tutor-facilitated workshop of approximately 2.5-3 hours. Group sizes are typically 20-25 students.

This BA (Hons) Human Resource Management degree will prepare you for a rewarding career in the evolving world of HR and help you to become an effective manager of people, whatever your industry. You will graduate with the skills and knowledge to impact the quality of people’s working lives, their performance, their workplace contribution and the organisation as a whole.

This course is for you if you want to work as an HR generalist, HR specialist or in another area of business as a manager of people.

This  degree is pending CIPD approval and focuses on the contemporary needs of organisations in the areas of resourcing, talent management, employment, law, employee relations, leadership, and ethics.

This BA (Hons) Marketing course is an exciting CIM accredited degree that explores up to date topics like disruptive technologies and encourages you to develop practical creative and digital skills alongside your theoretical marketing understanding.

In your first year you will study the modern marketing mix to give you a solid overview of marketing. You will complete assessments based on real life marketing problems. Throughout your studies you will investigate the psychology of consumer behaviour and the contemporary world of branding before analysing the components of digital marketing campaigns and specialising in areas of luxury marketing. You may also study modules in global marketing and agency life alongside your final year consultancy project or traditional management project.

You will use industry tools like Photoshop, InDesign, video editing software and Google Analytics across your modules. You can work towards achieving your CIM Certificate in Marketing after your first year while you explore other key business topics including human resources, accounts, law or project management.

This BA (Hons) Marketing and Event Management degree combines academic study with practical experience. During this course you will have the opportunity to work with local events providers through placement and voluntary roles, learn from events and marketing professionals with global experience, and explore specific topics that interest you by choosing modules from your second year.  You will also benefit from the diversity of local events in Chichester, including Chichester Festivities, Arundel Festival, the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival.

In your first year you will share many modules with students from other business courses so you will gain an overview of business and the events industry. You will specialise in events management and marketing from your second year, and have the opportunity to explore on other relevant topics including finance, HR and project management.

You will plan, design and implement two assessed live events during the course. This is valuable experience and means that you’ll have first hand knowledge of events planning and management when you graduate.

This BA (Hons) Marketing and Human Resource Management degree is a vocational marketing management programme that will prepare you for a successful career in the marketing or HR sector. You will study an overview of business and management to prepare you for industry while you develop your marketing expertise and professionalism with challenging and vocational marketing modules.

This course uses practical teaching methods and real world scenarios, so you will study academically as well as applying your knowledge and skills to projects, placements, and other activities throughout your studies. 

You will have the opportunity to complete multiple work placements during your degree, including a paid industrial placement year and a 10 week placement during your final year.

The BA (Hons) Marketing Top-Up is an exciting degree which is continually reviewed to ensure your course content is up to date and explores topics such as disruptive technologies and to reflect changing graduate needs in areas of design, digital skills and creativity.

In the first semester this one year course will build on your existing marketing knowledge to develop strategic thinking skills through dedicated strategic and global marketing modules. You will also work in an agency environment for a client, to produce a plan in response to the client brief.

The second semester offers you the opportunity to undertake a 10 week work placement or study modules in areas such as ethics and entrepreneurship. You will also undertake a consultancy project on a topic of your choice.

This BSc (Hons) Digital Marketing degree explores all of elements digital marketing strategies including web site development and analytics, consumer behaviour, social media marketing, digital campaign planning and branding within global marketing.

You will be introduced to current examples of digital marketing and given the opportunity to develop marketing plans for a range of live companies and scenarios. You will discuss contemporary issues in digital marketing and develop your understanding of the opportunities and decisions facing marketers as you explore topics including campaign management and paid search advertising.

You will have the opportunity to get real world experience and boost your employability by working with live clients during your studies and by completing work placements. You will be able to complete an industrial placement year or 10 week placement in your final year.

This MSc Digital Marketing degree develops your employability by focusing on the skills employers need in this dynamic industry. You will study topics including campaign planning, customer insights and global marketing as you prepare for a range of digital marketing opportunities after you graduate.

This course provides a critical appreciation of elements of digital marketing strategies including website development and analytics, consumer behaviour, digital campaign planning and branding within the global marketing context.

You will be introduced to current and relevant examples of digital marketing and have the opportunity to develop digital marketing plans for a range of companies and situations. You will explore contemporary issues in digital marketing in class groups and develop your understanding of the opportunities and multi-channel management decisions facing marketers.

The programme is aimed at science and technology graduates who wish to extend and develop their skills to encompass a wider set of disciplines, as well as graduates who want to develop their careers in managerial roles in engineering or manufacturing or in the commercial enterprise in which they have chosen to work.

The programme is also aimed at experienced industry practitioners who wish to complement their academic knowledge and obtain professional recognition in key management areas in private industry or the public sector nationally and internationally.

At present, science and technology undergraduate degree programmes do not normally reflect the growing multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary characteristics of the modern business enterprise.

However, many trained engineers possess a high degree of analytical problem-solving ability, which can be directly transposed to the business and enterprise environment.

Skills such as optimisation and simulation, for example, although developed specifically for mechanical or electrical engineering systems are equally relevant to enterprise or engineering business management.

Music technology and audio production are used across the creative industries in games, film, TV, advertising and more. This degree will introduce you to a range of audio careers as you develop the technical, creative and industrial skills you will need to success in audio post production.

This BA (Hons) Audio Production and Music Technologies degree explores sound and audio and gives you a thorough technical, theoretical and experiential understanding in core audio and music technologies and industrial practice. You will learn to record, engineer and produce music; design sound for film, TV and games; compose music for the moving image; create sample libraries; understand studio technologies and infrastructure; and have the opportunity to work on live professional film projects.

In your first year most of your learning will take place in the University’s Professional Recording Studio. Built around an SSL Duality Console, the studio features the very latest Pro Tools MTRX system, an extensive range of high-end outboard processing from Manley, Bricasti, Neve, API and Universal Audio, and ATC 5.1 monitoring.

You will learn in our professional Soho standard dubbing and grading suite during your second year, which features a large Avid S6 console, Pro Tools MTRX system, 4K projection and ATC monitoring which is Dolby Atmos capable. You can also access a Mac Suite consisting of 26 iMacs which have Pro Tools, Cubase and Logic software, professional sample libraries from Spitfire Audio and Adobe Suite.

This BSc (Hons) Digital Film Technologies degree introduces you to creative apparatus and equipment from your first year. You will use industry standard hardware, software and the digital workflows in specialist academic and practical modules.

You will have a range opportunities to apply your skills while you study, including the chance to work on live briefs such as drama productions, multi-camera filming and post production projects. You will engage with numerous drama, performance and voice related projects with fellow students, staff and professional associates, and gain an understanding of production practices as you work with filmmakers, writers, animators and students from across the department.

You will explore topics like cinematography, sound design and audio capture, recording studio operations, studio techniques for film and TV, lighting and grip, motion control, cine robotics and motion capture. You can also support your studies with theoretical modules to explore the history, theory and cultural relevance of screen based content.