BA Global Social Challenges is a first-of-its-kind transdisciplinary programme in the School of Social Sciences at The University of Manchester. The central aim of this programme is to equip students with skills to understand and tackle challenges that result in globally significant harm.

To compete in today’s dynamic and interconnected global economy, businesses and managers need to adopt a truly global outlook. Our BA in Global Business (Business Management) with Foundation Year is designed for those seeking a career in management and budding business owners. This business management degree is designed to provide the knowledge and skills that will give you a competitive edge.

Our BA Digital Video Production and Marketing will allow you to specialise in content development and video production from a digital marketing perspective. You’ll study at our MediaCity campus, a hub of digital and media businesses in the north of England and home to the BBC and ITV. You’ll use state-of-the-art facilities including TV studios, green screens, audio production facilities, a stop-frame studio, computer suites and editing studios. There are opportunities to network with the industry and to complete a placement as part of this course.

Are you interested in understanding the causes and consequences of crime and deviant behaviour in modern society? Arden University’s BA (Hons) Criminology will give you a real insight into today’s criminal justice sector, preparing you for potential careers as a police or probation officer, or roles in human rights, criminal investigation, and the intelligence services.

Our three-year BA American Studies course will give you a grounding in the history, culture, and literature of the US, from colonisation through to contemporary times. At Manchester, we train our students to be attentive to the counter-currents of US history and literature, and our course places a particular emphasis on the themes of race, capitalism, sexuality, the cultures of labour and political protest.

Explore your passion for performance through the interdisciplinary study of music, theatre and film.

Our BA Global Business and Entrepreneurship with Foundation Year course is designed to infuse you with the essential elements to maximise your entrepreneurial potential. If you are looking for a platform to develop your technical understanding of business, with a vocational structure that continually improves and develops your entrepreneurial mindset — this course is designed for you.

BA Interior Design will equip you with the skills in creativity and technology to help you transform your ideas into spaces and experiences that are inspirational and captivating to those who use, encounter and live within them. You’ll explore the process from design through to construction with input from our industry partners who have included Koncept Interior Design, The Penketh Group and Egger Laminates. You’ll study in our £55 million New Adelphi building in our purpose-built open-plan studio environment equipped with 3D printers, CNC machines, laser cutting machines and more. You’ll be based minutes from Manchester city centre which is the UK’s largest property market outside of London.

BA Graphic Design at Salford will provide you with an opportunity to engage with the professional world of design and develop your individual, highly skilled practice. You’ll study in our state-of-the-art New Adelphi building with an open-plan studio space and industry-standard equipment. Based minutes from Manchester city centre, you’ll be surrounded by innovative design studies, independent galleries, museums, leading online brands and social media creatives. You’ll engage with our industry partners through networking events and live projects, plus you can complete a year-long paid placement as part of the course.

The overall aim of the BA (Hons) Criminology & Psychology with Foundation Year enables students to study two well-established fields in social sciences. Both fields are set out to understand the social world which encompasses social values and behaviours. While Psychology studies human behaviours in general, Criminology focuses on criminal behaviours and social orders in particular.

Online BA Business Management provides you with a contemporary in-depth understanding of managing organisations’ and offers you opportunities to develop expertise in a chosen specialist management area.

Designed to help entry, as well as progression, within a range of careers, it provides students with extensive skills and knowledge in key areas of sports coaching and school sport. It is ideal for those who wish to work with community sports clubs, schools, National Governing Bodies and operate sports coaching based businesses.

This degree-level vocational and professional pathway will build on students' prior experiences and equip Christian youth and community workers for a range of ministries.

This blended learning degree teaches how a business achieves success by putting people at the heart of what they do. This combination of skills and knowledge are increasingly valuable, as the majority of people now spend most of their lives working within organisations and businesses. This course covers the English legal system, contract law, social and developmental Psychology via our state-of-the-art Blended Learning model. Spend quality time in small class settings with your tutor twice a week, and study independently online during the week at times that suit you.

The course is a 4 year BA in Criminology including a Foundation Year. The course is aimed at students who may be critical of current criminal justice policies and who are seeking employment in either the criminal justice sector or associated fields. This course benefits from both a theoretical basis as well as a vocational and applied nature. There is a high level of face-to-face tuition delivered by practising criminologists who are currently active in this field of study. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of criminological theorising and will be able to apply this to current socio-economic policies and conditions.