BATHE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management and Marketing

BATHE qualifications have been designed with progression in mind and, after completing one of our qualifications, you can progress to employment or to a higher level of study. BATHE offers you a full framework of qualifications that have been designed for you to be able to progress right from Level 3 all the way up to Level 6. Each qualification builds from the one before, taking you from introductory units through to strategic ones. BATHE allows you to progress from one level to the next. You must ensure to fully complete the initial level in order to be awarded the next level. Should the higher level be completed first, BATHE will withhold the certificates until the initial level is achieved.
The BATHE Level 5 Diplomas are each worth 120 credits, making them ideal for progression to higher education (e.g. a university degree) or onto BATHE Level 6 Diplomas. You can also take advantage of one of our university partnerships (see website for more details on progression arrangement and exemptions).

• Dynamic Business Environments
• Enterprising Organisations
• Finance for Managers
• Principles of Marketing Practice
• Project Management
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods

BATHE’s framework of business management qualifications runs from Level 3, right through to Level 6. You can enter at Level 3 and progress all the way to Level 6, enabling you to accumulate the credits needed for a university top-up, or you can enter onto the framework at any point depending on your centre’s professional and academic judgement– see our ‘Entry guidance’ section for more details.

There are no formal entry requirements to study BATHE Level 5 Diplomas; however, the centre should ensure that you have a reasonable expectation of success on the programme by assessing your previous qualifications and/or related work experience. Hence, it is their responsibility to use their professional and academic judgement when assisting you in making the decision at which level you should enter the BATHE programmes. In order to successfully study for an BATHE qualification, you should have an appropriate level of English language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening). For the BATHE Level 5 Diplomas, BATHE recommends the following standards are met:
• IELTS 6
• Cambridge ESOL Cambridge English First
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) 51
• Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) B2
Centres can use other English language tests as a measure of a learner’s English language skills; but the centre must
be satisfied that the score is equivalent to those recommended above.

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by BATHE. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.