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Students will be offered the opportunity of either a study year abroad (5097LBSBSC) or a sandwich year placement (5099LBSBSC) as a sandwich year option between level 5 and level 6. If taken, the student will be enrolled on a 600 credit honours programme. Of those 600 credits, 120 will be made up of either the study year abroad module (5097LBSBSC) or sandwich placement module (5099LBSBSC). These will be in the form of additional level 5 credits.

If students take the year abroad module (5097LBSBSC), modules and learning at the host institution will be within the boundaries of the subject discipline and be agreed in advance.

The aim for students taking the sandwich placement year (5099LBSBSC), is to provide students with an extended period of work experience at an approved partner that will complement their programme of study at LJMU. This will give the students the opportunity to develop professional skills relevant to their programme of study, as well as attitude and behaviours necessary for employment in a diverse and changing environment.

Students are not permitted to take up the semester abroad option (5099LBSBSC) and the study year abroad option (5097LBSBSC) during their degree.

If a student takes the study semester abroad in semester 2 of level 5 (5099LBSBSC (60 credits)), it will replace modules 500LBSBSC (20 credits), and the students level 5 option modules (40 credits). This study semester abroad will cover the same learning outcomes as the modules being replaced and the modules to be studied in the host institution will be agreed in advance.

Option modules at level 5 are split into 'pathways' based upon a students desired subject specialism. These pathways are: HR (5008LBSBSC & 5009LBSBSC), Operations and Supply Chain (5010LBSBSC & 5011LBSBSC), Marketing (5011LBSBSC & 5012LBSBSC), Finance (5014LBSBSC & 5016LBSBSC), Project Management (5017LBSBSC & 5018LBSBSC) and Corporate Social Responsibility (5019LBSBSC & 5020LBSBSC). Student are required to choose a 'Pathway' at level 5 and therefore a block of 40 credits in the pathway of their choice. Students can not choose module from different pathways i.e. they can not choose module 5008LBSBSC from the HR pathway and 5014LBSBSC from the Finance pathway.

In level 6 options are again split into pathways and again students are required to choose a 'Pathway', therefore taking a 40 credit block. These pathways are: HR (6018LBSBSC & 6019LBSBSC), Operations and Supply Chain (6024LBSBSC & 6026LBSBSC), Marketing (6022LBSBSC & 6023LBSBSC), Finance (6008LBSBSC & 6012LBSBSC), Project Management (6007LBSBSC & 6008LBSBSC) and Corporate Social Responsibility (6003LBSBSC & 6005LBSBSC). Student are required to choose a 'Pathway' at level 5 and therefore a block of 40 credits in the pathway of their choice. Students can not choose module from different pathways i.e. they can not choose module 5008LBSBSC from the HR pathway and 5014LBSBSC from the Finance pathway. Students can not choose module from different pathways i.e. they can not choose module 6018LBSBSC from the HR pathway and 6012LBSBSC from the Finance pathway.

Finally, at level 6, students also need to choose 40 credits from either 6000LBSBSC or 6001LBSBSC. This related to either a Project Dissertation (6000LBSBSC) or Business Plan Consultancy (6001LBSBSC).

This version of the programme rules apply to students joining level 4 of the programme from September 2021 to September 2022. They also apply for students who come directly into level 5 of the programme in September 2023 and students who come directly into level 6 of the programme in September 2023 & September 2024.

Students who joined Level 3 of this programme in September 2022 will revert to the new validated programme of study (2023 version of the programme). They will enter this 2023 version at level 4 from September 2023.