This is an intermediate level qualification. It is academic level 5 which is the same as the second year of a UK three year bachelor's degree.

There are eight units, six compulsory and two from a list of optional units, and you must pass all of them to obtain the qualification. The optional units you must choose two from are:

  • Managing the Customer Relationship
  • Entrepreneurship and Business Development
  • Economics for Business
  • Principles of Business Law
  • Managerial Accounting

 All units (compulsory and optional) are 18 credits each apart from Financial Accounting and Economics for Business which are 25 credits each.