International Trade & Maritime Management - combination programme.

The Maritime course is an integral part of international trade since 90% of the worlds trade is moved by ship. So it can be considered as part of a unique programme of international trade and maritime management. There are some parts of the international trade course which are more business focused than commerce based so we have dropped these subjects and replaced them with some general shipping subjects. There are also some shipping/maritime units which are too specialist and may not appeal to the general international trade student.

To summarise this planning please see below:

September 2014 - March 2015 BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in International Trade – 3 subjects + 1 shipping subject (4 sessions per week)

(Subjects - International Physical Distribution and Logistics, Trading Environment, International Marketing, Shipping Operations,).

September 2015 - December 2015 BTEC Level 5 Certificate in Maritime Management (4 sessions per week)

(Subjects - International Shipping Law, Marine Insurance, Maritime Management, Shipping Business)

Entry Qualifications

Students must normally be aged 18 years or over.
They must possess four GCSE's or their equivalent qualification including English and Maths at grade C or above, or a BTEC first Diploma, plus at least one GCE A level and a level of English language equivalent to B2 of the CEFR - 5.5 IELTS with a minimum of 5.0 in all sections. Mature students (over 21 years of age) may be exempt from some of the above requirements on grounds of experience but where English is not the first language students must provide recent certification of having reached at least IELTS 5.5 as stated above.