Course Details
About
Students will understand and evaluate concepts, methods and theories within stakeholder management and understand and apply the principles and practices of effective client management.
Course content may include:
- Understanding stakeholders: Stakeholder management process, stakeholder analysis, mapping, engagement and context analysis.
- Understanding client requirements: identifying, evaluating client needs, communicating and reporting, customer journey mapping, defining requirements.
- Client Management: Change control, negotiating and influencing, holding client meetings, communication and reporting, contracts.
Course Duration and Delivery Format
The course will be taught on the Derry-Londonderry campus, consisting of 1 day on campus and 2 days online. Self research to complete coursework.
Proposed Dates:
- Thursday 5 March 2026
- Thursday 12 March 2026 (Online)
- Thursday 19 March 2026
- Thursday 26 March (Online)
* Please note, dates and timetabling may be subject to change.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The course is 100% coursework and may include a written assignment focusing on ‘real life’ client engagement project and a consultant’s log.
Campus
Derry~Londonderry and Online
Course Credit
This is a 15 credit module
Course Entry requirements
You should hold a Second-Class Honours Degree or better OR have significant managerial / business experience.
Fee Funding Eligibility
Places are limited and open to applicants who:
- are over 18 years of age;
- are eligible to work in Northern Ireland;
- are ‘settled’ in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland (ROI)*, and has been ordinarily resident for at least three years;
- meet the Ulster University general entry requirements (opens in new window)
* For anyone resident in ROI, you need to be a UK or Irish citizen to be able to apply for this course.
Please note that this programme is not available to applicants with the following residency statuses:
- GB and Islands
- EU excluding ROI qualifying residents
- International students
Terms and Conditions
- Fee funding is paid directly by the Department for the Economy to Ulster University.
- Students cannot redeem the funding for an alternative programme nor redeem the cash value.
- Students cannot redeem this funding in conjunction with any other course fee funding.
- Students can normally only enrol on one programme at Ulster in any one academic year. There may be exceptions if the total credits from more than one programme do no exceed 60 credits.
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There are a limited number of places on the course.
Offers will be made to those applicants who meet the entry requirements, and have provided evidence of such, on a first come , first served basis.
Therefore, when creating your application you will need to have the following documents saved electronically as they need to be uploaded as part of the application process:
- Passport
- Evidence on meeting three year residency in NI/ROI
- Degree Certificate
- English Competency (If you have a degree from UK/ROI, you don't need to provide anything else)
- BRP - If applicable
No business experience required
This degree is open to students with a UG second class honours degree in any subject.
