During your Foundation Year, you will undertake modules to enable you to enhance your academic skills and equip you with the tools you’ll need to study with confidence.
You'll be introduced to the skills necessary for effective business analysis and consultancy. You'll learn the essential of business, looking at how businesses operate and are managed, and explore how enterprise and innovation help to shape sustainable businesses.
Following successful completion of the Foundation Year, you’ll progress onto the first year of our Business and Marketing BA (Hons) degree.
Study the fundamental principles of business and marketing, learn how to conduct market audits, identify your target market and carry out competitor analysis.
You'll explore the marketing communications mix and come up with strategies for communications campaigns and product launches.
Discover how advances in technology transform the way businesses operate and work on digital strategies for reaching audiences.
You'll develop the analytical and research skills employers look for, as well as crucial soft skills such as collaboration and how to present effectively.
We'll give you lots of opportunities to develop your professional networks throughout the degree, thanks to our regular programme of expert guest speakers.
Why study with us?
- Build your self-confidence, academic skills and core subject knowledge in preparation for progression onto degree-level study.
- Develop your professional portfolio. You’ll have the chance to gain a strong mix of academic skills and professional work experience, preparing you for a successful career.
- Learn from the experts. Our lecturers are experienced business and marketing practitioners who’ll help you relate theory to the real world.
- Build your networks. You'll be able to make valuable connections through our guest speakers and working on a live business or marketing project with an employer in your final year.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by the leading professional marketing body, The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). This offers students the opportunity to gain exemptions on modules of CIM qualifications, reducing the number of module assessments taken to one or two instead of three. Further details can be found via the CIM website (link opens in a new window/tab).
Graduates from this course can claim exemptions from up to four CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) professional examinations. This allows you to begin at the Operational level of training as a CIMA Accountant. Further details can be found via the CIMA website (link opens in a new window/tab).
On this course you'll have the opportunity to graduate with Dual Award status with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).