International Business Management (including foundation year)

Why study this course?

Our four-year International Business Management (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree has a built-in foundation year (Year 0) that provides you with an alternative route into higher education if you don't have traditional qualifications, or can't meet the entry requirements for an undergraduate degree in business.

During the foundation year, you’ll be introduced to a number of areas of business and learn more about what it’s like to study in a university environment. This will give you the confidence to progress on to the following three years of study on our International Business Management BSc course.

More about this course

This International Business Management (including foundation year) BSc (Hons) degree will prepare you for an exciting career in business management.

You’ll gain insight into business practices from across the globe and benefit from lecturers with professional consulting experience in a range of specialisms, including bilingual business psychology, productivity and improving business competitiveness.

In your foundation year, you’ll learn alongside other business-related degree students. This gives you the flexibility to change on to another business degree if you’d like to change courses following your foundation year.

The foundation year will help develop your academic skills and build your confidence in the study of business. Once you successfully complete your foundation year, you’ll progress to study the same content and modules as our International Business Management BSc (Hons) course. You’ll graduate with the same title and award as people who studied on the traditional three-year programme.

Example Year 0 modules include: Development for Success in Business (core, 30 credits); Orientation for Success in Higher Education (core, 30 credits); The Context of Business (core, 30 credits); Using and Managing Data and Information (core, 30 credits).
Example Year 1 modules include: Principles of Management; Financial Accounting; Digital Business Management and Emerging Technologies; Understanding and Managing Data; Principles of Marketing; Understanding the Business and Economic Environment; Managing People in Organisations; Professional Practice 1 (Learning Through Organisations).
Example Year 2 modules include: Leadership in Practice; Problem Solving Methods and Analysis; The Practice of Consultancy; International Selling and Negotiation; International Business; Creating a Winning Business; Learning Through Work; Organisational Design and Management; Developing Inclusive Organisations; Sustainability, Business and Responsibility; Field Trip; Principles of Finance; Risk and Crisis Management; Politics of the Middle East; The Politics of the EU; Language 1; Language 2.
Example Year 3 modules include: The Consultancy Project; Dissertation; Leading Innovation; Organising and Managing Across Cultures; Practising Business Strategy; The Practice of International Business; International Trade and Finance; The Practice of Management; Global Marketing and Sales in the Digital Age; Communications Theory; Development Economics; Personal Finance; International Banking; Language 1; Language 2.

You’ll develop your learning through a variety of practical activities including interactive group sessions, workshops and assessments. The focus of the course will be on industry projects, case studies, executive summary reports, computer-based projects, group presentations, scenario simulations and seen/unseen examinations.