Business Studies (with Foundation Year)

Do you want to face the challenges of business management with more confidence? Join our degree to develop your knowledge and professional skills in business.
This course will give you an up-to-date, real-world understanding of business management to enhance your job prospects. A business management degree can lead to jobs in marketing, finance, administration and human resources.
You will learn from teaching staff with high levels of expertise in a range of business sectors and benefit from our links with professional bodies.
We have strong links with major professional institutes, including the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Institute of Data and Marketing and the Chartered Institute of Personnel.

What you'll study
This internationally respected BA Business Studies course has been designed to develop your practical skills as well as your knowledge of essential business concepts.
Your studies will give you a rounded understanding of the varied requirements of running a business. You will cover topics including:
• human resource management
• finance and accounting
• marketing
• operations management
• ICT
Our strong links help us to evolve and advance your course content so that you will graduate with current knowledge of business issues.
We use a range of effective teaching methods, including:
• lectures to introduce new concepts, models and theories
• task-based learning to develop your problem-solving skills and help you to relate theory to practice
• group work to encourage you to share ideas and experiences discussion and reflection to encourage inquiry
• seminar support, available through group and individual tutorials by arranged appointment
• Blackboard, the University's online learning platform
Each member of staff brings a wealth of employment experience and knowledge into the classroom, helping you to translate theory into practice.
Study options
As well as choosing a regular full-time 3-year degree, this course can be studied with an Internship.
Internship*
You can choose to take this course with a one-year internship at the end of your second year (Level 5). Upon completion of your placement year, you will resume your final year of studies. The internship will give you a combination of knowledge, skills and experience that will put you in a prime position to build a successful career in business.
*If you choose a course with placement/internship route we would like to advise you that if a placement/internship opportunity does not arise when you are expected to undertake the placement then the University will automatically transfer you to the non-internship route. This is to ensure you are still successful in being awarded a degree.
The internship route for this course is open to UK students only.ness world.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.