The Business & Management Studies foundation will give international students direct entry to Lancaster University degrees in the following fields:
- Accounting & Finance
- Business Studies
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Management
- Management Science
- Marketing
- Operations Management
- Organisation & Technology
- Psychology
- Project Management
Core modules
Foundation English Skills 1: Develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively in class and participate in classroom debates.
Foundation English Skills 2: Improve all your abilities developed in part 1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.
Study Skills in the British Environment: Use your study time more effectively, improve your use of, and range of, information sources and prepare comprehensive essays in your own time to given deadlines
Project Study: Complete a self-study project on a topic that you will take, in consultation with your tutor, from the academic discipline that you will subsequently study at degree level.
Mathematics for Business: Containing algebra and statistics. Develop your knowledge and understanding of mathematical terms and techniques and apply these to solving problems, frequently drawn from practical and real-life situations.
Route modules
Introduction to Business Studies: Develop your understanding of the operational and strategic problems facing business people in the modern market economy. The module focuses on a wide range of issues, such as management, human resource practice, marketing and ethical aspects.
Business Law: An introduction to the English Legal System, business organisations, contract law and consumer protection.
Introduction to Financial Accounting: Learn about double entry book-keeping, preparation of trial balances, profit and loss statements, depreciation, limited companies, manufacturing accounts and interpretation of accounts.
Principles of Economics 1: Understand economic systems, types of goods, allocation of resources, elasticity, price controls, types of markets, cost and revenue, economies of scale and market failure.
Principles of Economics 2: Learn about aggregate demand and aggregate supply, economic policies, inflation, unemployment, international trade and development economics.
Key facts
- Course length: Three terms
- Entry points: September or January
- Term dates:
September 2010 start
Term 1 – 04 October to 10 December 2010
Term 2 – 10 January to 25 March 11
Term 3 – 11 April to 17 June 11
January 2011 start
Term 1 – 10 January to 25 March 11
Term 2 – 11 April to 17 June 11
Term 3 – 20 June to 19 August 11 - Course structure: 5 core modules and 5 route modules. You take 3 modules per term plus Project Study in the final term.
- Assessment:
- End of module/term - a combination of examinations, coursework, presentations and extended essays
- Continuous - a mixture of lecture classes, small group seminar work and directed self-study