Business, Management & Economics Foundation

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 debate.

Foundation English Skills 2
Improve all your abilities developed in part 1 with greater accuracy, speed, coherence, 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 plan to study at degree level.

Core Mathematics for Business
Containing both 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

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.

Introduction to Business Studies
Develop your understanding of the operational and strategic problems facing business people in the modern market economy. The module will focus 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.