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Business, Law & Social Studies FoundationThe academic structure of foundation course includes both compulsory core modules and a choice of route modules. Key facts about the course are summarised below: Core modulesFoundation 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. Includes word processing skills. 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 modulesWhere there is a choice between (a) or (b) choose one option. 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. Business Law: An introduction to the English Legal System, business organisations, contract law and consumer protection. a) 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. a) 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.
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Progress to one of the top courses in the UK
Progression degrees from the Business, Law and Social Studies Foundation are among the top courses in the UK according to the 2011 Times Good University Guide. Some of the top ranking courses at Welsh universities are:
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The Business, Law and Social Studies Foundation route leads to degrees in subjects including:
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