Business Management with Foundation Year
The University of Law
UCAS Code: N202 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access (60 credits) with 45 credits at Level 3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Grade C/4 in GCSE English Language and Grade D/4 in GCSE Maths.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
T Level
UCAS Tariff
32 UCAS points from the equivalent of one A Level or 40 UCAS points from the equivalent of two A Levels. Please note that not all qualifications within the tariff can be used to reach the required tariff entry criteria. For example AS Levels, Extended Project (EPQ), BTEC National Certificate and WJEC Applied Certificate are some of the qualifications we do not accept.
About this course
The BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year is aimed at students who have an interest in developing knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of business and management, and in particular, who are looking to pursue a career in business management.
It seeks to give students a learning experience that allows them to develop proficiencies that create effective managerial behaviour in different organisations in today’s changing business environment. The curriculum and learning and teaching strategy are complemented by guest lectures and ‘live’ workshops to promote independent learning and increasing their employability skills for the future. This knowledge and skills will be further developed and expanded in the years following successful completion of the Foundation Year.
The degree programme is designed so that the Foundation Year provides an underpinning year, incorporating both academic and work/professional related learning, for applicants needing to improve their knowledge and understanding of management and its related skills. The year provides students with knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of social sciences along with the necessary skills needed to participate in the undergraduate business programmes at levels 4, 5 and 6.This includes developing numeracy skills with the aim to develop students’ mathematical knowledge and skills in a way which encourages confidence and appreciation of mathematics as a subject and providing students with the mathematical background necessary for business studies at undergraduate level. The Foundation Year also offers a literacy skills module that is designed to support students entering Higher Education at Level 3 wishing to progress to a bachelors in business.
Year 1 covers the foundation elements of business management. Years 2 and 3 cover the area in more depth and in particular develops your employability skills. The programme provides the intellectual underpinnings required for a career in a rapidly changing work environment, a rigorous approach to self-awareness and personal development and a significant exposure to the world of work and its current demands through work experience opportunities.
This degree is ideal for those interested in a future professional career in business and management, through the learning experiences offered, many of the skills and competences enabled, thus have effective managerial behaviour developed in today’s complex organizations and turbulent business environments. Students will have an opportunity to qualify for the CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership (5D1V2) or the Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management (5C1V2) dependent on successful completion of modules which are mapped to one of these CMI awards.. This is a good opportunity to develop the skills that are required to become ready for the workplace, while gaining a formal qualification and building a skills portfolio that you can show to future employers.
Modules
In semester 1 students study;
• Citizenship
• Academic and Report Writing
• Numeracy Skills in Context.
Semester 2:
• Foundations of Business Management
• Foundations of Law
• Foundations of Social Sciences
Year 1 - six compulsory modules:
• Essentials of Management (20)
• Academic and Employability Skills (20)
• Principles of Marketing (20)
• Accounting and Finance (20)
• Quantitative Methods for Business (20)
• Managing and Leading People (20)
Students who may want to take LLB modules as electives will undertake one law module (Common Law Method) on a pass/fail system (i.e. non credit-bearing) over the summer between Year One and Year Two. Students will need to pass the module before undertaking the LLB modules.
Year 2 - six modules:
Three Compulsory Modules:
• Ethics and Law in the Gig Economy (20)
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility (20)
• Economics for Business (20)
Three elective modules from the list below (these modules may or may not run every year and are dependent on a minimum number of students):
• Strategic Brand Management and Social Media (20)
• International Human Resources Management (20)
• Marketing and Sales in a Digital World (20)
• Consumer Psychology and Behaviour (20)
• Introduction to Digital Marketing (20)
• Principles of Entrepreneurship (20)
• Creativity and Innovation in the Digital World (20)
• Project Management (20)
• Contract Law (20)
• Company Law (20)
• Business Law 1 (20)
• Data and Intellectual Property Protection (20)
• Ethics and Regulations in Finance and Accounting (20)
• Introduction to Taxation (20)
• Management Accounting for Business (20)
• Financial Markets and Instruments (20)
Students who may want to take LLB modules as electives at Level 6 will undertake one law module (Common Law Method) on a pass/fail system (i.e. non credit-bearing) over the summer between Year Two and Year Three. Students will need to pass the module before undertaking the LLB modules.
Year 3 - five or six modules:
Three Compulsory Modules on Sem 1
• Global Leadership and Change Management (20)
• International Strategic Management (20)
• Creativity Innovation and Entrepreneurship (20)
Two or three elective modules on Sem 2 from the list below (these modules may or may not run yearly and are dependent on a minimum the number of students):
• Sector Specific Project or Dissertation (40) and/or
• International Commercial Law (20)
• Cases in International Strategy (20)
• International Business and Global Trade (20)
• Digital Marketing Strategies (20)
• Market Research and Digital Marketing Analytics (20)
• Digital Sales Management (20)
• Regulations and Accountability of the Entrepreneur (20)
• Forming and Financing the Enterprise (20)
• Personal Finance (20)
• Employment Law (20)
• International Commercial Law (20)
• Business Law 2 (20)
• Competition Law (20)
• Portfolio and Risk Management (20)
• Financial Reporting (20)
• Advanced Taxation (20)
• Auditing (or Audit) (20)
• Advanced Financial Reporting (20)
• Introduction to FinTech (20)
• Corporate Finance (20)
• Mergers and Acquisition (20)
• Trading (20)
Assessment methods
Assessment is designed to meet the programme and module learning outcomes both academically and professionally in formative form including the preparation and feedback from seminars, workshops, tests and presentations, as well as in summative assessments that contributes to the grade, including individual coursework, group work, projects, in-class presentations, and exams. In particular, as is usual in the sector, this programme involves a considerable amount of group work and group assessment, i.e., as much as 50% of the assessment on selected modules may take this form.
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Please see our website for details of scholarships and bursaries offered by the University of Law - https://www.law.ac.uk/study/scholarships-bursaries/
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