Course summary

BA (Hons) Business (with foundation year) is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The course is delivered over either five years, with a placement year in the fourth year (sandwich degree), or as a full-time course over four years. The course will provide students with a broad range of business and management modules building their knowledge, understanding and skills in critical business areas such as marketing, accounting and finance, business strategy and human resource management. Based on the typical destinations of past graduates students could go on to pursue a career in a variety of fields, as diverse as supply chain management, finance roles, teaching or policy work. The course has been developed with the overall aims of: supporting their transition onto Level 4 through the integrated foundation year, developing students' knowledge and understanding of a wide range of business and management topics, combined with the associated skills and capabilities, that will enable business graduates to add value to a variety of organisations. Specifically, the course aims to: • Develop academic knowledge and a critical understanding of the conceptual frameworks upon which the study of business is based • Provide students with a comprehensive profile of skills to enable them to gain relevant employment or pursue postgraduate study • Equip students with an array of personal and professional skills to enable them to operate effectively in a variety of work contexts • Give students opportunities to hone their employability skills through work and work-like experiences embedded within the course • Develop students' self-confidence and ability to take responsibility for their own personal development and the skills they need to develop to support their personal and career aspirations • Encourage students to adopt an independent and reflective approach to learning • Prepare students for interacting professionally in a multi-cultural context • Develop students transferable skills (including, but not limited to, verbal and written communication, presenting, working with others, researching, problem identification, analysis, creative thinking and business IT skills) • To develop analytical and research skills relevant to a range of careers and professions • To enrich students' commitment to lifelong learning.