N16F Business Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Foundation degree

In Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Location

    Luton

Why study this course This practical, vocational course has been designed to meet the specific needs of businesses and provide you with a thorough grounding in key business disciplines. These include accounting, marketing, human resources management, e-Business and information systems. Your learning will take place in a new, purpose-built facility that is more like a modern office than a classroom and is equipped with the latest IT facilities. The course will involve developing your problem-solving and analytical skills, as well as enhancing your communication and presentation skills. You will work alone and in groups and, during your final year, you will complete a one-year work placement. Prior to your placement you will be given the opportunity to choose between concentrating on...

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Location

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Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

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Subjects

  • Business Studies

Course programme

Who’s this course for? The aim of the course is to provide advanced, broad based education for careers in business, and to develop students’ general intellectual competence. Graduates will be equipped for a career in industry, commerce or the public sector, and should expect to progress quickly to higher levels of responsibility. More specifically the aims are: To provide vocationally useful, challenging and varied components to support careers in business, or within a business setting. To develop students’ understanding and skills related to business which will promote students’ ability to interrelate a wide range of business activities. To encourage a critical awareness of current business practice. To equip students for a career in industry, commerce or the public sector, and for progression to senior levels of decision-making. To encourage the habit of continuous learning, and to provide a firm grounding for further academic or professional activity within the business studies area. Modular structure A range of assessment methods is used throughout the course. Students are required to undertake a variety of group and individual based assessments throughout the duration of the course. These assessments include individual essays, reports, presentations and examinations, and group based reports and presentations. The assessments are designed to test knowledge and understanding of the appropriate subject matter, but also to demonstrate a range of skills.

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Skills and experience gained The aim of the course is to provide advanced, broad based education for careers in business, and to develop students’ general intellectual competence. Graduates will be equipped for a career in industry, commerce or the public sector, and should expect to progress quickly to higher levels of responsibility. After the course Graduates find employment in all areas of business including finance, marketing and HRM. Many work for large multinational organisations but increasingly they go to smaller organisations where there are opportunities to work across a number of functional areas. Some graduates work in charities and others pursue careers in teaching.

N16F Business Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Price on request