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Business Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Sheffield ()

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    4 Years

As a student at Sheffield Business School you benefit from being part of a vibrant community and you are part of the student-led Business and Management Society for peer support and networking opportunities. We also pay for you to be an associate member of the Chartered Management Institute during your course, giving you access to their networking events and helping you build up your LinkedIn contacts for when you start your career.

About this course

You'll learn useful skills such as academic writing, work in diverse teams and learn to utilise a wide variety of data sources. In doing so, you'll fully prepare yourself for undergraduate study.

The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) Business Studies course, or you want extra preparation before starting degree-level study. You share the first year with other Sheffield Business School foundation year students, then move on to the degree.The course content is delivered using a variety of teaching techniques. You are assessed using a mixture of innovative coursework tasks and exams.

This must include at least 32 points from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications exluding general studies For example:
CC at A Level
MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma.
A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels and EPQ.

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Subjects

  • Business Studies
  • Networking
  • Business Finance
  • Business French
  • Business German
  • Business Spanish
  • Business Russian
  • Business Process
  • Business Risk
  • Business Writing

Course programme

Course summary
  • Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
  • Find out which areas of business you're best at, and design your own path to your chosen career.
  • Become confident, inquisitive and empowered as you work autonomously but also develop relationships of teamwork and cooperation with others.
  • Develop the skills to succeed in the business world, and gain the confidence and qualities that employers really want.No two students have the same experience on this course. The variety of optional modules means you create your own business studies degree, exploring which areas of business you want to work in and specialising in your areas of interest.
You learn through
  • traditional academic-led lectures
  • case-study based workshops
  • assimilation to create an experimental environment of learningIn the foundation year, you'll study wider business topics, while specialising in your chosen subject area.
Applied learning

Work placements

You will be actively encouraged and supported to take up a placement year. You are offered the chance to undertake placements nationally and internationally. Many students do placements each year with corporations in New York, California, Florida, Dubai, Australia, Hong Kong, the Maldives and other destinations. You may also study a language and you are offered a chance to study in more than 40 European institutions for either a year or semester.



Business Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.