Economics and Business with Foundation Year (BSc): 4-year, full-time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
4 Years
This BSc Economics and Business with Foundation Year will develop your core knowledge and skills in economics and business management and prepare you to successfully complete a degree in a range of business-related disciplines. The core modules deliver key, cross-disciplinary knowledge in business and economics and you can then decide, via your choice of options, whether to continue studying an interdisciplinary mix or to take a more specialist route.
This programme will build your confidence and give you the core knowledge and key skills you need to succeed at university. You will also get a taste of the subject area you are interested in and deepen your understanding of its career potential.
Upon successful completion of the Foundation Year, you will automatically progress onto our three-year, full-time, evening study BSc Economics and Business or onto one of our other Economics programmes: BSc Economics, BSc Economics and Social Policy, BSc Finance with Accounting or BSc Financial Economics. You need only complete one application and you enrol onto one programme.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in economics and business, both in the public and private sectors. This degree may also be useful in becoming an economist, statistician, chartered management accountant or human resources officer.
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
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Subjects
- GCSE Mathematics
- Planning
- Global
- Mathematics
- Business Strategy
- Economics
- University
- Full Time
- Learning
- Skills
- Fundamentals
Course programme
COURSE STRUCTURE
For the Foundation Year, you undertake five compulsory modules at Level 3, worth 15 or 30 credits each, to a total of 120 credits.
If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance onto the three-year, full-time BSc Economics and Business or you may choose one of our other Economics programmes: BSc Economics, BSc Economics and Social Policy, BSc Finance with Accounting or BSc Financial Economics.
FOUNDATION YEAR MODULES- Economic Principles (Foundation Year)
- Essential Mathematics and Statistics for Economics
- Fundamentals of Study: Learning through the Global City
- IT and Data Skills for Economics
- The Modern British Economy (Foundation Year)
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.
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Economics and Business with Foundation Year (BSc): 4-year, full-time