Business and Management with Foundation Year

Become a critical thinker who can tackle the business and management challenges of the future with confidence and creativity. Along the way, you’ll develop the core skills you need to excel in all kinds of businesses, and start to build a clear picture of exactly where those skills could take you. This Business degree offers an integrated Foundation year, making it ideal for students who wish to build their skills before transitioning to an undergraduate honours degree in Business and Management. 

Foundation Year - (Year 0)

Integrated Foundation Year (year zero)
The Foundation Year is designed to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel in your future studies. You’ll join a supportive and engaging learning environment that will help you develop an understanding of business principles and management practices. With a focus on real-world applications, this foundation year is an ideal stepping stone to the next phase of your degree.

Accompanying your application, you must write an essay of 500 words setting out the following:

  • A summary of your work experience
  • A consideration on how that experience has advanced your skills and knowledge
  • A summary of how that experience relates to the course of study applied for.



Entry requirements
Our entry requirements guide your qualifications for our courses. With personalized admissions and ambitious offers, we encourage high aspirations. At Elizabeth School, we recognize and support your potential for future success.

To apply for this course (From Year ONE) will require the following:

  • a minimum of two A Levels or
  • a BTEC National Diploma or
  • a combination of BTEC and A Level qualifications equivalent to two A Levels (such as a BTEC subsidiary certificate) and one A Level or
  • a pass at T Level or
  • an Access to Higher Education Diploma or
  • an International or Welsh Baccalaureate or
  • a Higher National Diploma/Higher National Certificate or
  • a minimum of two Advanced Highers from Scotland or
  • the Irish Leaving Certificate or
  • the European Baccalaureate Diploma or
  • an equivalent overseas qualification.

MODULES

Year zero (Integrated Foundation Year) modules

  • Introduction to Business and Management
  • Planning Your Career in Business
  • Communication for Professionals
  • Introduction to Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Academic Study Skills
  • Basic Statistics and ICT.

Year One

  • The Business Environment
  • Organisational Behaviour and Management
  • Economics and Globalisation
  • Managing Data
  • Design Thinking for Enterprise
  • Professional Practice.

Year Two

  • Creativity for Business
  • Innovation Management
  • The Marketing Business
  • Operations and Project Management
  • International Business
  • Festival and Events Management.

Year Three

  • Business and Management Project
  • Enterprise: Creating your Business
  • Organisational Strategy
  • Managing Sustainability
  • Leadership and Management.
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