Business Management BSc(Hons) with integrated foundation year

What is an integrated foundation year? 

A degree with an integrated foundation is designed for students who do not have the entry requirements needed to start a degree with us. This could be because you don't have the grades or subjects that we need, or you could be changing career or returning to study. Upon successful completion of the foundation year, you can progress to one of our BSc(Hons) courses, depending on which foundation year pathway you choose.

This means that your course will take four years instead of three (or five with a placement year). Our foundation is a great introduction to your chosen subject area, and the opportunity to develop valuable study and self-management skills, communication, teamwork and problem-solving techniques which help to build your confidence and prepare you for the rest of your course.

At the School of Business and Law we offer three integrated foundation year courses. If you successfully pass the foundation year, you can progress directly onto your choice of degree from those listed below without having to reapply through UCAS. UK students will also be able to apply for student funding for their whole course – foundation year plus either a three-year degree, or a four-year degree with placement year.

Our integrated foundation courses

• Business Management BSc(Hons) with integrated foundation year
• Accounting, Finance and Economics BSc(Hons) with integrated foundation year
• Law LLB(Hons) with integrated foundation year

Foundation year syllabus

You'll complete four modules in the foundation year. They will allow you to explore contemporary debates in business and law, developing a strong understanding of the principles. You'll develop the transferable skills that are essential for study at degree level, and explore the relationship between theory and practice and how this relates to debates and issues in business.

Learning will be through a mixture of lectures, small group teaching in workshops and seminars, private study and course work. You'll be supported throughout by your personal tutor.

Modules

• Applied Numeracy and Data Handling Skills
• Introduction to Wellbeing and Study Success
• Academic Knowledge for Law and Business
• Developing Practical Professional Knowledge

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. If you apply to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Progress to a degree

Successful completion of the foundation year means that you'll be able to progress to one of our business, event, tourism or marketing degrees.

• Business Management BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Placement Year BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Economics BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Economics and Placement Year BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Finance BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Finance and Placement Year BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Human Resource Management BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Human Resource Management and Placement Year BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Marketing BSc(Hons)
• Business Management with Marketing and Placement Year BSc(Hons)
• International Event Management BSc(Hons)
• International Event Management with Marketing BSc(Hons)
• International Business Management BSc(Hons)
• International Tourism Management BSc(Hons)
• International Tourism Management with Marketing BSc(Hons)
• Marketing Management BSc(Hons)
• Marketing Management with Placement Year BSc(Hons)

Course leader

Rageshree Sinha (Shree)

Shree is a lecturer in entrepreneurship in the School of Business and Law.

Her research studies the role of absorptive capacity to enable a labour efficient internet of things (IoT) implemented market.

Apart from being an active researcher, she also worked with the Digital Research and Innovation Value Accelerator (DRIVA) project in the University of Brighton as a Research Fellow for Data Science and Visualisation. DRIVA was a £1.3m research project, funded by the European Structural Investment Fund and Arts Council England that aims to provide technology SMEs, creative arts practitioners and cultural organisations supported and authorised access to Gatwick Airport’s big data.

She brings rich and valuable experience in data analytics and business intelligence skills. Shree enjoys teaching on various modules, including Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Economics and Operations Management, alongside her active research work. She's eager to supervise students working on the management perspectives of the new technologies and its implementation challenges.

International requirements and visas

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

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Course fees

Students applying for this course will be eligible to apply for student funding for their whole course – foundation year plus either a three-year degree, or a four-year degree with placement year.

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2023–24.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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