Business Management with Foundation Year Canterbury Christ Church University

Overview

The Business Management with Foundation Year course from Canterbury Christ Church University will open your eyes to different organisations and external environments, so you can understand how they operate and are managed. During the foundation year, you'll learn about key areas of business and will develop the skills needed to study at degree level. 

Throughout the degree, you'll develop your business and management skills while being exposed to scenarios and real-world problems that will make you think outside the box. 

What you'll study

During the foundation year, you'll study six core modules: Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Marketing; Contemporary Issues in Law; Individual Project; Communication and Academic Skills for HE and Personal and Career Development. This foundation will prepare you to start the degree course where you'll gain significant experience in four core areas of business:

• strategic business management
• business operations
• business research and analysis
• marketing.

The first year will initiate you to the key elements of business management through a diverse range of core modules that focus on finance, accounting, economics, marketing and managing people. In Year 2, you'll delve into project management, employability skills and leadership as well as selecting optional modules.

In the final year ,you'll study business from a strategic perspective, developing your finance and management skills and abilities to help you carve you career in business.

Your future career

Combining academic study and practical assessments, this degree will equip you to pursue a wide range of career opportunities. Graduates have moved on to very exciting and challenging jobs in the private as well as public sector, in the UK and abroad, in roles as diverse as project management, logistics, banking, production management and teaching. Their employers include Google, Apple, KPMG, HSBC and the NHS. This degree also provides an ideal basis for continued study at Masters level in a range of business-related disciplines.