Foundation Year
This module lays the foundations for academic success by developing core academic skills, self-awareness, and effective learning strategies. It supports students transitioning into higher education by enabling them to understand how they learn, develop confidence, and engage with academic expectations in Business Subjects, Law, or Criminology. These foundational skills are further developed and applied in Module 4: Personal Development – Applying Skills for Academic Success (Semester 2), preparing students for successful first-year undergraduate study.
At assessment students will have the opportunity to develop their portfolio focussed on their individual discipline.
This module enables students to begin developing subject-specific knowledge and skills aligned to their intended undergraduate pathway in Business Management (including Accounting & Finance, Economics and Marketing), Law, or Criminology. It provides a structured introduction to disciplinary fundamentals while allowing flexibility in assessment choice, supporting inclusive learning and preparing students for the academic demands of Year 1 undergraduate study.
At assessment students will have the opportunity to develop their chosen presentation submission i.e. synchronous or asynchronous, selecting an issue contemporary to their individual discipline.
The module supports students in becoming confident users of academic language, quantitative information, and discipline-appropriate communication.
At assessment students will have the opportunity to develop their academic poster related to their individual discipline and chosen presentation submission i.e. synchronous or asynchronous.
This module develops academic literacy by connecting reading, writing, critical thinking, and communication in authentic practice. Building on Semester 1 foundations, students learn how these competencies work together: feedback improves writing, collaboration deepens thinking, and reflection strengthens academic voice. Students apply these interconnected skills to discipline-specific work in Business Management, Accounting and Finance, Marketing, Economics, Law, or Criminology, whilst developing progression plans for successful transition to undergraduate study.
At Assessment students will have the opportunity to develop their portfolio elements focussed on their individual discipline.
This module introduces students to key contemporary issues shaping Business, Law, and Criminology in a rapidly changing global environment. It is designed to develop students’ awareness of current debates, policies, and challenges, such as sustainability, digitalisation, inequality, crime trends, and regulation, while building the academic skills required for undergraduate study.
The module supports students in making informed connections between real-world issues and their chosen academic discipline.
At assessment students will have the opportunity to focus their chosen (student selected) assessment format to their individual discipline.
This module provides a culminating experience for the Foundation programme, enabling students to consolidate and apply the academic, personal development, and study skills gained in previous modules. Students will work collaboratively on a group specialist project in Business (Business Management, Marketing, Economics, Accounts & Finance), Law, or Criminology. Individual accountability is ensured through a viva voce examination where each student demonstrates their contribution, understanding, and readiness for the academic demands of first-year undergraduate study.
At assessment students will have the opportunity to focus their chosen (student selected) presentation methodology on their individual discipline i.e. Business, Law or Criminology.
Year 1
This module introduces students to a range of economic and financial topics and shows how these can be applied to understand the world around us. The module develops student understanding of the external environment businesses face, and aspects of finance relevant to the business context. 100% coursework assessed.
It is important for Economics students to learn about the application of quantitative methods and techniques to analyse and solve problems that exist in business, economics and finance. For this purpose the module introduces and applies the powerful analytic method of calculus for finding optimal solutions to specific issues in economics and business. Coursework and exam assessed.
In this module students will be utilising business project frameworks, problem-solving skills and idea generation techniques that will support them through the key stages required to complete a small business project from concept to delivery. Throughout the stages of their project, and by incorporating a facilitated coaching process, students will be supported to develop key skills vital to successful leadership and management. 100% coursework assessed.
This module will continue to develop students’ understanding of the essential micro- and macroeconomic theories which are the bedrock to the economic concepts and methods studied in Finance and the Economy. The emphasis of the module is upon the theoretical frameworks underpinning the business applications of economics in facilitating the decisions of policy-makers, managers and entrepreneurs in a variety of situations as well as the implications of the open macroeconomy on the operations of modern firms. 100% coursework assessed.
This module introduces students to the basic concepts of management in organisations. It gives students an appreciation of the complexities of organisations that affect employee behaviour within them. It introduces them to human resource management strategies to manage people in organisations. The module incorporates key management, organisational behaviour and people management theories and practices. 100% coursework assessed.
This module aims to equip students with the knowledge of skills of basic strategic analysis. Students will be exposed to the use of simple strategic tools to evaluate the business and its wider environment. They will also be able to identify creative strategic solutions to simple organisational issues. The module further aims to develop students’ ability to make decisions between different strategic alternatives. 100% coursework assessed.