Year 1
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 students understanding of the external environment businesses face, and aspects of finance relevant to the business context.
Aims to provide students with an introduction to the nature and scope of marketing. It provides them with an understanding of the fundamentals within the marketing discipline and to be introduced to the understanding of marketing as a management tool. Students will also be introduced to the role of marketing within the general marketplace and society.
This module focuses on personal and professional development, learning approaches and early career planning within undergraduate study. It supports students to make informed decisions about how they learn, manage their time and finances, and engage with university life as independent learners. Through structured activities and guided reflection, students consider their strengths, development needs and aspirations, and learn from both individual and collaborative activities. The module is assessed through a digitally presented personal development portfolio, enabling students to articulate goals, reflect on learning, and communicate their development clearly using appropriate digital formats.
The module examines a range of ways of handling, analysing and presenting quantitative information.The underlying theme is to look at data in a variety of forms, to determine the ‘story’ that this data is telling, and to use that ‘story’ to justify decisions.
This module introduces students to the basic concepts of management in organisations. It provides 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.
Torts are a central component of civil liability within the English legal system and provide the foundation for more specialist areas of liability, including aspects of media law, sports law and medical law. This module introduces the key concepts which underpin liability in tort and explores the workings of tort alongside the underlying legal, social and economic policies which are relevant to it.
