BA (Hons) Global Business and Entrepreneurship with Foundation Year
Course Features
Campus:
London, Birmingham, Manchester
Duration:
4 years
Available Starts:
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds
Tariff Points:
N/A
Institution Code:
N/A
Information about course
Our BA (Hons) Global Business and Entrepreneurship with Foundation Year prepares you to realise the potential of your own business ideas — from the awareness to spot lucrative opportunities to the skills needed to make them a reality. This course has an engaging structure that also takes you through dynamic organisations and how they generate employment opportunities, economic growth and social transformation.
You will constantly test your learning and ideas, practising entrepreneurship in real-world scenarios in the classroom — building business planning skills critical for entrepreneurial success. This course also explores the theory and practice of entrepreneurship in different contexts gaining a clear understanding of how strategy, tactics and innovation are valued in different business models.
Foundation Year
– IT Essentials
– Academic Writing and Research Skills
– Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship
– Entrepreneurial People and Processes
– Business Environment
– Fundamentals of Finance
Year 1
– Entrepreneurial Recognition, Ideas and Opportunities
– Managerial Finance
– Introduction to Marketing
– Introduction to Strategic Management
– Entrepreneurial Organisations
– Project Management
Year 2
– Business Ideas and Opportunities Generation
– Digital Marketing and Social Media in Business
– Financing a Business Venture and Legal Aspects
– Social Entrepreneurship
– Business Planning and Pitching
– Intrapreneurial Development
Year 3
– Market Research
– Global Strategies
– Project
– Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship
– Contemporary Issues in Events and Hospitality
– Contemporary Issues in IT and Communications
– Contemporary Issues in Professional Business Services
– Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain
– Contemporary Issues in Retail
This course uses an authentic assessment strategy to ensure that each module takes you into realistic real-life situations, providing a formative pathway for assessing the learning goals of both specific modules and the overall programme. The assessments in the majority of the modules allow you to use your own business ideas, therefore allowing you to receive detailed feedback and time to reflect and develop your proposals further.
Assessment on the course is designed to provide suitable opportunities for you to demonstrate a full range of knowledge, skills and competencies that are key in the business environment. Assessment methods include essays, reports, real-life simulations, presentations, projects and group debates.
You will be required to work in your own time to complete research, homework tasks or group work. Self-study is vital to your success in this course and lecturers will give you guidance on how best to approach this throughout the study period.
Assessment methods at GBS are reviewed annually and may be updated based on student feedback, to suit content or based upon feedback from an External Examiner. An External Examiner is an independent academic expert from an external Higher Education Institution that acts as a safeguard to academic assessment standards.
Education
80 UCAS tariff points (or above) or 60 Credit Ofqual qualification at Level 3.
Applicants aged 21+
If applicants aged 21+ do not meet the standard entry requirements, we will also consider those with life/work skills which would make them suitable for undergraduate study with our Foundation programme.
All Applicants
All applicants are assessed by the GBS Admissions Team via interview for listening and speaking and for writing via a Personal Reflection Statement. Applicants must also be able to evidence a minimum of B1 English, either via exam taken on campus or equivalent accepted English language qualification.
Documents required:
– Application form
– Supervised Personal reflection statement
– Personal interview
This course provides the academic skills and professional qualifications you’ll need to pursue a career in a wide range of areas. Recent graduates have gone on to recruitment consultant, operations manager, omni-channel analyst and TV research executive roles at companies including Stearn Electric, Proco Global, Kingfisher and Grahame Robb Associates.
Suitable roles for graduates include:
- Marketing
- Account Management
- Buying and purchasing
- Production
- Works and maintenance management
- Personnel and recruitment consultancy
- Retail management.
