Business Management with Foundation Year

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Course summary

• Study the business management strategies that make iconic brands successful.

• Specialise in routes such as entrepreneurship, global business and sustainability.

• Embrace the future challenges of cultural, digital and technological change.

• Explore opportunities to learn a new language, start a venture or join a student society.

• Apply your learning to placements, internships, real-world consultancy and opportunities to study abroad.

• Join an international community of business leaders, researchers and students.

• Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.

Given the fast pace of change, the course explores a wide range of modern market challenges and the strategies you’ll need to create a thriving business. You’ll learn to drive positive change in an organisation, to develop collaborative teams who optimise business performance – plus how to assess markets, analyse business performance and realise lucrative opportunities.

If you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) course, or you’d like extra preparation before starting degree-level study, we recommend you join this foundation year course, which covers core topics on people, behaviours and business.

Sheffield Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has been awarded the Business School Impact System label by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

How you learn
You’ll study at our Sheffield Business School, rated in the top 6% globally for excellence in teaching and research. Here, you’ll join a global community where business.

leaders, researchers and business students all come together to solve problems and make things better.

Our academics are highly skilled professionals, bringing their cutting-edge knowledge and industry research into the classroom.

You learn through:

• On-campus lectures, seminars and tutorials

• Digital learning platforms

• Industry visits and field trips

• Independent study

• Live consultancy projects

• Practice-based learning and group work

• Simulated work environments

• Peer-to-peer feedback

• Problem-solving workshops

• Class debates

• Presentations

Key Themes
Throughout this course you’ll learn how to lead businesses, manage teams or hone your business specialism. You’ll innovate and make a positive impact.

You’ll study business models from a broad variety of sectors – championing environmental, social and ethical practices while exploring the future challenges posed by cultural, digital and technological change.

Real-world global application is deeply rooted throughout the course, helping you build your skills as an effective team player as you work to solve business challenges.

As the course progresses, you’ll have the opportunity to specialise in an area of interest by choosing from a range of optional modules. And throughout the course, we’ll support your curiosity, courage and ambition by emphasising learning as a collaborative process – with an entrepreneurial, global and inclusive mindset, alongside the digital skills you need to get ahead.

Applied learning
We think the best way to learn something is to do it in the real world. That means putting learning into practice on placements, internships and real-world consultancy projects – arranged through our global network of leading businesses.

Placements
You’ll have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years. This gives you valuable work experience to prepare you for your future career – as well as an Applied Professional Diploma to add to your CV.

Previous students have been on placement at leading businesses and institutes, such as Lloyds Banking Group, Schlumberger, Transdev, Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria, Department for Education, CLAAS UK, and The NHS.