2025/26 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Business Studies With Foundation Year

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

GCSE English grade A*- C or 9 - 4 or equivalent for Management pathway, International Business pathway, Accounting pathway, Banking and Finance pathway, Economics pathway and International Business and Finance pathway.
GCSE English grade A*- B or 9 - 6 or equivalent for Business Management with Marketing pathway and the International Business and Marketing Pathway.

GCSE Maths grades A* - C or 9 - 4 or equivalent for Management pathway, Business Management with Marketing pathway, International Business pathway and International Business and Marketing pathway
GCSE grades A* - B or 9 - 6 Maths for Accounting pathway, Banking and Finance pathway, Economics pathway and International Business and Finance pathway.

AND

3 A Levels grade CCC, excluding Critical Thinking and General Studies

AND

Applicants must live permanently in the UK and meet at least one of the following:

- permanent address is in a neighbourhood with low progression to higher education
- Attended a school which achieved less than the national average of 5 A* - C or 9 - 4 passes (including English and Maths) at GCSE
- grew up in public care

We actively encourage applications from mature students. Further consideration will be given to the life experience of mature applicants and the circumstances in which they gained prior qualifications.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Lifelong Learning Centre

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Business Management Examination Board within the Lifelong Learning Centre

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

The level 0 and 1 programme has been developed so that outcomes mirror those at level 1 of the nine BSc/BA degrees to which students can progress and which are, themselves, aligned to the General Business and Management (March 2023) subject benchmarks.

Programme specification:

This extended four-year course allows you to study for a degree in either Accounting and Finance, Banking and Finance, Business Management with Marketing, Economics, International Business, Management, International Business and Finance or International Business and Marketing.

The first year of the course is primarily taught by the Lifelong Learning Centre but could also involve modules delivered by Leeds University Business School depending on your choice of pathway. The second year of the course involves modules delivered by the both the Lifelong Learning Centre and Leeds University Business School.

During the first two years, you will gain an understanding of the key aspects of business studies, covering subjects such as innovation and enterprise, organisational environment, marketing and organisational behaviour, as well as specialist modules depending on your choice of pathway. The first two years will provide you with intensive and well-structured support to help you develop the skills and knowledge required to be successful.

On successful completion of the first two years and subject to meeting the specific requirements for progression, you will progress onto your chosen degree course at Leeds University Business School.

The foundation course is designed specifically for students from a widening participation background (who meet our additional entry criteria) and who don't currently meet the typical entry requirements for direct entry to a degree. Therefore, this course does not accept students with previous higher education experience, including other foundation years.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates on the Accounting pathway or Banking and Finance pathway must study the following modules.

Candidates on the Management pathway must study the following modules

Candidates on the Economics pathway must take the following modules

Candidates on the International Business pathway must take the following modules

Candidates on the Business Management with Marketing pathway must take the following modules

Candidates on the International Business and Marketing pathway must take the following modules

Candidates on the International Business and Finance pathway must take the following modules

Discovery modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates following the Accounting and Finance pathway or the Banking and Finance pathway must study the following modules

Candidates following the Management pathway must study the following modules

Candidates will also study 10 credits of Discovery modules in semester 2

Candidates on the Economics pathway must take the following modules

Candidates on the International Business pathway must take the following modules

Candidates will also study 10 credits of Discovery modules in semester 2

Candidates on the Business Management with Marketing pathway must take the following modules

Candidates will also study 10 credits of Discovery modules in Semester 2

Candidates on the International Business and Marketing pathway must take the following modules

Candidates will also study 10 credits of Discovery modules in semester 2

Candidates on the International Business and Finance pathway must take the following modules

Discovery modules:

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

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