Business Economics with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

<strong>Are you ready to learn industry-relevant skills so you can navigate the complexities of the business and financial world?</strong><br/><br/>Business and economic decisions are intricately interconnected. The BSc (Hons) Business Economics course offers a comprehensive curriculum that exposes you to diverse transdisciplinary perspectives from business, management, economics, accounting, and finance. The course is designed to equip you with fundamental knowledge, enabling you to tackle complex problems, acquire new skills, and assess the impact of inclusivity and sustainability.<br/><br/>The course is facilitated by experienced academics and industry practitioners to enhance your creative thinking, collaborative decision-making abilities, and confidence. The professional placement opportunities provide you with industry-relevance experience while our robust learning support infrastructure gives you access to leading-edge research and proficiency in digital technologies.<br/><br/>While fostering cross-cultural engagement, the course provides comprehensive support to enhance your employability skills like leadership and teamwork. Assessment is conducted through challenging business role-playing, trading simulation games, and a combination of tests, assignments, and presentations.<br/><br/>The foundation year will help you to broaden your industry knowledge and enable you to progress to a related undergraduate degree. It aims to help you develop a strong foundation of business knowledge, alongside academic and transferable skills to ensure you get the most out of your degree-level studies.<br/><br/><strong>Location</strong><br/><br/>This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

University isn't just an education, it's the start of your career. At Canterbury Christ Church University, you'll get to explore a number of exciting career paths, whatever you study. <br/><br/>Ranked 1st in the UK for graduate employment (HESA: Graduate Outcomes 2023), Christ Church is home to career-relevant courses and industry-standard facilities. Film production students can showcase their creativity in the fully-equipped Film/TV studio, forensics students can test their observational skills in mock crime scenes, and medicine students can get a taste of life as a doctor in simulated hospital wards. <br/><br/>With a campus in a World Heritage Site, Canterbury is also less than an hour on the train from London and is buzzing with student life. You've got beautiful coast and countryside right on your doorstep, and plenty of opportunities to make friends. With Christ Church's societies including Music, Table Tennis, Cheese & Wine and Drama, you're bound to meet your friends for life. <br/><br/>Apply now to secure your place at Christ Church this September.