Business Management with a Foundation Year (BSC)

You’ll be taught through a mixture of lectures and small group teaching - classes, seminars, workshops or tutorials. Lectures provide an overview of the module content while classes and workshops give you the opportunity to practice techniques, discuss ideas, apply concepts and consolidate your understanding.

You’ll also benefit from guest presentations by practitioners, enabling you to relate your academic learning to real-world examples.

Our teaching is heavily informed by research; we combine academic rigour with practical relevance, giving you access to up-to-date real-life examples and scenarios and critical business thinking.

How will I be assessed?

Our Business Management (BSc) programmes draw on a diverse range of both rigorous and authentic assessment methods, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need for your future career.  

Recognising the way in which real-world businesses operate, our assessment strategy comprises both individual and collaborative assessments. Where appropriate, assessments mirror the activities which would be expected in the workplace; this includes pitches, reports, and presentations.  

All modules have formative assessment opportunities, allowing you to get valuable feedback before completing summative assessment pieces. You’ll also receive timely feedback on your summative assessments, either in writing or orally. This feedback will help you understand your achievements and see where there may be opportunities for enhancement in future work.

What skills will I practise and develop?

The Learning Outcomes for this Programme describe what you will achieve by the end of your programme at Cardiff University and identify the knowledge and skills that you will develop. They will also help you to understand what is expected of you.

On successful completion of your Programme you will be able to:

Knowledge & Understanding:

• You’ll gain key skills in management, accounting, marketing, and supply chains, together with the entrepreneurial mindset needed to tackle social and environment challenges. Alongside subject knowledge, you’ll develop essential professional soft skills and capabilities.
• Our industry partnerships enable you to engage with real-world business challenges, employer-led activities and applied projects to connect your learning to current industry practice.
• Through optional modules you’ll tailor your degree to your individual interest and career ambition. There are opportunities for industrial placements and study abroad to support your personal and professional development.
• You’ll graduate from the programme ready to thrive in the world of business, with the skills you need for confident, strategic leadership to ensure sustained success. You’ll also be well equipped for postgraduate study.

Intellectual Skills:

• Analyse and resolve complex business problems using different theoretical perspectives.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments that synthesise diverse sources to produce balanced and defensible conclusions on business and management issues.
• Apply theoretical knowledge to unfamiliar and complex real-world business contexts.
• Generate and justify innovative solutions to business challenges using structured and creative problem-solving approaches.

Professional Practical Skills:

• Design and evaluate human resource strategies addressing recruitment, retention, performance management, and workforce diversity.
• Interpret and critically evaluate financial statements to inform strategic and operational decision-making.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the techniques by which organisations promote their products and services.
• Design and appraise operations and logistics systems for the effective acquisition, production, storage and distribution of products and services.

Transferable/Key Skills:

• Demonstrate reflective practice by critically evaluating personal performance and identifying priorities for continued professional development.
• Communicate complex information, arguments and recommendations effectively in written, oral, and digital formats to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Collaborate effectively within diverse teams, demonstrating leadership, negotiation, and teamworking competence.
• Use appropriate digital technologies to discover, analyse, synthesise, acknowledge, and present complex information, concepts, and data.
• Demonstrate originality and intellectual autonomy in the development of creative and innovative responses to identified challenges.
• Critically evaluate and integrate environmental, social and governance considerations into business analysis and decision-making.