Program Overview

Business Management (including foundation year) - BA (Hons)

The Business Management (including foundation year) BA is designed to improve your academic skills before you embark on the undergraduate program. The foundation year is perfect for those who don't have the standard entry requirements for direct entry and focuses on developing key academic skills, such as presentations, research, and writing.

Why study this course?

Our Business Management (including foundation year) BA is designed to improve your academic skills before you embark on the undergraduate program. The foundation year is perfect for those who don't have the standard entry requirements for direct entry and focuses on developing key academic skills, such as presentations, research, and writing.

On successful completion of the foundation year, you'll join students starting on the three-year degree and study the same content. You'll also gain a Level 5 Chartered Management Institute (CMI) certification. As a member of the CMI, you can access their facilities, attend events, and access over 200,000 live management jobs and its mentoring scheme.

Course modules

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2025/26 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 0 modules

• Foundation Year Programme

Year 1 modules

• Business Law and Ethics
• Data Analysis for Business Decision Making
• Digital Business Management and Emerging Technology
• Financial Accounting
• Learning through Organisation
• People, Management and Organisations
• Principles of Marketing
• Understanding the Business and Economic Environment

Year 2 modules

• International Selling and Negotiation
• Leadership in Practice
• Organisation Design and Management
• Project Management
• Creating a Winning Business 1
• Empowering London: Working within the community
• Learning through Work
• Research Methods
• The Practice of Consultancy
• Company and Business Law
• Global Business and Strategy
• Language Module (Arabic, French, Spanish or English)
• Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM)
• Sustainability, Business and Responsibility

Year 3 modules

• Critical Management
• Leading Innovation
• Practising Business Strategy (with simulation)
• The Practice of Management
• Consultancy Project
• Dissertation
• Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Business
• Brand Management
• Financial Decision Making for Managers
• Language Module (Arabic, French, Spanish or English)
• Professional Experience Year Placement
• Social Marketing

Entry requirements

In addition to the University's standard entry requirements, you should have:

• at least one A level (or a minimum of 32 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg BTEC Subsidiary/National/BTEC Extended Diploma)
• English Language GCSE at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent)

Accreditation of Prior Learning

Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course at London Met. Find out more about applying for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).

English language requirements

To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Student visa (previously Tier 4) you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. This course requires you to meet our standard requirements.

Assessment

You'll be assessed through group work, coursework, presentations, and portfolios as well as reports, business plans, and seen/unseen exams. Some modules will require you to produce an e-portfolio including real-life investigations and tasks. In your final year, you will also write a dissertation.

Where this course can take you

Our business and management graduates have gone on to careers as area managers, assistant management accountants, business, merger and acquisition analysts, and directors at organisations such as Amazon, Office Holdings, E Movement, and WizzAir.

Continuing your studies with us

The Guildhall School of Business and Law has a range of industry-linked postgraduate courses available on a full-time and part-time basis in business management, tourism and events, marketing and fashion, law, human resources, and finance. These courses would be ideal for postgraduate progression:

• International Business Management - MSc
• International Business Management with Project Management - MSc
• Marketing - MA
• Global Human Resource Management - MA

If you've already studied your undergraduate degree with us, as a graduate of London Met, you'll be entitled to a 20% discount on any further study with us.

Collaborative and international links

You'll have the opportunity to study abroad for one semester, which will boost your CV and give you a fantastic experience. We have links with a number of universities in Europe, Japan, and the USA.