Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Business Management with Integrated Foundation Year

Course Overview

Ideal for:

Aspiring business practitioners who wish to gain skills in business, management, and modern global operating models.

Key Details:

• Starts: September 2025
• Duration: 4 years
• Mode: Full-time
• UCAS code: N101
• Fees: UK: £5,760 (2025/26), INT: £17,000 (2025/26)

Build the Foundations for Your Future

This course is ideal for those with an interest in business and business management. The foundation year in business management will help you assess your strengths and confirm your specialist area of interest.

Why Study This Course?

• Engage in collaborative working with students from other subject areas
• Enhance your entrepreneurial skills by preparing financial statements, evaluating data, and creating innovative pitches to win new business
• Learn to communicate visually, verbally, and creatively through multiple forms of digital creative media
• Assessment methods such as pitches and presentations will help prepare you for industry
• You will be encouraged to bring your own unique entrepreneurial ideas to the course and create business proposals for development

Key Study Topics

• Operations
• Business finance
• Strategy & management
• Global business practice
• Identifying solutions to business problems
• Responsible business practice
• Career coaching

The Specifics

Year 0

This course will introduce students to all the fundamental principles of academic practice.

You develop the range of skills needed in the foundation of business and management with a particular focus on academic writing, innovative thinking, communication skills, and research practice.

Modules:

• Critical & Creative Thinking
• Academic & Professional Writing and Communication
• Context of Creative Industries
• Digital Literacies & Skills
• Contemporary Issues & Culture
• Creative Ventures

Year 1

The modules of this course are designed to enable students to build their business skills and acumen incrementally.

Students will engage in research, develop creative and innovative skills, business and management knowledge, and gain the ability to evaluate data, understand financial statements, process information, and produce solutions to creative briefs.

Modules:

• Principles of Marketing
• Business Finance
• The Business Landscape
• Operation and Project Management
• Professional Life Practice- Developing your Practice
• Professional Life Practice- Exploring your Practice

Year 2

By Year 2 you will be able to demonstrate an ability to identify, critically evaluate, and apply theories of global business practice using your creativity in a practical context.

The course will be supported by a wide range of industry links and field trips, helping students to develop a deep understanding of business operations. You will also have the opportunity to complete a work-based learning opportunity or professional project.

Modules:

• People Management & Organisational Behaviour
• The Consumer Journey
• Entrepreneurism
• Professional Life Practice - Applying your Practice
• Work-Based Learning

Year 3

In your final year you will build on your previous years of learning and utilise your business management acumen to identify solutions to both real-world and defined business events and problems.

The sum of your learning experience and rich understanding of business will enable you to produce a final business and management implementation project.

Modules:

• Professional Life Practice - Situating your Practice
• Applied Research Project
• Business Consultancy Project
• Global Business Strategy

Entry Requirements

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English in addition to any of the below;

• Two A Levels at grade CC or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade MPP
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 64 UCAS Tariff points

Industry Connections

At Ravensbourne University London, industry connection is ingrained into everything we do. We will equip you for success in the creative and digital industries, ensuring you are truly industry ready upon graduation. Our tutors are respected academics and practitioners with substantial experience and industry links.

You will be part of a diverse community of creatives, working collaboratively to explore new professional practices. Ravensbourne has strong industry links with a range of high-profile companies, including: Apple, Barclays, the BBC, European Space Agency, Marks & Spencer, Museum of London, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Samsung, and many more.

Career Pathway

The course is uniquely tailored for students wishing to pursue a career in:

• Business Start-up
• Marketing/Digital
• Branding
• E-commerce
• Buying
• Business Analysis
• HR
• Finance

Fees and Funding

Find out more about our tuition fees and whether you qualify for financial support during your studies.

Key Links:

• Undergraduate fees and funding
• Paying your fees
• Scholarships, bursaries, and other discounts

International

For information on study routes, visa requirements, studying in England, language and entry requirements, application requirements, and access to international agents, please visit our international section.

Quick Links:

• How to apply
• International Education Agents
• Visas and immigration
• Student visa CAS deposit refund
• International student FAQs

Lecturers

Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub

• PhD, MA, MA, BA, PGCert, FHEA

Tola Awe

• BSc (Hons), PgDip, MBA, Quant (MRes)

Sergii Bondarenko

• MSc BSc

Vala Marcou

• BSc MBA

Cesar Peluso

• BA, MSc, PGCE, FHEA, FBCS, FRSA, PhD candidate

Unistats Details

• 69% say staff value students' views and opinions about the course
• 81% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well

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