Business Studies:Single

Course summary

In the first year students look at all of the main functional areas and how they work including Marketing, Human Resources, Production and Finance. Students will also gain an insight into business entrepreneurship and how people start up their own businesses, and they begin to appreciate the wider business environment and how this can affect a business’s chance of success. In the second year the course starts to focus on national and international businesses and considers the issues that global businesses face. Students will learn about decision making techniques such as decision trees and sales forecasting, and they will also study globalisation and international trade to consider some of the most complex issues facing businesses in the modern world.