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BA (Hons) Business and Management with Integrated Foundation Year

Transform your learning through innovative teaching methods. Prepare for your career with an industry-led curriculum. Gain highly employable skills and knowledge in all areas of business.

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UCAS codeN101
Duration4 years
Fee (UK)£5,760
LocationOn campus

Course summary

This is our most popular undergraduate business degree. The course will give you a broad foundation in management, marketing, finance, operations, and the world economy. This allows you flexibility to focus on the areas that interest you. With an employer embedded within every module, you'll also interact with industry at every step of your journey.

When you graduate, you'll have a thorough understanding of all areas of business and management. You'll be ready to step into a leadership role in a wide variety of industries worldwide. You'll understand:

  • How businesses create success
  • How to manage business operations
  • How to make informed decisions
  • How to lead change in organisations.

Whether it's setting up your own business or working as part of a multinational corporation, this course will equip you with the skills and capabilities to be an effective manager.

Direct entry

If you meet the relevant entry criteria, you may be able to apply for direct entry onto Stage 2 or 3 of this course.

Direct entry is not guaranteed and your application will assessed on an individual basis, taking into account key qualifications and work experience. Successful applicants will study the second and final year, or final year of the course only.

This course is also available to study through our Global Partnerships.

Why Sunderland for Business and Management

Integrated Foundation Year

This course is available with an Integrated Foundation Year, an extra year of your degree. This route offers a supportive way of transitioning into university study. It may be suitable for you if you:

  • Have valuable work or life experience but no formal qualifications
  • Are returning to education after a break
  • Want to change direction or explore a new career path
  • Have just missed the entry requirements for the three-year course.

We’re enhancing our Integrated Foundation Year to give you an even stronger start to your degree. The updated modules will align more with your chosen subject area. This will help you build the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need for your studies. We'll share full details soon and can't wait to tell you more.

Please note, this route isn’t available to international students.

Our partners, accreditations, and networks

This course is dual accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and upon successful completion, you’ll gain an additional qualification in Management and Leadership.

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What you'll study

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific modules. If you’re not sure what you need before picking a module, your course leader can help.

Undergraduate module credits should total 120 credits per academic year. If optional modules are available, choose an amount that totals 120 credits.

How you'll learn

You'll have opportunities for real-world creative, reflexive, and entrepreneurial skills development. For example, you'll undertake live projects, placement opportunities, workplace shadowing, and panel presentations.

Teaching methods focus on doing and reflecting. You'll learn through lectures, seminars, tutorials, and workshops. There's also problem-based learning, where you'll work in small groups to explore issues or decide how to manage a situation. This helps you to dissect, challenge, and debate. Other learning techniques include guest speakers and cutting edge e-learning technologies.

Assessment methods include:

  • Narrative reports
  • E-portfolios
  • Live employer-based consultancy projects
  • Negotiated assessments
  • Case studies
  • Reflective statements
  • Audio journals
  • Posters
  • Digital storyboards
  • Blogs
  • Podcasts
  • YouTube videos.

As well as assessments that count towards your degree, you'll receive feedback throughout the course to help improve your work.

Paid placements

We can support you in securing an optional paid work placement between your second and final year. You could earn an average salary of £14,000-£18,000 a year, depending on your location.

Placements are an excellent opportunity to put your learning into practice and understand the context of your new knowledge. The contacts made during placements can also be valuable for future job offers.

Entry requirements

Fees and finance support

UK£5,760

Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. If you're a Home fee-paying student, the fee for your first year of study for 2027/28 will be £10,050. You'll pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.

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If you currently serve (or have recently served) within the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence's ELCAS scheme may be able to help cover your funding for this course. Read more about funding for Armed Forces personnel.

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Full-time UK/Irish/EU settled/EU pre-settled students may be eligible for financial support. This would cover your fees for the full four years. UK and EU settled students may also be eligible to receive a maintenance loan.

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UK students

Please note, our Integrated Foundation Year courses aren't available to international students.

Disclaimer

We want to make sure you have clear and accurate information about our courses. Our website always shows the latest updates. If you’ve applied and you're offered a place, we’ll contact you in writing if anything important changes.

For more information, view our programme specifications. These include course content, learning outcomes, and the skills you'll gain.

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