Business Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

This BSc Business Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) is designed to build up your business, technology, creative and leadership skills. It will equip you to effectively manage innovation and digital transformation. It boasts a curriculum grounded in real-world applications and the latest research.

Why choose this course?

• Teaching on the course benefits from the research expertise and practitioner insight showcased by our Centre for Innovation Management Research.
• It offers you access to partnerships with leading businesses and the chance to attend exclusive events enhancing your professional network and career prospects.
• It provides you with personalised career coaching and mentoring, and you can take part in our alumni career clinics alongside our career and digital skills programmes.
• This course also offers you the chance to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.

What you will learn

On this degree you will gain a solid grounding in management and business studies as well as skills to help set you apart in a competitive job market. You will learn how to respond to market dynamics, and identify threats to businesses and new technological opportunities. You will also develop entrepreneurial skills to support new, start-up businesses or to set up your own business.

You will study management of innovation and will also gain valuable skills in digital transformation management, project management and strategic management. In your final year you will apply your skills in developing a business plan for a new venture or a new product or service innovation.

How you will learn

You will learn through a mixture of lectures, interactive seminars and hands-on workshops, designed to bridge theory and practice. You will also explore real-world case studies to help you to foster practical problem-solving skills.

You can study this course full- or part-time. You can also choose your own timetable for the core modules selecting whether to study them in the evening or in the daytime. Find out more about choosing your own timetable.

Placement route

If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting to further increase your employability when you graduate. Please note that this option is not available for students who require a Student visa to study in the UK.

Foundation Year

If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. Find out everything you need to know about Foundation Years.