Studying for Business 

This module is designed to introduce you to business organisations, business environments and how economic change affects businesses. You'll cover everything from public and private sectors to profit and non-profit organisations. You'll also learn just how important changes in the national and global economic systems are to a business.

Key Topics

In this module you will cover a range of topics including:

>University standards and identification of the skills gap
>The Personal Development Plan
>Analysis of assignment briefs
>Systematic research
>Analysis and use both written and numeric data
>Structure of essays and reports, referenced using the Harvard method
>Information technology, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and WebCt

Assessment

There are a number of assessments that you complete as part of your coursework and forward to your academic tutor for grading and comments.

You'll also take a summative assessment at the end of your module. Exam venues are located across the UK and exams take place twice a year. Please note that there are additional assessment fees for each module.