Business, Finance & Management Foundation Course

The Bellerbys Business Foundation course is ideal for students wishing to study Business-related degrees at university, including Economics, Business Studies, Accounting, Marketing, Management Studies, Finance and Hotel & Tourism Management.  The course is carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful to your future study intentions.

Academic Structure

You will study core subjects, along with all other Foundation students, plus Business, Finance and Management modules.

Business Studies 1
Students are introduced to aspects of both marketing, for example, mass and niche marketing, product orientation and pricing and market research, and human resource management, including training, motivation and leadership styles.

Business Studies 2
Students are taught how to set up and operate a business and close attention is paid to legal and other external influences, quality management and business ethics. Students will also have the opportunity to undertake relevant case studies.

Introduction to Financial Accounting
Students are taught double entry book-keeping, preparation of trial balances, profit & loss statements, depreciation, limited companies, manufacturing accounts and interpreatation of accounts.

Principles of Economics 1
Students are taught to understand economic systems, types of goods, allocation of resources, elasticity, price controls, types of markets, cost and revenue, economies of scale and market failure.

Principles of Economics 2
Students are taught to understand aggregate demand and aggregate supply, economic policies, inflation, unemployment, international trade and development economics.

Core Mathematics for Business
Students are taught to understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms and experimental laws.

Where Next?

Students who successfully complete the Business Foundation course can join the following Bachelor Degree programmes with our university partners.

Aberystwyth University
Anglia Ruskin University
Aston University
Bangor University
University of Bath
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Buckingham
Cardiff University
University of Chester
De Montfort University Leicester
Durham University**
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Hertfordshire
Keele University
University of Kent
Lancaster University
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Loughborough University
Brunel University*
City University*
University of East London*
University of Greenwich*
Goldsmiths, University of London*
University of Kingston, London*
London Metropolitan University*
Middlesex University, London*
Queen Mary College, University of London*
Roehampton University*
Royal Holloway College, University of London*
London South Bank University*
University of Manchester***
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
University of Nottingham
Oxford Brookes University
University of Portsmouth
University of Reading
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of Sunderland
Swansea University
University of York

* Universities in the London area

** Durham University welcomes applications from students on the Bellerbys Foundation course with each application being considered on an individual basis by experienced admissions officers.

*** The University of Manchester, also one of the UK's top universities, welcomes applications from Bellerbys students to a wide range of management courses.

Class of 2007

Our Business Foundation route is always popular and, as ever, students this year went on to a wide variety of degree courses in 2007 including Banking, Management, Business Administration, Economics, Finance and Accounting.  Here are just a few:

Student Name	Home Country	Final Grade	Degree Course	University
DEMIDOVA Ekaterina	Russia	90%	Business Administration	University of Bath
CHAN Sheung Wing	Hong Kong China	88%	Accounting & Finance	University of Bath
LEI Wailam	Macau China	88%	Accounting & Finance	Lancaster University
HUNG On Ki	Hong Kong China	88%	Business Management	University of Manchester
ERMOLENKO Elizaveta	Russia	88%	Economics & Politics	University of Bath

Many more students also received Distinctions.