Business Foundation Course

Successful students will receive the City of London College (CLC) and Cambridge International Education Centre (CIEC) Level 3 Diploma in Business. This Diploma will secure progression to a large number of UK and international universities.

This Diploma has progression agreements leading to further study in Birkbeck College University of London; London South Bank University; Sunderland University; Coventry University; University of Hull; Leeds Trinity University; Arden University; UNICAF (Universities of South Wales, Malawi, Zambia); Northwood University, Michigan, USA; Nexford University, USA; Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland; Galway University, Ireland; Maltepe University, Turkey; Okan University Turkey; George Brown College, Canada; Crandall University, Canada; amongst others.

Successful students with this Business Foundation Diploma have also gone on to study at top universities throughout the UK and internationally.

CIEC and CLC specialise in Business, Management and English education, with their key personnel having a globally recognised academic and publishing profile. CIEC and CLC partner with universities worldwide in the joint delivery and accreditation of courses and CIEC and CLC have centres in a growing number of cities and countries.

Students are given access to a Student Manual to accompany the designated key text for each module which guides them through the module and provides additional exercises and activities, with feedback, to help their study outside the classroom.

About this Course

This course has been specially devised to prepare and equip students, especially international students, who intend to study for a Business or related degree delivered and assessed in the English language. It seeks to develop the key English and study skills which, together with knowledge and understanding of key business areas, are so vital for success at university. Indeed, this course seeks to equip students to be effective independent learners, able to access and use a wide range of sources of information and data.

As you can see from the wide range of books shown below, this Diploma has been developed by teachers who write textbooks for major publishers. A profile of just some of the teachers of CIEC and CLC is presented on pages 4 to 8.

Each of the modules studied will use materials which have been developed by CIEC with Pearson Education, the largest educational publisher in the world.

On this course students will study the key areas of business, including communication skills, marketing principles, strategy, budgeting, human resource management, global business environment and managing and leading teams. Students will also develop the key academic and research skills so important for individuals and businesses.