3-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Humanities - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Global Studies with Business Management (Placement Year)

For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Global Studies with Business Management

The challenges facing today’s world are profoundly international. From the migrant crisis to global warming, contemporary challenges require graduates who bring a global perspective and broad skills to the workplace. This course gives students the opportunity to study the unique combination of Global Studies and management.

With the BA Global Studies with Business Management students will explore a range of subjects so that they develop the widest possible understanding of complex global issues whilst obtaining a grounding in management.

Students study topics including but not limited to:

• Sustainability • Climate Change • Migration • International Relations • Globalization

At Essex they train their students to be fearless and independent, to question everything and to draw on the broadest possible range of facts and ideas.

Based in the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre (ISC), students will have a broad mix of humanities and social science topics to choose from, including modules covering history, sociology, literature, film, philosophy, and art history.

Essex has more start-up businesses than any other county in the UK. Students are taught to take control of their career in business and create ideas, products and services with real value, and with the School’s global understanding of business in established and developing markets, students will have the best foundation for their future career.

Essex Business School is an intellectual community of more than 2,000 international researchers, students and entrepreneurs.

* Please note that this delivery option of the course includes a placement year.

Students may decide to opt for a placement year, where they develop their professional skills and build a network of business contacts. A placement year can give students a career advantage by showing future employers that they are a dedicated and experienced professional.