Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
This course aims to equip students with the foundational academic and practical skills to enable the further study of business, finance, statistics, and economics.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Session | First Sub Session | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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Through business-themed lectures and tutorials/workshops, students will be introduced to:
- Theoretical concepts of data, information, and knowledge and their application in business decision-making
- Common marketplace analysis systems such as SWOT, VCA and PESTEL analysis modelling
- Electronic systems for data storage and use
- Methods describing how to prepare and present information such that it becomes knowledge-of-value for business decision-making
- Excel spreadsheet software and a range of associated functions for the manipulation and presentation of data
- Practical information on working and collaborating in teams
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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