Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Studies with Foundation Year

at University of West London United Kingdom

Love to promote, share and shout it out from the rooftops? With the development of new technologies, creative opportunities for publicity are growing with companies needing multi-skilled professionals talented in the areas of advertising and public relations.

This advertising course is designed to prepare you for this exciting, fast-paced world of communications. It will help you to develop core skills in communications strategy, creative development, marketing analysis and digital media.

The course has an entrepreneurial ethos, and you will be encouraged to learn through initiative, experimentation and teamwork. On any given day, you may start the morning discussing the psychology of advertising and end the day working with fellow students to make a video for a social media platform.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

Would you like to increase your versatility as a recording artist? Are you a musician who wants to become a music producer?

This course has been developed in response to current demands from the music industry. It aims to develop your skills as a performer and writer, along with your technical knowledge and to give you essential industry know-how that can help you to build your music career. During your studies you will have access to one of the largest audio complexes in Europe, which includes nearly 20 professionally equipped music studios, acoustically designed recording studios and multi-performance production studios.

This course provides excellent teaching in all of key areas of biological sciences including biostatistics, programming in R and data modelling, helping you learn how to design biological research, analyse and model data, and present your results, preparing you for a career where your skills can be applied.

You will do a year-long project as part of a team in the second year, and another year-long project individually, in your third and final year, as well as present your research at the course research conference.

This Biological Sciences degree offers you the flexibility to choose certain modules in your second and third years depending on your interest, allowing you to specialise - from the second year - by taking one of four specialist pathways:

• Developmental biology
• Genomics and computational biology
• Ecology and conservation
• Animal behaviour and artificial intelligence.

Get a head start in your sound engineering career with this multifaceted course, which combines vocational study and academic theory.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities.

Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

In the first year, you will cover the fundamentals of sound, audio electronics, programming, recording and production, and critical listening, along with the mathematics that underpins all these subjects.

In the second year, we want you to dig deep into wider applications of sound engineering in different domains, immersing yourself in the tools and techniques that add depth and variety to your engineer's toolbox. We also want to see your personal vision and persona develop, to the point where you are happy to take on work outside of the university.

By the third year, you will have a huge array of marketable skills under your belt and in this final year, you will learn to apply them in a range of environments. You will also prepare a major project of your own choosing, which will present your talent to the world.  

When you finish our aim is that you are not only a highly talented sound engineer but, through the reading and thinking undertaken, you will be operating at an intellectual level worthy of a University of West London graduate.

During your studies, you will have access to one of the largest audio complexes in Europe, which includes more than 20 studios, as well as teaching rooms, labs and computer suites.

This is one of only eight sound engineering courses in the UK accredited by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) with Full Incorporated Engineering status (IEng).

Commercial success and a sustained career within the music industry increasingly depend on having the skills and ability to manage and develop career opportunties; either for yourself or for an act you represent.

On this music management Masters course you will study key concepts in managing and developing a music career and a broad range of entrepreneurial and transferable skills suitable for a variety of music industry jobs.

You will learn about setting up and managing an independent label, develop the skills and knowledge to facilitate live events as well as gaining a more general understanding of the music business.

Are you passionate about food and drink? Whether you want to manage a restaurant, become a private chef or develop new food products, on this course you will learn the technical and professional skills you need for a career in culinary arts management.

While studying, you will benefit from valuable hands-on experience, working with leading industry professionals. You will learn a range of kitchen and patisserie techniques as well as studying areas such as food microbiology, diet, nutrition and gastronomy.

In addition, we will help you to develop the business and people skills needed to become a successful manager within the food industry.

Our courses offer opportunities to discuss issues arising from the Covid crisis and examine solutions from a sector perspective. Our course content is developed with support from a wide network of sector professionals to include changes in the industry.

Are you looking for a photography degree that will help you develop your own individual style behind the camera and put you on a path towards a creative career?

In the Guardian University Guide 2021, the University of West London was ranked top in London for Film Production and Photography.

On our BA (Hons) Photography course you will have the opportunity to learn creative and technical skills from professional photographers, artists, curators and guest lecturers.

Your hands-on work with conceptual and practical briefs will also allow you to build your confidence and your portfolio, and ensure you graduate with sought-after skills.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

Do you have a passion for writing and storytelling? This highly contemporary and stimulating English and film degree will inspire and challenge you to apply your storytelling passion to the world of film, television and new media.

This course gives you the chance to develop your creative talents in film, screen media and writing in all their many forms, while encouraging your understanding and critical analysis of literature. By the time you complete the course, you will have learned how to channel your creative instincts towards career success.

By the time you complete the course, you will have learned how to channel your creative instincts towards career success.

Are you interested in a career in the music industry? The BMus (Hons) Performance and Music Management is the perfect course if you want to take control of managing your career while gaining the studio knowledge to perform basic recordings.

As such, this degree has a heavy focus on learning how the industry works and how you can empower yourself as pragmatic, well informed creative business entrepreneurs.

The degree recognises that modern performing artists are no longer just performing artists. They require a solid – industry-focussed – managerial foundation, a high level of performing ability, a knowledge of musical concepts, and a strong creative drive.

All BMus (Hons) Performance and Music Management students will have access to digital distribution with no upfront cost for their musical endeavours during their studies to promote student-led entrepreneurship and a strong creative community via the university record label.

As part of a University-wide scholarship, students enrolling on the BA (Hons) Music Management course in the coming academic year will receive a free pair of Sennheiser headphones as well as multiple key textbooks upon enrolment.

BA (Hons) Fashion Branding and Marketing can teach you important industry skills on how to create effective branding and marketing strategies with a strong emphasis on sustainability and digitalisation in the context of the global fashion, luxury and lifestyle industry, as well as how brands communicate with consumers through innovative ideas, strategic delivery and visual strategies.

On this course, you will learn how to search for consumer insight and future trends, and how to use your findings to determine potential gaps in the market. You will explore how fashion and luxury brands, from high street retailers to luxury, become distinctive and desirable by discovering how they identify their unique selling points to position themselves in the market. This course will give you 360-degree preparation for a career in fashion branding, marketing or its associated business functions or postgraduate study.

You will explore recently updated curriculum that emphasises on contemporary topics such as:

• Sustainable luxury fashion
• Digital luxury
• Diversity in fashion industry
• Omni-channel customer experience
• Social media marketing
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR).

You will also benefit from a range of teaching methods:

• Design thinking for fashion business
• Live projects-workshops with industry partners
• Industry case studies
• Work-based learning
• Studio teaching/practice
• Flexible flipped/blended learning, LinkedIn learning
• Lectures, seminars, presentations
• Group and individual tutorials and feedback
• Peer and self-evaluation

If you would like to experience a career in the global fashion industry, while working on the business side rather than a design position as it requires a critical ability to mix creative flair with strategic business thinking, then this is the course for you!

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.