Undergraduate Foundation Programme in Business, Economics, Accounting & Real Estate
If you have dreams of a career in business, whether it be economics, accounting or real estate, our programme could be the first step on your academic journey.
Kickstart your career today
The Undergraduate Foundation Programme in Business, Economics, Accounting & Real Estate will prepare you for undergraduate study in a related field at Aberdeen. Equivalent to the first year of a four-year Scottish degree, our pathway programme gives you the start you need to graduate in the same amount of time as a domestic student.
- Course length: Three terms
- Start date: September, November (Enhanced Induction) or January
- Term dates: Check the term dates
- Fees: Check your programme fees
- Scholarships: Learn more about available scholarships
- Age: 17+
- Check our academic and English language entry requirements.
What will I study?
This three-term programme has been designed to complement your university studies by introducing you to the learning culture of Aberdeen, all whilst helping you settle into life in the UK. You will study a range of modules, both academic and language based, to gain the skills you need for academic success at university.
Term 1
This module covers:
- introduction to book-keeping and double entry accounting conventions
- accounting equation, transaction, recording and trail balance production
- depreciation, bad dept and stock adjustment
- sale of assets
- matching principles
- difference between cash and profit
This module covers:
- microeconomic concepts and principles
- equilibrium in markets
- demand and supply
- analysis in terms of totals, averages and at the margin
- government regulation of economic activities and the provision of some goods and services
- normative and positive analysis
- societal welfare
Term 2
This module covers:
- why some nations have high rates of inflation
- analyse why unemployment is higher in some countries
- macroeconomics
- economic and recession and depression
This module covers:
- the capitalist revolution
- technology, population, growth and innovation
- globalisation
- scarcity
- firms, demand and markets
- supply, demand and markets
- business ethics
Term 3
This module covers:
- the role of financial institutions, such as the London Stock Exchange
- the characteristics of assets
- time value of money
- personal financial planning
This module covers:
- what makes organisations such a powerful feature of the modern world
- an exploration into the ways in which organisations depend on the activities of individuals to maintain them
- the structures and managerial practices that people work together with effectively
This module covers:
- introduction to statistical software
- sorting and classifying data
- averages and variability
- probability and decision making
- probability distributions
- sampling distribution
- estimation
- hypothesis testing
Why economics at Aberdeen?
Love from Austria tells us why you should study a degree in economics – and why Aberdeen is the perfect place for this.
University of Aberdeen Business School is accredited by the EQUIS, the leading international system of quality assessment, improvement and accreditation of business schools.
Out of more than 15,000 business management schools around the world, just over 200 have gained the international-recognised mark of distinction.
Progress to your degree
After completing your Undergraduate Foundation Programme and achieving the necessary grades, you can transition to the second year of your chosen undergraduate degree. Undergraduate degrees at the University of Aberdeen are referred to as Masters of Arts, or MA degrees. A Scottish MA is equivalent to an undergraduate degree.
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