A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course.

Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification.

With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire.

The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.

This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor’s degree.

Why study a degree with a Foundation Year?

• Broad-based yet enough depth to give you credible vocational skills
• Coverage of a variety of areas typically delivered by an expert in this area
• Gain an understanding of a subject before choosing which route you wish to specialise in
• Great introduction to further study, and guaranteed progression on to one of our Undergraduate degrees

The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.

During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.

Units

• Business Practice Explored (BSS005-1) Compulsory
• Managing People In The Airline And Airport Industries (TAL036-1) Compulsory
• Structure And Development Of The Air Transport Industry (TAL035-1) Compulsory
• Using Data To Build Business Practice (BSS004-1) Compulsory
• Airline Revenue Management (TAL052-2) Compulsory
• Global Airline, Airport And Cargo Operations Management (TAL053-2) Compulsory
• Marketing For The Air Transport Industry (TAL054-2) Compulsory
• Operations And Project Management (BSS027-2) Compulsory
• Strategic Airport Planning & Development (TAL055-2) Compulsory
• Aviation Law (LAW006-3) Compulsory
• Crisis Management And Communication (MAR026-3) Compulsory
• Critical Issues For Airlines And Airports (TAL039-3) Compulsory
• Managing Safety And Security For Air Transport (TAL040-3) Compulsory
• Research Methods (TAL034-3) Compulsory
• Research Project (TAL035-3) Compulsory

In line with the Business School's commitment to practice based education and research informed teaching most of your assessments will focus on the demonstration of these two key areas as they are pivotal to your success within the Aviation and Airport industry. We will want to see that you understand the theory and have developed critical thinking skills which help you evaluate the relevance of what you have learned. To assess this range of integration of theory and skills into sound practice, we use a variety of methods. You will encounter many different kinds, including the ones listed below, some of which are used in combination, and for example a report might be required as an outcome of a time-limited assessment task. Reports: you analyse Aviation and Airport problems and propose solutions. Presentations: present proposals as if to your line manager, a board of directors, or a client. Academic writing: used to demonstrate clear, critical thinking, you might be asked to write an essay or a short summary of a theoretical debate. Appraisals: just as in business, you use appraisals to assess your own learning and to set your personal and academic development objectives. Projects: these are assessed in a number of ways depending on the task defined by our external industry contacts. Typically, you will need to prepare an analysis, report or presentation which is suitable for airport or ground side service organisation, and a longer piece of work which sets out the -behind the scenes work which underpinned the output. It is in the longer work that we expect to see explicitly your application of theory and critical thinking which underpin good academic practice. Exams: as well as conventional exams using set questions and case studies, exams can be the outcome of a group task. You might work on a large task together and then sit an exam to show your individual learning from the task. For all assignments you will have an assignment brief which clearly sets out what is required and you will be given the criteria which your tutors or agency will use to mark your work. In some cases, you will be involved in developing the criteria used to formatively assess work, to grade your own work and to grade the work of your fellow students: this is all part of developing your understanding of the assessment standards and what is needed to do well at a task. You will receive feedback on all your assessments. If you use this feedback well, you will be able to improve your learning and your grades on future assignments.