People love shopping whether in-store or online and retail businesses need talented graduates. Designed in consultation with successful retail chains, our Retail Business Management with foundation year degree offers an excellent preparation for an exciting career in the fast-paced retail industry.
The retail industry employed nearly 2.9 million people and the value of retail sales totalled £394 billion in the UK in 2019*. Our BSc (Hons) Retail Business Management with foundation year is designed to help prepare you for success in the wide range of exciting, varied and rewarding careers available to skilled and imaginative retail business managers.
The foundation year is the first year of this degree, offering an excellent grounding in the fundamentals of business and retail alongside study skills development. It is designed to prepare you for degree-level study.
Our degree offers a comprehensive programme where you’ll study retail law, digital marketing, information and big data, leadership, human resources, and financial management. Our dedicated team of experienced retail professionals and academics will help you develop skills in strategic thinking, research, and analysis, and understand the concepts underpinning consumer behaviour and retail operations.
Retail offers a vast range of careers in many sectors and we’ll help you enhance your employability. Whether your passion is fashion, food, cosmetics, electronics, or any of a wide variety of retail sectors, we’ll support you whatever your aspirations, helping you develop your career and life skills.
* https://www.retaileconomics.co.uk/library-retail-stats-and-facts accessed on 30 March 2020
Course Details - Modules
Information about the modules offered as part of this course is available on the University of Bolton’s website.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Details of the learning activities and assessment methods for this course are available on the University of Bolton’s website.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
N241
Institution code:
B44
Campus Name:
University of Bolton Main Site, Greater Manchester
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Any subjects are acceptable at Level 3.
You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including English.
You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
