Course Outcomes and Course Structure

Course Outcomes

By the end of the course successful students will:

  • have developed analytical skills and will be able to apply basic mathematical techniques to business problems
  • have improved their communication skills in English
  • have acquired the study skills and disciplines that are essential for degree level study
  • be able to use word-processing and other commercial software application packages
  • appreciate the functional areas of business and the business environment
  • understand the relationship between information and communication technologies and business operations and strategy
  • understand the legal and economic context of societies in transition

 

The curriculum has been specifically designed to be aligned with the main aim of the CFS course – to bring the students up to the level from which they can easily embark on their degree courses.  Along with an aim of improving the level of students’ quantitative skills as well as their knowledge of English to the level equivalent to the IELTS score of 6.0, the curriculum is directed at equipping the students with a set of important professional and transferable skills such as those of

  • interpersonal type:  ability to work in groups
  • managerial:  involvement of others in commitment to overall plans, organization and delegation of tasks, use of initiative, responsibility and accountability, leadership
  • communication
  • research
  • problems solving. 

In addition to these skills, having successfully completed the course, students are expected to have acquired some personal skills such as

  • self-knowledge:  analysis of own strengths and weaknesses, setting personal goals, discovering of own best style of operation
  • time management
  • ability to learn.

Course Structure

Three modules are fundamental to the Foundation course and these run throughout the year:

  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Personal Development
  • Context of Business

Two first semester modules complete the student’s foundation knowledge:

  • Quantitative Methods
  • Information Communication Technology

In the second semester students can take their first steps towards greater specialisation by choosing two options modules from:

  • Foundations of Economics
  • Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
  • Introduction to Internet and WWW