The International Foundation Year is a supportive, one-year course that aims to prepare you for joining the first year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Lincoln. This course aims to teach you the English language, study and research skills you need to succeed in your undergraduate degree, as well as your career once you graduate. You will study a combination of core and subject-specific modules designed to focus on the academic area most relevant to your chosen degree. This foundation-level module offers an introduction to business studies, surveying principal areas of the discipline in order to discuss the nature and purpose of business within the modern economic system, principles of markets and choice, regulation and market failure, and the social functions and responsibilities of businesses. Using examples and case studies it provides a platform for future study of business, finance, accounting, economics and related topics in the field. By studying news media and its role in society you should develop an understanding of key media concepts relating to representations, institutions, audience, and values and ideology.<br><br>Academic English Skills aims to provide you with thorough training in the language and related academic skills which will enable you to best achieve your academic potential at University. These skills include the processes of academic writing, effective and extensive reading strategies, effective participation in seminars and delivery of presentations, and listening to and recording information effectively from lectures. You will also develop the accuracy and range of written and spoken language required to use language effectively and appropriately, with clarity and confidence in an academic context.