The International Year One is an intensive one-year programme, equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree.This course will teach you the language, study and research skills you need to succeed in your undergraduate degree, as well as your career once you graduate.The routes are modular in structure. You will study a combination of core and subject-specific modules designed to focus on the academic area most relevant to your chosen degree. Successful businesses are based on a clear understanding of fundamental economic principles: supply and demand, markets and consumer choices, costs and revenues, profit and loss, and growth and recession. This module introduces and explores these key economic concepts in relation to both microeconomics – the study of individual businesses and economic sectors, and macroeconomics - the analysis of national, regional and ultimately global economic forces and trends.<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.