Program Overview

International Foundation Year in Business, Law and Social Studies
The programme includes academic modules, study skills and English language training, providing complete preparation for undergraduate degree.

On the Business, Law and Social Studies route, you will:

• learn about the importance of financial management, and the operational and strategic challenges facing the businesses
• gain understanding of the concepts and models of micro-economic and macro-economic analysis
• develop core mathematical skills that will be relevant to your undergraduate degree
• gain business skills, including decision-making and problem solving
• for Law, you will study the English legal system, the mechanics of the legal process, justice and those who administer it.

What will you study?
Over the two-semester programme, you will study a number of core modules that relate to your progression degree. The modules have been designed by expert academics at the International Study Centre, in collaboration with LJMU, to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed upon progression to the University.

Core modules

• Business, Marketing, Management and Public Relations
• Economics
• Academic English Skills
• Introduction to Business
• Introduction to Law
• Maths for Business
• Project Study
• The Law of Contract and Consumer Protection

Upon successful completion of the International Foundation Year, and achieving the required grades, you will join the first year of your undergraduate degree at Liverpool John Moores University.

Leading to: Law and Criminal Justice LLB (Hons)

The LLB (Hons) Law and Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University is the ideal preparation for a range of fascinating careers in both the legal and the criminal justice sectors.

Many of your tutors have professional frontline experience of working in the criminal justice system or researching law and criminal justice, with international reputations for research and writing, giving you a solid grounding in both areas.

While this course prepares you for a career in the legal profession following completion of professional training programmes for solicitors and barristers, it also develops vital personal skills in teamwork, communication, writing and time management, so that you are more than ready to face the challenges of a range of careers should you decide that law isn't for you.

We encourage you to organise a placement for your final year as it will give you vital experience of how the law or criminal justice system work in practice. For the same reasons, we recommend that you undertake some form of voluntary work during your time at LJMU and/or apply to take part in the University's Erasmus programme to see how legal systems work in another country.

As the course progresses, the modules become more focused on preparing you to work in the legal or criminal justice systems, and in your final year you will be able to specialise in the areas that interest you most, whether they be vocational or more abstract topics.