Business, Economics, Accounting and Finance Pre-Masters

Academic English Skills supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking, with a particular focus on the language uses that will prove most useful throughout their studies at Durham University. This critical module runs throughout each term at the International Study Centre, and features particular emphasis on grammar and language skills for those requiring a boost in this area, whilst also allowing able students to stretch themselves in their written and spoken work.

This module sees students concentrating on the specific writing that will be required in their taught Masters degree programme. Fostering thorough scholarly skills, additional work involves the critical reading of authentic and up to date academic articles. 

The module covers common statistical techniques for business. The emphasis of the module is on practical application with extensive use of appropriate software.

This module looks to establish academic competency in research methods for use in a business research context. The main aim of this course is to introduce and develop skills relating to research methods. The module will be focussed on developing an understanding of the application, collection and limitation of a variety of techniques related to data and materials relevant to analysis within the area of business.

The main aim of this module is for students to develop the ability to undertake research and to write longer pieces of academic work displaying applied understanding of subject matter and an ability to critically analyse materials and concepts.

Economics route

• Economics
• Mathematics and Statistics for Economics

Marketing route

• Marketing
• Business and Management

Accounting route

• Accounting

and a choice of one of the following two modules:

• Finance
• Economics

Management route

• Business and Management

and a choice of one of the following two modules:

• Economics
• Marketing

Finance route

• Finance
• Mathematics and Statistics for Economics

Accounting

This module will provide all learners with a concise and contemporary overview of accounting, and give them the knowledge and skills to underpin further study in the field.

Business and Management

The central aim of this module is to introduce to the students the broad concepts of organisational structure, leadership, culture, understanding teams and groups, recruitment and selection in organisations with a strong focus on the underlying theoretical underpinnings of the same. In addition to the organizational behavior side of things, this module would study operations management to help students identifying and making feasible use of operational resources within a global context (capacity, procurement and outsourcing decisions), exploring the content and process of operations strategy, managing the supply chain and developing effective supplier relationships, establishing and monitoring 'fit', 'sustainability' and 'risk’.

Economics

The Economics module will provide students with a sound understanding of theories, models and concepts in economics and the relationship between microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students will be introduced to a variety of contemporary business scenarios. They will be supported in their exploration of the role and purpose of microeconomic and macroeconomic policy and its impact on the behaviour and performance of business activity and economic systems.

Finance

To provide a grounding in the theory and empirical applications of investment and portfolio management, focusing on both the theoretical concepts and empirical applications.

Marketing

This module will provide all learners with a concise and contemporary overview of marketing, and give them the knowledge and skills to underpin further study in the field.

This module aims to provide students with a rigorous grounding in financial econometrics. It will encourage students to critically appraise work in this area and to facilitate students' analytical skills.