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University of Aberdeen International Study Centre
Full Time
Sep 2026
9 Month
If you’re looking to study a business or finance degree at a top-ranking UK university, the International Year Two offers a pathway for international students who have achieved a higher level of academic and English language achievement than the level required for entry to the Undergraduate Foundation Programme. You will begin your studies in the second year of your degree, allowing you to graduate in three years. Your journey begins by spending three-term at the International Study Centre, which will help you to gain the skills to study the final two years of your degree at the University.Our modules are specially designed to help international students like you to succeed at the University. Designed in collaboration with University academics and taught in the same style as at the University, you will develop both your English language skills and subject knowledge.
4.2This module covers: management accounting; classification of costs; marginal and absorption costing; break-even analysis; management accounting for decision-making; introduction to budgeting and cash flow.
This module covers: microeconomic concepts and principles; demand and supply; averages and at the margin; government regulation of economic activities; normative and positive analysis; societal welfare; and the historical development of economics as a social science.
This module covers: causes of the recent financial crisis; macroeconomic issues and problems; the Keynesian model and fiscal policy; unemployment and inflation; the financial system and the macroeconomy; trade and exchange rates.
This module covers: business organisations; marketing; human resource; management; operations; innovation; corporate social responsibility; international markets; gender; political, cultural, technological, legal and environmental issues.
This module covers: organising and representing data; averages and variability; probability and decision making; probability distributions; sampling distribution; estimation; hypothesis testing; chi-square tests; correlation and regression.
This module includes: models of financial valuation, including discounted cash flow and variants; development of models of organisations? financing, including analysis of debt and equity choices; portfolio analysis and the basics of portfolio selection and performance measurement; contemporary developments in the finance of businesses and in financial markets.
This module covers: investment and financial risk; types of risks and measuring risks; value-at-risk and volatility modelling interest rate risk measurement; operational risk management for financial institutions; credit risks, credit derivatives; managing risks; and regulatory framework on managing risks.
This module covers: financial markets; banking: retail and wholesale, and regulation; non-bank financial institutions; credit ratings; financial crisis; foreign exchange market; governance and ethics; globalisation of financial markets.
This module covers: management models and theories; managing organisational structures and practices; diversity and managing change and conflict in the workplace; managing performance and development; managing innovations; mechanisms of control; organisational development; and organisational change.
This module covers: marketing concept; marketing environment; marketing mix; and marketing in practice.
This module covers: operations strategy; designing jobs/products/services; process types and process layout; capacity management; supply chain management; inventory management; lean operations and JIT; quality management; process technology; and project management.
