Prospectus & Course Information

Degree Courses

Students can choose their preferred subject of study for Level 2 from:

• Foundation Degree in Business & Management
• Foundation Degree in Entrepreneurship
• Foundation Degree in Marketing & Sales Management
• Foundation Degree in Internet Marketing
• Foundation Degree in Criminal Justice
• BA Hons Degree in Business & Management
• BA Hons Degree (Top-Up) in Business & Management

Who awards our Degrees?

Kaplan Open Learning has been established as an affiliate college of the University of Essex. The University of Essex is one of the UK’s leading academic institutions, consistently ranking among the top 10 universities in the country for the quality of its research and teaching.

The University of Essex:

• has final responsibility for all quality assurance matters
• issues award certificates to successful students
• provides students on the programme with access to academic online university facilities

When you enrol, you become a student of both the University of Essex and Kaplan Open Learning with access to academic online university facilities and the groundbreaking Kaplan Open Learning platform. The Kaplan Open Learning platform leverages the knowledge, expertise and technological capabilities developed at Kaplan learning centres around the world, including the US-based Kaplan University, which serves more than 27,000 online students.

Why study with Kaplan Open Learning?

How will studying an online Foundation Degree benefit you as a student?

• Flexibility: You can access your classroom at any time. Students dictate when and where to study and at a pace to suit their circumstances.
• Continuity: Our programmes run throughout the year and don’t run to a traditional three-term academic year, to fit in with your work and personal situation.
• No Travel: Save valuable time and money and do your bit for the environment. We don’t ask you to attend face-to-face tutorials as we know this system of open learning works.
• Develop transferable job skills: A Foundation Degree is designed to ensure relevance to the workplace and elements of your scheme are focused on how you apply theory to the workplace.
• Value: If you are an EU citizen living in the UK, the total cost to complete a Foundation Degree with Kaplan Open Learning can be as low as £2,000.
• Opportunity to progress: On completion of your Foundation Degree you can use the designatory letters FdA after your name. You are also eligible to progress onto the final year of an Honours Degree.