BA Modern Languages and Business
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (specific subject requirements) BTEC: We will consider the level 3 QCF BTEC at Subsidiary Diploma level and above in combination with other qualifications. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information. IB: 35 points overall with 16 at Higher Level. If you do not already meet our GCSE Maths requirements, we will also require 5 in Standard Level Maths or 4 in Higher Level Maths (we accept both Applications and Interpretation, and Analysis and Approaches).
About this course
BA in Modern Languages and Business, a business and management and modern languages degree combining commercial acumen with linguistic fluency. Core topics include Entrepreneurship. The four-year programme includes an integrated third year spent living, studying, or working abroad in a country where the chosen language is spoken, and offers a final-year project in either business or the chosen language. The first year covers foundational concepts through Principles of International Business, Behaviour in Organisations, and Introduction to Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. The second year examines research, operations, and economic environments via Management Research and Analysis, Managing Operations, Supply Chains and Digital Technologies, and The International Economic Environment. Optional modules across various stages allow study in languages such as Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Thai, alongside subjects like Business Ethics and Managing Social Media and Digital Work.
Modules
- If you study your language from beginners level: you take two intensive language modules
- An introductory module to the culture and history of the countries and societies where your chosen language is spoken
- Principles of International Business
- Behaviour in Organisations
- Introduction to Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
- Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application
- If you study French, German, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese: You will study one language module
- If you study Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian or Thai: You will study two language modules
- Management Research and Analysis
- Managing Operations, Supply Chains and Digital Technologies
- Contemporary Topics in International Business
- The International Economic Environment
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Thai
- Global Queer Politics and Culture -
- Social Class across Cultures -
- Black Europe -
- Global Environmental Humanities -
- Languages in Action -
- Advanced language module in your chosen language
- Business Ethics
- Managing Social Media and Digital Work
- A Final Year Project (either in Business or your chosen language)
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Thai