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BA Modern Languages and Economics

University of Reading

Institution
University of Reading
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BA Modern Languages and Economics
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
R9L1
Typical offer
A-level BBB, IB 30

Entry requirements

A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall, including 4 in Maths at standard level

About this course

BA in Economics and Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Core topics include Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, and Entrepreneurship. The programme includes a compulsory year abroad in the third year, combining language study with a work placement. Students select from French, German, Italian, or Spanish as their modern language.

Modules

  • Principles of Economics 1
  • Principles of Economics 2
  • Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis
  • Beginners French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
  • Intermediate French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
  • Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
  • Ideas of Frenchness 1
  • Ideas of Frenchness 2
  • The Making of Contemporary Germany
  • Belonging in Germany
  • Making Italians: A Journey in the History and Culture of Modern Italy
  • Introduction to Linguistics (for students of Italian)
  • The Making of Modern Spain and Latin America
  • Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Culture
  • Liberty and Empire in the Making of the Modern World
  • Thinking Translation: History and Theory
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Intermediate French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
  • Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
  • Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language II
  • The First World War: Then and Now
  • Cinema of Germany
  • 'Apocalittici e integrati': Intellectuals and Society in Twentieth Century Italy
  • Transatlantic Exchanges: Latin America in the Global Nineteenth Century
  • One country, many languages. Linguistic variety and society in contemporary Italy
  • Culture, communication and context: contemporary challenges in the interconnected world
  • Business Economics
  • Games and Economic Behaviour
  • Economics of Social Policy
  • Economic History
  • Optional Language Modules
  • How to Think in French
  • Children’s Books in France
  • Glorification, Denial and Contempt – Reconstructing Austria's Past
  • Modern and Contemporary Spanish Narratives
  • Culture and Revolution in Modern Latin America
  • Society, Thought, and Art in Modern Europe
  • Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe
  • Study Year Abroad
  • Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
  • Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language II
  • Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language III
  • Philanthropy à la française : The History of Ideas and Practices in the French Third Sector
  • The German Language and National Identity
  • Memory, Dictatorship and Cultural Resistance in the Southern Cone
  • Language and Power
  • Public Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Behavioural Economics
  • Industrial Organisation
  • Financial Economics
  • International Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Money and Banking
  • Reasoning and Choice: Game Theory for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • Optional Language Modules
  • Narrating the Colombian Conflict
  • Writers and Publishers in Spain
  • Future Worlds in Film
  • Extended Essay
  • May '68
  • French Popular Music and Society
  • War on Screen - Germany and its Films about WWII
  • Language, Diversity, and Inclusion: The Representation of Otherness in the Italian Context