BA French and Management Studies
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (Previous study of a foreign language is preferred (not necessarily one of the named languages) but not required. Applicants may study two languages at beginner level and may seek advice from the departments concerned if needed.) IB: 36 points (A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in French and Management Studies, a School of European Languages, Culture and Society degree combining language proficiency with business theory. Core topics include Project Management and Accounting. Students spend their third year undertaking a compulsory year abroad. The first year covers foundational language and business principles through Use of French 1, The Making of Modern France, Understanding Management and Accounting for Business. The second year progresses with Use of French 2, Competitive Strategy, Managerial Accounting for Decision Making and Business and Society alongside optional literary or historical modules. The third year consists of the SELCS Year Abroad across two terms. The final year concludes with French Oral 3, Use of French 3 and Strategic Project Management, supplemented by optional modules in literature, history and translation.
Modules
- Use of French 1
- The Making of Modern France
- Reading French Texts
- French Oral 1
- Understanding Management
- Accounting for Business
- Marketing and Consumer Analytics
- Communication and Behaviour in Organisations
- Digital Strategy and Transformation
- Ethics and Sustainability in International Operations
- Business and Corporate Strategy
- International Trade
- Use of French 2
- French Oral 2
- Competitive Strategy
- Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
- Business and Society
- An Introduction to Literary Theory
- The Medieval Period
- The Renaissance Period
- Enlightenment and the Revolution: the 18th Century
- Romanticism and Modernity: the 19th Century
- Exploration of Self and Form: The Contemporary Period
- Citizenship and Nationhood in France Today
- French Film History
- Contesting Frenchness: Francophone Literatures
- A Century of Conflict and Crisis: France, 1870-1970
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- French Oral 3
- Use of French 3
- Strategic Project Management
- Advanced Translation
- Comics in French
- Dominating Texts: Literary Power Relations in 20th Century Writing
- Legendary Histories
- Cultures of AIDS in France: History, Policy and Representation
- Gender, Race and Sexuality
- Fiction and the Archives: Rewriting Criminal Stories in Early Modern France
- Discourses of Equality
- Topics in Modern French History: À la guerre comme à la guerre: France and the First World War
- French Existentialism: Sartre, Coffee, and Cigarettes