BA German and Management Studies
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (Foreign Language Preferred) IB: 36 points (A total of 17 in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in German and Management Studies, a School of European Languages, Culture and Society degree focusing on linguistic proficiency combined with business principles. Core topics include Accounting and Project Management. The course includes a compulsory third-year period spent abroad. The first year introduces fundamental concepts through modules such as Introduction to German Studies 1, Understanding Management, and Accounting for Business. The second year continues with studies in Competitive Strategy, Managerial Accounting for Decision Making, and Business and Society. The third year consists of a structured period abroad across two terms. The final year focuses on advanced competencies with compulsory modules including Discussion and Essay in German and Strategic Project Management. Optional modules throughout the programme allow students to explore diverse topics in literature, film, history, and international business operations.
Modules
- Introduction to German Studies 1
- Introduction to German Studies 2
- Understanding Management
- Accounting for Business
- Marketing and Consumer Analytics
- Modern German Language and Culture
- German for Beginners 1
- Communication and Behaviour in Organisations
- Digital Strategy and Transformation
- Ethics and Sustainability in International Operations
- Business and Corporate Strategy
- International Trade
- Competitive Strategy
- Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
- Business and Society
- German Translation
- Aspects of Twentieth Century German History
- Love-Violence-Laughter: Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture
- Debating Enlightenment: Literature and Culture 1740-1870
- The Challenge of Modernity: Literature and Culture 1870-Present
- Metropolen
- The New German Cinema
- German for Beginners 2
- Law for Managers
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Discussion and Essay in German
- Strategic Project Management
- German Political and Social Thought
- History and Representation: The Holocaust as a Case Study
- Austrian Literature 1890 - 1938: from Empire to Republic
- Language, Power and Ideology
- Surveillance
- Weimar and Nazi Film
- Advanced German Translation
- War and Violence in Twentieth Century Germany
- The Writing of WG Sebald
- Engineering, Technology and Innovation: The Long View