BA Business and Management with French (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Business and Management with French (with a year abroad), a business management degree focused on organizational practices and French language acquisition. Core topics include Research Methods, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The third year is spent abroad studying at another university or undertaking a French-speaking work placement or internship. The first year covers foundational principles through Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability, Business Accounting, Research in the Age of Disinformation, and Marketing Principles and Practice, alongside tailored French language modules. The second year examines organizational dynamics via Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Behaviour in Organisations, Employee Relations, and Strategy, Management and Society, with optional choices such as World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures. The final fourth year features compulsory advanced study in Management in the Twenty-First Century, Responsible Business and Management: Accountability in the International Political Economy, and advanced French proficiency. Students can select from numerous optional modules including Supply Chain Management and Strategic Management of Risk, and may also undertake a Dissertation or Business Consultancy Project.
Modules
- Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability
- Business Accounting
- Research in the Age of Disinformation
- Marketing Principles and Practice
- French Language and Cultures: Upper intermediate
- Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies (Post A-level)
- Intensive French Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio)
- Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- Behaviour in Organisations
- Employee Relations
- Strategy, Management and Society
- French Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Laicité: Religious Freedom or State Repression?
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Management in the Twenty-First Century
- Responsible Business and Management: Accountability in the International Political Economy
- French Language and Cultures: Proficient
- The Literature and Art of Management
- The Dark Side of Organisation
- Managing Professional Services Firms
- Leadership in Practice
- Innovation and Firm Competitiveness
- Globalisation, Politics and Culture
- International Perspectives on Leaders and Leadership
- Applied HR, Business and Society
- Industrial and Corporate Change
- Supply Chain Management
- Business Consultancy Project
- Company Law
- Managing Diversity
- Sustainability and Business
- Management, Technology and Society
- Rethinking Management Knowledge
- International and Comparative Employment Relations
- Contemporary HR Learning and Development
- Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Strategic Management of Risk
- Marketing and Innovation Management
- Managing and Leading Change
- Dissertation
- Myths, Memories and the Legacy of the French Occupation (1940-44)
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures