BA Business and Management with French (with a year in industry)
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 in industry) is a undergraduate degree in the Business Management domain, focusing on organizational practices and French language acquisition. Core topics include Research Methods, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a compulsory third year spent on a professional placement in a French-speaking environment. The first year establishes core concepts through Business Accounting, Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability, Research in the Age of Disinformation, and Marketing Principles and Practice, alongside French language modules tailored to entry proficiency. The second year progresses to examine operational dynamics via Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Behaviour in Organisations, Employee Relations, and Strategy, Management and Society, complemented by advanced French study and optional cultural modules. The fourth year consolidates advanced study through compulsory modules such as Management in the Twenty-First Century, Responsible Business and Management: Accountability in the International Political Economy, and Proficient French Language and Cultures. Students select from an extensive range of optional modules spanning specialized management topics, corporate law, and cultural studies, with the option to complete 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
- International and Comparative Employment Relations
- 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