BA Business and Management with Italian (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 Italian (with a year abroad), a Business Management degree integrating core business principles with linguistic and cultural study. Core topics include Research Methods, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a compulsory year abroad spent studying or undertaking a work placement in an Italian-speaking environment during the third year. The first year establishes foundational knowledge through Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability, Business Accounting, Research in the Age of Disinformation, Marketing Principles and Practice, and Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner. The second year progresses with Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Behaviour in Organisations, Employee Relations, Strategy, Management and Society, and Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced, alongside optional modules such as The Role of Art in Italian Society. The final fourth year covers advanced topics through Management in the Twenty-First Century, Responsible Business and Management: Accountability in the International Political Economy, and Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient. Optional choices in the final year span specialized areas including Innovation and Firm Competitiveness, Supply Chain Management, Company Law, and options 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
- Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- Behaviour in Organisations
- Employee Relations
- Strategy, Management and Society
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
- The Role of Art in Italian Society
- 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
- Italian 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
- The Mafia from its Origins to the Present Day
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures