BA Business and Management with Spanish (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 Spanish (with a year in industry), a business management degree focused on organizational practices combined with Spanish language studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a paid third year spent on a professional industry placement in a Spanish-speaking environment. The first year introduces fundamental concepts through compulsory modules such as Business Accounting, Marketing Principles and Practice, Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability, and Research in the Age of Disinformation, alongside language study. The second year progresses to organizational studies and enterprise through modules including 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. Following the third-year placement, the final year addresses advanced professional themes via compulsory modules like Management in the Twenty-First Century and Responsible Business and Management: Accountability in the International Political Economy. Optional modules in the final year cover diverse areas such as Supply Chain Management, Company Law, Managing Diversity, and a Dissertation, alongside advanced language study.
Modules
- Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability
- Business Accounting
- Research in the Age of Disinformation
- Marketing Principles and Practice
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Upper intermediate
- Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies (Post A-level)
- Intensive Spanish Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio)
- Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- Behaviour in Organisations
- Employee Relations
- Strategy, Management and Society
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Multiple Identities in 21st Century Spain
- 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
- Spanish 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
- Latinos in the USA
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures