Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages with Business Management Full-time

Year: 2
2025/26 Session

NB: To proceed from Stage I to Stage II a student must have a minimum of 100 credits, to include the relevant Core II language module(s). One language with Business Management Students must take 40 credits in Business Management and 80 credits in one modern foreign language. Two languages with Business Management Students who opt to study two modern foreign languages are required to study 40 credits in each language and 40 credits in Business Management. Catalan and Mandarin can only be taken to a maximum of 40 credits in any one year. Intermediate German, Intermediate French and Intermediate Portuguese can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in Year 2 if combined with 20 credits of departmental modules.

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI International Economics and Financial Decision Making 07 33815 20 Semester 1

Business Management Students must choose one of the following:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Human Resource Management 08 32119 20 Semester 2
LI Marketing & New Technology 07 32238 20 Semester 2

The following core language modules are compulsory at Stage II for each language followed.

French (students must choose both Advanced modules of both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI French Core III - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 30216 20 Semester 1
LI French Core III - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities 09 30126 20 Semester 1
LI French Core IV - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 30221 10 Semester 2
LI French Core IV - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities 09 30132 10 Semester 2

German (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI German Core III – Advanced: Other Germanies 09 34774 20 Semester 1
LI German Core III – Intermediate: Other Germanies 09 34773 20 Semester 1
LI German Core IV - Advanced: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World 09 30222 10 Semester 2
LI German Core IV - Intermediate: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World 09 30133 10 Semester 2

Spanish (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Spanish Core III - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30219 20 Semester 1
LI Spanish Core III - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30130 20 Semester 1
LI Spanish Core IV - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30224 10 Semester 2
LI Spanish Core IV - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30137 10 Semester 2

Core V is compulsory for all students studying French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.

Students will take either the 10 or 20 credit module depending upon their language combinations.

Students will only take the research project in one of their chosen languages.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 30157 10 Semester 2
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 39146 20 Semester 2

Portuguese (choose both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Portuguese Core III - Intermediate: Global Cultures in Portuguese 09 30129 20 Semester 1
LI Portuguese Core IV - Intermediate: Transatlantic Exchanges 09 30136 10 Semester 2

Catalan Minor (40 credits) students must take Intermediate Catalan A&B plus one of the 20 credit Catalan options:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A 09 33747 10 Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B 09 33749 10 Semester 2
LI Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona 09 39270 20 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity 09 39276 20  

Mandarin (choose both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate I 09 26168 20 Semester 1
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate II 09 26169 20 Semester 2

In addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), students follow additional Level I modules up to the relevant credit value for their respective programme, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each language, optional module choices may be restricted (please refer to the module choice information). Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints. 4: LIST Students taking one language with Business Management Students taking 80 credits in language A: [Advanced French, German, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Portuguese, Spanish] Choose ONE optional module in Semester 1 and ONE optional module in Semester 2. You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and 10 credit Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2 And 40 credits in Business Management: You must take the compulsory 20 credit module in Semester 1 and the compulsory 20 credit module in Semester 2. 4: LIST Students taking two languages with Business Management Students taking 30 credits in language A: [Advanced French, German, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Portuguese, Spanish] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 30 compulsory language credits. Students taking 50 credits in language B: [Advanced French, German, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Portuguese, Spanish] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 30 compulsory language credits PLUS the 20-credit compulsory Core V Research Project And 40 credits in Business Management: You must take the compulsory 20 credit module in Semester 1 and the compulsory 20 credit module in Semester 2. 4: LIST OR 4: LIST Students taking 40 credits in language A where one is Catalan or Mandarin: [Intermediate Catalan and Mandarin] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 40 compulsory language credits. 4: LIST Students taking 40 credits in language B: [Advanced French, German, Spanish or Intermediate French, Spanish] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 30 compulsory language credits PLUS the 10- credit compulsory Core V Research Project And 40 credits in Business Management: You must take the compulsory 20 credit module in Semester 1 and the compulsory 20 credit module in Semester 2.

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations 09 39278 20 Semester 2
LI Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts 09 39289 20 Semester 1

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977 09 39273 20 Semester 1
LI Obedience and Autonomy in German Culture and Thought 09 39285 20 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture 09 39275 20  
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights 09 39279 20 Semester 2
LI Icons of the Hispanic World 09 39280 20 Semester 2
LI Mexican and Chicano Art in the Twentieth Century: Revolution and Beyond 09 39284 20  
LI Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction 09 39288 20 Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages 09 39290 20  

Catalan Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Beginners Catalan Language A 09 33737 10 Semester 1
LI Beginners Catalan Language B 09 33745 10 Semester 2
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A 09 33747 10 Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B 09 33749 10 Semester 2
LI Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona 09 39270 20 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity 09 39276 20  

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Memory and Public Space in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 39283 20 Semester 2
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 39286 20 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State 09 39271 20 Semester 1
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement 09 39272 20  
LI Global Enterprise Project 09 39764 20 Semester 1
LI Language and power 09 39282 20 Semester 2
LI Work, The Future and You 09 39770 20 Semester 1

Departmental Optional Modules [available to students taking Advanced languages only]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Translation in the Workplace 09 39794 20 Semester 2