Programmes & Modules Handbook

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

Year: 2
2022/23 Session

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).

The following must be taken:

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

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.

No more than two languages may be taken at beginners level, one of which must be Beginners French or Beginners Spanish.



Catalan, Mandarin and Japanese can only be taken to a maximum of 40 credits in any one year.

Intermediate German, Beginners French and Portuguese can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in Year 2 if combined with 20 credits of departmental modules.

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

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

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Italian Core III - Advanced: Icons of Italy	09 30218	20	Semester 1
LI Italian Core III - Intermediate: Icons of Italy	09 30128	20	Semester 1
LI Italian Core IV - Advanced: Icons of Italy	09 30223	10	Semester 2
LI Italian Core IV - Intermediate: Icons of Italy	09 30135	10	Semester 2

When one or more of the following languages is studied: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish - and where the student is not taking a dissertation preparation module in the other JH subject - students must take the following module:

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

Portuguese:

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:

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 31143	10	Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Catalan Identity	09 31144	10	Semester 2

Japanese:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Japanese Language Intermediate I	09 26155	20	Semester 1
LI Japanese Language Intermediate II	09 26156	20	Semester 2

Mandarin:

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 choose additional Level I modules provided annually by the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, 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 relevant language section in the BA Modern Languages handbook and language-specific module choice information).

Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages:

French Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Translation in Practice III (French)	09 31450	10	Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (French)	09 31451	10	Semester 2
LI Rebels and the Restless: Turmoil and Transgression in French Texts	09 30740	10	Semester 2

German Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Translation in Practice III (German)	09 31452	10	Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (German)	09 31453	10	Semester 2
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977	09 24732	10	Semester 1

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Translation in Practice III (Spanish)	09 31454	10	Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (Spanish)	09 31455	10	Semester 2
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture	09 30742	10	Semester 2
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights	09 30973	10	Semester 1
LI Icons of the Hispanic World	09 30975	10	Semester 2

Italian Optional Modules:

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 31143	10	Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Catalan Identity	09 31144	10	Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World	09 30977	10	Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Beyond the Nation-State	09 31138	10	Semester 2
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement	09 31137	10	Semester 1
LI Languages and Power	09 37027	10	Semester 1

Mandarin Optional 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

Japanese Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Japanese Language Intermediate I	09 26155	20	Semester 1
LI Japanese Language Intermediate II	09 26156	20	Semester 2