BA (Honours) International Business with Languages – French
Four years full-time (including one year work placement)
UCAS code • N1R1
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
Related subjects • Languages
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At a glance
Study a language to expand your career horizons and take advantage of a demand for graduates with international business knowledge and language expertise. On this four year course, you spend 18 months in France with six months spent in a French university and 12 months working in a French speaking environment, perfecting your language skills and developing your business experience.
Key points
• Take advantage of a demand for business graduates with language expertise.
• Develop your conversational French skills with native speakers in our high-tech digital language labs.
• Spend six months studying abroad at a French university.
• Spend 12 months working in a French-speaking organisation abroad.
What is international business with languages?
Increasing numbers of businesses are operating across national borders or competing against rivals from other countries. The field of International Business involves an understanding of the particular challenges and decisions faced by firms and managers who operate in this international context. Knowledge and understanding of another language and culture helps them to do this effectively.
This course
Studying international business with French provides you with the theoretical knowledge, practical understanding and range of skills required to pursue various careers in business or management, with global, international or UK-based multinational organisations.
Develop the business and language skills needed to take advantage of a growing demand for international business graduates with language expertise. You prepare for an increasingly global marketplace, where speaking more than one language is an attractive skill to many employers.
You use the latest methods to quickly increase your language fluency in modern facilities designated for language students. These include high-tech multimedia digital language laboratories and computer facilities, as well as social areas for informal learning.
We encourage a strong student community across our language courses. For example we offer a peer mentoring programme and tandem language practice with native speaking language assistants. This helps to improve your conversation skills and helps you get to know other students on your course.
As part of your course, you spend 18 months abroad. This includes six months at one of our partner universities such as the University of Bordeaux. You also spend 12 months on placement in an organisation based in France.
Your placement is a great opportunity to gain valuable international business experience. It helps you develop your language skills and ability, and significantly enhances your employability.
You can apply for placements with international organisations such as Orange Business Services, France and France Telecom.
Key areas of study
You study a range of business and language topics.
Key areas include business, society and culture • language across cultures • contemporary issues in international business • perspectives in international business • French language.
We have a longstanding reputation for delivering business and language courses. This means you benefit from our extensive links with businesses and other universities internationally.
We are the only university to offer the opportunity to spend 18 months studying and working abroad on paid placement.
Students on this course can join the Languages Society, this is an active and social community of students from all over the world.
Related courses
You apply for this course through UCAS.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £11,880 a year
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,880 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• examinations • coursework • presentations • group work • translations • interpreting exercises • written assignments • project work
Find out about work placements and how we can support your placement experience.
Optional year-long work placements are normally gained by competitive interview and are not a guaranteed part of a course.
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