Programme Specification for the 2024/5 academic year
BA (Hons) International Business and Global Cultural Studies (4-year)
1. Programme Details
Programme name | BA (Hons) International Business and Global Cultural Studies (4-year) | Programme code | UFA4SBESML03 |
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Study mode(s) | Full Time |
Academic year | 2024/5 |
Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
4. Programme Structure
5. Programme Modules
Stage 1
Stage 1: 45 credits of compulsory Business School modules, 45 credits of compulsory modules in Modern Languages, 15 credits of optional Business School modules, 15 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language.
a take BEM1XXX, BEM1023 and SML1208
b select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language
c select 15 credits of optional Business modules
d select 15 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; or you may select a module from the Modern Languages optional content modules.
Please note that certain modules may only be available to students on Single Honours programmes, or to students who have taken a particular language module. This information will be given in the pre-requisites or co-requisites section of the relevant module descriptor.
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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BEM1XXX | The International Nature of Business | 15 | Yes |
BEM1023 | Discovering Management | 30 | No |
SML1208 | Language, Culture, and International Relations | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA comp language 2021-2 [See note b above] | |||
MLF1001 | French Language | 30 | Yes |
MLF1052 | French Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLG1001 | German Language | 30 | Yes |
MLG1052 | German Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLI1001 | Italian Language | 30 | Yes |
MLI1052 | Italian Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLM1052 | Beginners Chinese | 30 | Yes |
MLP1052 | Portuguese Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLR1001 | Contemporary Russian Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLR1030 | Russian Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLS1001 | Spanish Language | 30 | Yes |
MLS1056 | Spanish Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
Optional Modules
Business School Optional Modules: BEA, BEE, BEM
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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UEBS S1 BA International Business and Modern Languages Opt 22-23 [See note c above] | |||
BEA1013 | Introduction to Accounting | 15 | No |
BEE1021 | Personal Finance Management | 15 | No |
BEM1018 | Business and Society | 15 | No |
BEM1019 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 15 | No |
BEM1020 | Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution | 15 | No |
BEM1021 | Leadership and Teams | 15 | No |
BEM1022 | Introduction to Leadership Studies | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA French opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLF1017 | The Making of Modern France | 15 | No |
MLF1105 | An Introduction to French Thought | 15 | No |
MLF1103 | The French Language, Present and Past | 15 | No |
MLF1121 | French Visual History | 15 | No |
MLF1015 | War and Conflict in French Literature | 15 | No |
SML1015 | War And Conflict In French Literature | 15 | No |
SML1017 | The Making of Modern France | 15 | No |
SML1105 | Reason and Existence: An Introduction to French Thought | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA German opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLG1014 | A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory | 15 | No |
MLG1020 | Made in Germany: the History and Culture of a Global Brand | 15 | No |
MLG1021 | Outside In: An Introduction to Outcasts and Outsiders in German-language Literature and Film | 15 | No |
MLG1017 | Turning Points in German History 1200 - 2000 | 15 | No |
SML1014 | A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Chinese opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLM1010 | China of the Senses: Approaching Chinese Culture and Environments | 15 | No |
MLM1012 | Modern China, a Brief History: 18th to 20th Century | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Italian opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLI1121 | A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy | 15 | No |
MLI1016 | Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy | 15 | No |
MLI1055 | Introduction to Italian Linguistics | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Portuguese opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLP1002 | Introduction to the Lusophone World | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Russian opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLR1023 | Russia: Empire and Identity | 15 | No |
MLR1005 | Chekhov's Major Plays | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA CH Spanish opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
MLS1064 | An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context | 15 | No |
MLS1065 | The Making of Modern Spain | 15 | No |
MLS1066 | The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA ML opt 2021-2 [See note d above] | |||
SML1208 | Language, Culture, and International Relations | 15 | No |
SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
Stage 2
Stage 2: 45 credits of compulsory Business School modules, 45 credits of compulsory modules in Modern Languages, 15 credits of optional Business School modules, 15 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language.
e take BEM2XXX, BEM2038 and SML2246
f select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language.
g select 15 credits of optional Business School modules
h select 15 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; or you may select a module from the Modern Languages optional content modules.
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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BEM2XXX | Competing in a Globalized Economy | 15 | Yes |
BEM2047 | Organisational Behaviour | 30 | No |
SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | Yes |
MLX S2 BA comp language 2022-3 [See note f above] | |||
MLF2001 | French Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLF2152 | Intermediate French | 30 | Yes |
MLG2001 | German Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLG2052 | Intermediate German | 30 | Yes |
MLI2001 | Italian Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLI2051 | Italian Language | 30 | Yes |
MLM2052 | Intermediate Chinese (One) | 30 | Yes |
MLP2052 | Intermediate Portuguese | 30 | Yes |
MLR2001 | Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I | 30 | Yes |
MLR2030 | Intermediate Russian | 30 | Yes |
MLS2001 | Spanish Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLS2156 | Spanish Language (ex-beginners) | 30 | Yes |
Optional Modules
Business School Optional Modules: BEA, BEE, BEM
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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UEBS S2 BA International Business and Modern Languages Opt 22-23 [See note g above] | |||
BEM2016 | Consumer Behaviour | 15 | No |
BEM2021 | Human Resource Management | 15 | No |
BEM2025 | Marketing Communications: Strategies and Applications | 15 | No |
BEM2032 | Startup Entrepreneurship | 15 | No |
BEM2033 | Brands and Branding | 15 | No |
BEM2034 | Digital Technologies and the Future of Work | 15 | No |
BEM2035 | Leading in International Contexts | 15 | No |
BEM2036 | Thinking Entrepreneurially | 15 | No |
BEM2037 | Leadership: Challenges and Practice | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA French opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
MLF2012 | Evolution of the French Language | 15 | No |
MLF2074 | Translating Exile: Contemporary Francophone Women Writers | 15 | No |
MLF2076 | Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde | 15 | No |
MLF2029 | Varieties of French | 15 | No |
MLF2056 | Provoking Thoughts - French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century | 15 | No |
MLF2063 | Crime and Punishment in French Fiction | 15 | No |
MLF2065 | Contemporary French Film: Issues and Debates | 15 | No |
MLF2066 | Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment | 15 | No |
MLF2071 | 'Paris je t'aime': Writing the City | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA German opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
MLG2003 | Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film | 15 | No |
MLG2018 | Berlin - Culture, History and Politics | 15 | No |
MLG2019 | Gender, Race and Migration in 20th and 21st-century German Literature | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Chinese opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
MLM2010 | Reading China: from Mandarins to Revolutionists | 15 | No |
MLM2011 | Encounters and Entanglements: Chinese Art in Global Perspective | 15 | No |
MLM2012 | Politics of Art: a Cultural Studies Perspective on Modern China | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Italian opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
AHV2208 | Ideal Cities? Urban Cultures of Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
MLI2019 | Italian(s) in the World | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Portuguese opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
MLP2002 | Portuguese as a Global Language | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Russian opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
MLR2024 | Exploring Revolution: The Making of Soviet Society and Culture in the 1920s | 15 | No |
MLR2021 | Understanding Russia | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Spanish opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
MLS2060 | Love and Death in Spanish Drama | 15 | No |
MLS2061 | The Latin American Short Story | 15 | No |
MLS2070 | Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context | 15 | No |
MLS2045 | Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry | 15 | No |
MLS2072 | Place and Identity in Contemporary Venezuelan Culture | 15 | No |
MLS2159 | Key Modern Poets from Spain and Latin America | 15 | No |
MLS2160 | Fiction in Post-War Spain: Voices of Conformity and Subversion | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA ML opt 2021-2 [See note h above] | |||
SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
HUM2005 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
SML2209 | Music in Medieval Europe | 15 | No |
HUM2004 | Making a Career in Publishing | 15 | No |
Stage 3
120 credits of compulsory modules
iYou must take one of these modules:
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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BUS3XXX | Year Abroad (Work Placement) | 120 | Yes |
BUS3XXX2 | Year Abroad (Study) | 120 | Yes |
BUS3XXX3 | Year Abroad (Study and Work Placement) | 120 | Yes |
Stage 4
Stage 4: 15 credits of compulsory Business School modules, 45 credits of compulsory modules Modern Languages, 45 credits of optional Business School modules, 15 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language).
j take BEM3XXX and SML3009.
k select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language.
l select 45 credits of optional Business School modules
m select 15 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; or you may select a module from the Modern Languages optional content modules (please note if you select FLX module you must choose select one related to your chosen language).
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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BEM3XXX | New Opportunities and Challenges in Globalization | 15 | Yes |
SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | Yes |
MLX SF BA comp language 2021-2 [See note k above] | |||
MLF3111 | Advanced French Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLG3111 | Advanced German Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLI3111 | Advanced Italian Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLM3111 | Advanced Chinese Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLP3111 | Advanced Portuguese Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLR3111 | Advanced Russian Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLS3111 | Advanced Spanish Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
Optional Modules
Business School Optional Modules: BEA, BEE, BEM
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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UEBS S3 BA International Business and Modern Languages Opt 22-23 [See note l above] | |||
BEM3030 | International Business History | 15 | No |
BEM3033 | Strategic Management | 30 | No |
BEM3038 | Co-operative Enterprise | 15 | No |
BEM3039 | Design Management and Marketing | 15 | No |
BEM3046 | Managing Human Resources: Advanced Issues | 15 | No |
BEM3047 | Contemporary Leadership Issues | 15 | No |
BEM3048 | Leading Change in Practice | 15 | No |
BEM3052 | Managing Change and Crisis in Organisations | 15 | No |
BEM3055 | Ethics and Responsible Innovation | 15 | No |
BEM3056 | Business and Climate Change | 15 | No |
BEM3059 | Circular Economy Business and Enterprise | 15 | No |
BEM3060 | Managing Entrepreneurially | 15 | No |
BEM3061 | Business Ignition - Idea to Implementation | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA French opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
MLF3034 | Sociolinguistics of French | 15 | No |
MLF3078 | Philosophers, Prophets, and Mystics in French Culture | 15 | No |
MLF3080 | Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day | 15 | No |
MLF3006 | The Invention of Modern Love | 15 | No |
MLF3046 | Dialectology in France | 15 | No |
MLF3075 | First-Person Outsiders in Modern French Literature | 15 | No |
MLF3081 | Sexual Politics: Gender Dynamics in Early Modern France | 15 | No |
MLF3073 | Proust's a la Recherche du Temps Perdu | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA German opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
MLG3037 | Coping with Catastrophe: German Culture, Literature and Politics in the Interwar Years | 15 | No |
MLG3036 | Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria | 15 | No |
MLG3040 | Sex, Sciences and the Arts | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Chinese opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
MLM3009 | China through the Lens: Cultural Translation and Self-Presentation | 15 | No |
MLM3011 | China and the Third World: Foreign Relations and Nation Building in China in the Cold War Era | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Italian opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
AHV3002 | Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
MLI3199 | Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend | 15 | No |
MLI3028 | Italian Varieties and Dialects | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Portuguese opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
MLP3007 | Portuguese Literature | 15 | No |
MLP3008 | The Postcolonial in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Russian opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
MLR3027 | The Making of Underground Russia, 1825-1917 | 15 | No |
MLR3026 | The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Spanish opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
MLS3037 | Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain | 15 | No |
MLS3112 | Spanish Modernists: Narratives of Identity, Gender and Nation | 15 | No |
MLS3057 | Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America | 15 | No |
MLS3068 | Staging Conflicts: Spanish Romantic Drama | 15 | No |
MLS3069 | Mediated Lives: Intermedial Fiction from Latin America | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA ML opt 2021-2 [See note m above] | |||
SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
SML3013 | Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind | 15 | No |
SML3040 | Women in Translation: Gender and Publishing in the 21st Century | 15 | No |
SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
HUM3002 | Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature | 15 | No |
HUM3015 | The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Britain and China | 15 | No |
SML3031 | Advanced Translation Skills | 15 | No |
SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
SML3050 | Music, Poetry, and Society at the Late Medieval French Court | 15 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
7. Programme Regulations
Classification
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
10. Admissions Criteria
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
12. Indicators of Quality and Standards
The programme is not subject to accreditation and/ or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).
13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy (ESE)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
0
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) International Business and Global Cultural Studies (4-year)
19. UCAS Code
Not applicable to this programme.
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
CATS credits | ECTS credits |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
23. Dates
Origin Date | Date of last revision | 26/07/2021 |
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