International Business Management with a Language (French or Spanish) (with Placement Year) BA (Hons)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-02-10 |
| 2023-09-19 | 2023-01-27 |
| 2024-01-03 | 2023-11-25 |
Program Overview
Course overview
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Do you want to work for a company in an international market? Or do you want to find out more about how organisations operate on the world stage? This degree course will provide you with the toolkit for your international journey.
Get equipped with the professional and industry relevant foreign language vocabulary you need in a specialist module at each level of study. Dedicated language tutors will support you in small groups, whether you are a complete beginner or have more advanced language skills.
You will benefit from real-life work experience throughout your studies. Enjoy learning from industry speakers, global examples and business simulations. Develop the skills that employers are looking for like graduate Vicky Mcquaid who says: “The course offers excellent support and brilliant lecturers who are passionate about their teaching and subjects.”
We recommend you visit us at our business campus, which is both state of the art and welcoming. Only minutes from Chester’s historic city centre, and nestled alongside the banks of the River Dee, this is a special and unique place that will enable you to flourish and grow from undergraduate student to confident business professional.
You are a name here. We value your uniqueness. Throughout your degree course, you will be mentored and supported by a Personal Tutor. These are people who will support you through life’s challenges. You will also benefit from our Student Experience Representatives. These are students who make sure that your voice is heard.
Why study this course with us?
Your transformation from new student to future business professional will begin from day one. In your first year you will gain an understanding of the business environment and develop fundamental management skills in marketing, people and organisations and finance. You will also progress your chosen language with dedicated business vocabulary.
In year two, you will translate this management knowledge to the wider world and gain a solid understanding of the challenging international business environment. Aspects such as globalisation, cultural variation and the challenges of different geographical, political and economic factors are addressed. You will develop your linguistic proficiency and cultural awareness in a business context with business vocabulary. You will also start to shape your career path by choosing an aspect of international business and get on-the-job experience in a 5 week work placement that suits your personal ambitions. Whether working in the UK, on a supported work placement in China or engaging in community projects in Costa Rica, or Africa students find this aspect particularly rewarding, as do future employers.
After your second year, you will have the chance to undertake an optional year-long placement which really brings your course to life and will enhance your graduate employment prospects. How does a study and work placement in Australia sound? That’s what Vicky McQuaid experienced during her time with us and is just one of many great placement opportunities this course provides. You may even have a year studying business and management abroad in Europe, North America, Asia or Australasia.
Your final year is even more tailored towards giving you the competitive edge you need to enter the area of business you want. You will carry out an original supervised research project into a subject you select and complete a module designed to maximise individual professional success. You will further develop linguistic proficiency and acquire specialised language in relation to international business. What you study will be anchored to today’s international business world – the top global companies and emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence and financial innovation.
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Program Outline
Teaching methods
Teaching is typically delivered through large group lectures combined with small group seminars where you explore concepts in more depth. Dependent on course content, you may be taught in one of our modern PC labs.
Assessment
Assessment will mostly reflect real business tasks such as management report writing, presentations, business simulations and competitor analysis. Individual projects form a major part of the final-year degree assessments.
Work based learning
As part of your studies you will take our
Work Based Learning
module, where you will be fully supported in securing a work placement of at least 150 hours, which you may be able to use in trying out a future career. The opportunity to engage in an internationally focused five-week work placement in Year 2 provides you with practical experience that is highly valued by employers.
Job prospects
An International Business Management degree opens doors to varied and interesting careers in a wide range of business functions such as management, operations, finance, marketing, sales, consultancy and procurement. Graduates develop personal competencies to successfully go on to careers in companies small and large, whether at home or abroad.
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability - Student Services aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.
Students and graduates of the University of Chester can use our services free of charge for up to two years after graduating.
