Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, Programme Catalogue 2012/13 |
UXXX-AYB06: BSc (hons) International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) |
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES (SPANISH) |
Mode of attendance: Full-time with Year Abroad |
 Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
| Year 1 |
 NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1 |
| Designated Essential Units |
| PL10638 | Spanish written and spoken language 1 | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1 |
| Compulsory Units |
| MN10070 | Business economics | 6 Credits |
| MN10077 | Quantitative methods and data analysis | 6 Credits |
| MN10078 | National business environment of UK - legal aspects | 6 Credits |
| PL10453 | Spanish business environment 1: economic and industrial environment | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1 |
| Compulsory Units |
| MN10079 | The UK macroeconomic environment | 6 Credits |
| MN10331 | Accounting for managers | 6 Credits |
| PL10454 | Spanish business environment 2: legal environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10789 | Spanish political and cultural studies 1975 - present | 6 Credits |
| Year 2 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2 |
| Designated Essential Units |
| PL20641 | Spanish written and oral communication in the business context | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2 |
| Compulsory Units |
| MN20080 | People and organisations | 6 Credits |
| MN20081 | Principles of marketing | 6 Credits |
| MN20082 | European business environment: European integration & legal structure | 6 Credits |
| PL20466 | Comparative employee relations (Spanish) | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2 |
| Compulsory Units |
| MN20485 | Accounting for managers in an international context | 6 Credits |
| PL20461 | Multiple perspectives on Europe - Spain | 6 Credits |
| PL20783 | Introduction to contemporary Latin American politics | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| MN20010 | Company law | 6 Credits |
| MN20014 | IT & its business context | 6 Credits |
| MN20015 | Market analysis | 6 Credits |
| MN20017 | Operations management | 6 Credits |
| MN20291 | Human resource management 1 | 6 Credits |
| MN20434 | Organisational design, performance and change | 6 Credits |
| MN20445 | Corporate responsibility: principles and perspectives | 6 Credits |
| Year 3 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3 |
| Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
| XX20047 | Year abroad in Spain and/or Latin America - option A: work placement | 60 Credits |
| XX20048 | Year abroad in Spain and/or Latin America - option B: academic exchange | 60 Credits |
| XX20049 | Year abroad in Spain and/or Latin America - option C: academic exchange & work placement | 60 Credits |
| Year 4 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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| Students are required to take a total of 4 Management options and 1 national option (in addition to compulsory units) over the year. Students are advised to take only 30 credits in each semester, and must take no more than 36 credits in any semester. At least 48 of the 60 credits should be at level 3 or higher (i.e. MN30XXX). |
Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 4 |
| Compulsory Units |
| PL30719 | Spanish written & oral communication in the international business context | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 4 |
| Compulsory Units |
| MN30085 | The internationalisation of business | 6 Credits |
| PL30597 | International marketing communications (Spanish) | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 Units from the following list: |
| Students may take no more than 12 credits at level 2 (coded MN2*) during the final year of this programme. |
| MN20026 | Principles of finance | 6 Credits |
| MN20034 | Brand management | 6 Credits |
| MN20312 | Work, organisation and employment relations | 6 Credits |
| MN20313 | Human resource management 2 | 6 Credits |
| MN20433 | Leadership | 6 Credits |
| MN30036 | Advanced advertising theory | 6 Credits |
| MN30039 | Employment law | 6 Credits |
| MN30040 | European integration studies 1 | 6 Credits |
| MN30050 | Supply management | 6 Credits |
| MN30051 | Technology & innovation management | 6 Credits |
| MN30067 | Treasury management | 6 Credits |
| MN30105 | Consumer behaviour | 6 Credits |
| MN30266 | Decision making | 6 Credits |
| MN30281 | Privacy, trust and security in information systems | 6 Credits |
| MN30436 | Contemporary issues in business and society | 6 Credits |
| MN30449 | Strategic management | 6 Credits |
| MN30465 | Depth psychology of the consumer | 6 Credits |
| MN30474 | Management consulting: theory and practice | 6 Credits |
| SP30054 | Power & commitment in organisations | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list: |
| Students may only select 1 national option from those available in both Semester 1 and Semester 2. |
| AA00001 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| PL30568 | The politics of democracy & development in Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PL30675 | In search of Latin America: diversity and the dream of unity | 6 Credits |
| PL30794 | In the shadow of Franco: repression, denial and memory | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 4 |
| Compulsory Units |
| PL30593 | Spain & Latin America in the global economy | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 Units from the following list: LIST A |
| LIST A |
| MN30059 | European integration studies 2 | 6 Credits |
| MN30062 | International business law | 6 Credits |
| MN30400 | Comparative business and strategy: China and India | 6 Credits |
| MN30409 | Business strategy in the global economy | 6 Credits |
| MN30415 | International dimensions of organisational behaviour | 6 Credits |
| MN30441 | International marketing management | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 Units from the following list: LIST B |
| LIST B - Students may take no more than 12 credits at level 2 (coded MN2*) during the final year of this programme. |
| AA00012 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| MN20211 | Advanced corporate finance | 6 Credits |
| MN30054 | Strategy & human resource management | 6 Credits |
| MN30109 | Business-to-business marketing | 6 Credits |
| MN30209 | Investment banking | 6 Credits |
| MN30270 | Virtual organising | 6 Credits |
| MN30271 | Information system development | 6 Credits |
| MN30290 | Organisation and career development | 6 Credits |
| MN30371 | Economic governance, competitiveness and policy | 6 Credits |
| MN30372 | Ethical issues in marketing | 6 Credits |
| MN30444 | UK tax and tax planning for the growing business | 6 Credits |
| MN30447 | Antitrust & strategy | 6 Credits |
| MN30448 | Business & the natural environment | 6 Credits |
| MN30464 | Depth psychology of organisations | 6 Credits |
| MN30468 | Auditing & accountability | 6 Credits |
| MN30469 | Advanced management accounting | 6 Credits |
| SP30055 | Comparative industrial relations | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list: |
| Students may only select 1 national option from those available in both Semester 1 and Semester 2. |
| AA00013 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| PL30569 | The post-Franco party political system in Spain | 6 Credits |
| PL30728 | The international relations of Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PL30760 | Latin American visual cultures | 6 Credits |