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BA European Languages and Management Studies

The degree in European Languages and Management Studies has been developed in partnership with Lancaster's Management School. It has been designed to be flexible to student needs and priorities in order to give students a competitive advantage in the British and/or European jobs market, where language skills are increasingly valued and fluency in more than one foreign language is highly desirable.

This flexibility allows students either to study two languages and follow a general management course, or study just one language, and pursue more specialised business-related courses in Accounting and Finance, Economics, Marketing, etc.

This is a four-year scheme with the third year spent abroad, either studying Management at a partner university or on a work placement. Students taking two languages can either spend their third year abroad in one country or split it between two. Lancaster University has well-established links with universities in France, Germany and Spain which have been chosen specifically for the excellent reputation of their Business Schools.

Please note that the entry requirements for this course include a grade B in GCSE Mathematics and English Language.

Part I

1st Year Modules

Language 1 (Intensive or Advanced) and introduction to language specific culture studies	Introduction to Management AND EITHER Introduction to Business Analytics * OR Statistics and Computing for Management **	Language 2 (Intensive or Advanced) and introduction to language specific culture studies OR a third subject ***

*for students with CGSE Mathematics or equivalent

**for students with A/AS level Mathematics/Statistics or equivalent

***another Management School subject (Economics, Marketing etc.) or a cognate third subject (e.g. Sociology, Politics).

Part II

2nd Year Modules (One Language)

Language (2 x 0.5 units)	Management and Consulting: Practice and Critique (1 unit)	Comparative culture OR Management Modules (2 units)*

*Students who have taken a specialist Management School Part I subject as well as the general Management Part I may wish to continue with this specialization in Part II, by taking most of their Management School option courses in, for example, Economics. The following second-year module taught in the Department of European Languages & Cultures is particularly recommended: DELC 214: Economic and Social Change in France, Germany and Spain 1945-2000 (0.5 unit).

2nd Year Modules (Two Languages)

Language 1 & 2 (2 x 0.5 units per language)	Management and Consulting: Practice and Critique (1 unit)	Management Module (1 unit) *

3rd Year Modules

Year Abroad journal and essay + project or university coursework (1 unit)

Final Year Modules (One Language)

Language (2 x 0.5 units)	Language specific or comparative specialist options (1 unit)
Principles of Strategic Management (0.5 unit)	Other Management modules (1.5 units)