Business Management and French

Why choose this course

• You will have the opportunity to experience and benefit from being taught by experts in two different areas.

• Take the opportunity to get industry-ready with our award-winning Professional Training placements.

• Studying a Business and French degree at Surrey will develop your language and intercultural communication skills and your understanding of core business principles, giving you the linguistic competence and business confidence to excel in the professional and academic world.

• The languages element of the course is a degree truly for the digital age, in which you'll develop 'future-proof' skills that are highly valued by employers, such as problem-solving, communications and intercultural awareness.

What you will study
Our French and Business degree will introduce you to core business principles and practice and give you the opportunity to continuously improve and practise your language skills in a variety of settings. If you don’t have an A-level or equivalent in French, you’ll have the opportunity to take French as a beginner as long as you can demonstrate language learning aptitude.

Your first year of study will provide you with a strong base of knowledge in the essentials of business management and will introduce you to using French in a variety of academic and professional contexts. From the second year, you will be given the opportunity to select from a widening selection of modules, including marketing, HR, sociolinguistics and translation.

The course includes a Professional Training placement abroad which will give you real insight into business practice in the relevant country, plus the opportunity to use and develop your language skills in a professional setting.