Business Management and French

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey that combines business acumen with a passion for French language and culture? Our Business Management and French degree offers a unique blend of contemporary business studies and core French language modules, providing you with the perfect foundation for a thriving career both in the UK and abroad.

Whether you start with an A Level in French or as a beginner, in your first year, you'll dive into the essential concepts and functions of the modern business world while simultaneously developing your French language skills and exploring French-speaking societies and cultures from around the globe.

Building upon your strong foundation in Business Management, you'll have opportunities to apply your knowledge, skills, and understanding in real-world industries and organisations. Engage in entrepreneurship projects and put your French to the test in real-life situations, preparing you for living, studying, or working abroad.

Consider taking a language study placement abroad at the end of your second year, immersing yourself in French-speaking cultures like Guadeloupe or studying at our partner business school in Lyon or even earning a Cambridge CELTA qualification for teaching English to speakers of other languages.

The third year abroad is an invaluable opportunity to hone your linguistic and intercultural skills while studying business at one of our partner universities or to take a work placement in a French speaking country. For anyone unable to travel, a three-year route is also available.

In your final year, delve deeper into the world of French in business, translation, and mediation, and explore the diverse cultural contexts of languages. On the business side, you'll have opportunities to contribute to Business Management research and live projects, further enhancing your professional skills.

If you choose to undertake your major project in French, you'll be able to tailor your studies even more precisely to your career goals.

Join our Business Management and French degree and discover the exciting possibilities that await you.

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This course is delivered in three terms of 10 weeks each. In each term students study 40 credits comprising either one or two modules. Scheduled contact hours range between approximately 8 and 12 hours per week depending upon level of study and the complexity of the material being taught.

For your Business modules, there will be a mix of in-person lectures and workshops.

The majority of teaching for French will be in small groups, in seminars and workshops. French is used as much as possible, appropriate to your level. Students will also undertake some structured activities online, allowing them to make the best use of their independent study time whilst developing essential digital skills.

Teaching will be delivered by experienced academics in the field. This will be supplemented by talks by practitioners and occasional guest lecturers.

Students will be assessed through a wide range of coursework methods, all of which are designed not only to test their subject knowledge and language proficiency but also to allow them to develop and demonstrate skills that are essential for success after university.

For French there will be a broad range of assessment methods covering all four language skills; reception, production, mediation and interaction. You will be assessed via portfolios of language work and professional skills, group discussions, presentations, recorded podcasts, reflective and research essays and an extended project. Where possible, assessment will draw on real world situations such as job interviews, business negotiations, mediated dialogues and translation post-editing.

There will be a broad range of assessment methods used throughout the Business Management course to ensure that you are exposed to the different types of tasks you might encounter at the workplace. These will include coursework in the form of reports, portfolios of work, presentations (such as pitches and debates, peer assessment, reflective reviews, evaluation reports).