Business Management and Language (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

This BA Business Management and Language is ideal if you want to combine your interest in the dynamic world of business and management with the study of a modern language and its culture, enabling you to achieve advanced language skills and cultural understanding.

Why choose this course?

* It has been developed by world-leading researchers.

* You can study business management along with either French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean or Mandarin Chinese.

* You can enhance your employability prospects within the international corporate, financial and business worlds.

* We also offer this course with an International Experience pathway which gives you the opportunity to spend a year abroad.

What will I learn?

This course emphasises entrepreneurship, marketing and organisational culture as well as communication, intercultural awareness and global perspectives, all key facets of theory and practice in business and management contexts. It allows you to learn a language to a high level and acquire knowledge of its associated culture via literature, history and film.

You can choose to study French, German, Italian, Spanish or Japanese starting at the level of language learning that suits you. Korean and Mandarin Chinese are offered starting from beginner level. If you decide to take either of these languages, your final degree award will be a ‘with’ degree, so for example BA Business Management with Korean.

How will I learn?

This course is available full- or part-time with classes in the evening, and sometimes on Saturdays depending on the language you choose. Some of the business and management modules may also be available in the daytime.

Foundation Year

If you opt for a Foundation Year, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study during an additional year (full-time) or two years (part-time) of supported study. This option is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.

Once you successfully complete your Foundation Year studies, you will automatically advance onto the main full-time degree.

International experience

If you opt for the International Experience pathway, you will have the opportunity to spend your third year abroad studying at one of our partner institutions in a country in which the language you are studying is spoken. You may also decide to transfer to this route at the end of Year 1 if you are studying this course full-time and without a Foundation Year.

Highlights

* Birkbeck is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the broad field of management as well as in languages.

* We are surrounded by cultural institutes relevant to the study of languages and literature, such as the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (at Senate House), the Goethe Institute, German Historical Institute, Institut Français, Instituto Cervantes and Japan House London.

* We have particular research strengths in international business and strategy, the management of innovation and entrepreneurship, human resource management, corporate governance, sport management and marketing.

* Our community of scholars in languages and linguistics share interests in interdisciplinary topics and cross-cultural research.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this course, you will have gained an array of transferable skills including:

* interaction with people from other countries

* increased confidence when presenting complex issues in writing and orally

* analytical skills.

You will find business management and language graduates in the following kinds of roles:

* Management consultant

* Human resources officer

* Corporate investment banker

* Marketing executive

* Diplomatic roles

* Publishing

* Cultural sector

* Teacher

* Civil servant