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STRATHCLYDE BUSINESS SCHOOL
FACULTY PROGRAMMES
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WITH A MODERN LANGUAGE
Master in International Business with a Modern Language Bachelor of Arts with Honours in International Business with a Modern Language Diploma of Higher Education in International Business with a Modern Language Certificate of Higher Education in International Business with a Modern Language
These regulations are to be read in conjunction with General Academic Regulations – Undergraduate, Integrated Master and Professional Graduate Degree Programme Level.
Mode of Study
- The programme is available by full-time study only.
Place of Study
- The programme includes study in the fourth year at a partner business school/university or in the workplace, as part of an internship or equivalent in the country of or in the language of the main chosen language.
Curriculum
- First Year - All students shall undertake modules amounting to 120 credits as follows:
Compulsory Modules
Module Code Module Title Level Credits
BF110 Management Development Programme 1 1 20
BF111 Academic Skills 1 10
BF121/BF122 Introduction to International Business 1 10
Optional Modules
Students will choose 40 credits from:
Module Code Module Title Level Credits
BF112/BF113 Introduction to Tourism Studies and ManagingPeople 1 20
BF114/BF115 Introduction to Economics and BusinessAnalysis 1 20
BF116/BF117 Introduction to Finance and Accounting 1 20
BF118/BF119 Introduction to Marketing and Entrepreneurship 1 20
These modules are repeated in semester two, hence two different module codes. Students will be on one version of the module code only depending in which semester they take the module.
And 40 credits in Modern Languages as approved by the Programme Leader.
- Second Year - All students shall undertake modules amounting to 120 credits as follows:
Compulsory Modules
Module Code Module Title Level Credits
BF202 Management Development Programme 2 2 20
MG213 International Business Analysis 2 20
Principal Subject 1 (Business) 2 40
And 40 Credits in Modern Languages as approved by the Programme Leader.
- Third Year - All students shall undertake modules amounting to 120 credits as follows:
Compulsory Modules
Module Code Module Title Level Credits
BF305 Management Development Programme 3 3 20
MG315 Managing Across Cultures and Frontiers 3 20
Principal Subject 1 (Business) 3 40
And 40 credits in Modern Languages as approved by the Programme Leader.
- Fourth Year – Masters (M) IBML Regulations
During their fourth year, all students are expected to undertake a curriculum that consists of 120 credits, 80 of which should relate to their Business education, including a 20 credit optional module at an appropriate level, and a 40 credit project which should be in their chosen Modern Language, including an element of language tuition.
Compulsory Modules
Module Code Module Title Level Credits
EX
Credit Bearing Exchange Code for Masters in IBML 4 120
EC503 Natural Resource, Environmental Energy and Energy Econometrics
EC504 Behavioural Economics 5 20
EC506 Applied Econometrics 5 20
EC509 Advanced Microeconomics 5 20
EC510 Advanced Macroeconomics 5 20
EC511 Labour Economics 5 20
HR500 HRM and Employment Relations in the PublicServices 5 20
HR501 Advanced Organisation Behaviour 5 20
HR503 Perspective on Work and Employment 5 20
HR504 Human Resources in the Global Economy 5 20
MG512 Hospitality and Tourism Analysis: Case Studies and Case Histories
MK500 Brand Management 5 20
MS508 Management Science 4 5 20
Z1503 International Entrepreneurship 5 20
- Fifth Year - Bachelor (BA Hons) Regulations
All students shall undertake modules amounting to 120 credits as follows:
Compulsory Modules
Module Code Module Title Level Credits
MG419 Contemporary Issues and Trend in InternationalBusiness 4 20
Principal Subject 1 (Business) 4 60*
Modern Language 4 40
*Including a 40 credit Dissertation in the chosen Principal Business subject, with an international focus.
Where a 20 credit Dissertation (Project) is available and selected by a student in their Principal Business subject they must take a further 20 credit module in the business subject as stipulated by the Programme Director.
Progress
- In order to progress to the second year of the programme, a student must have accumulated at least 100 credits from the programme curriculum, including those for the module BF110 Management Development Programme 1 and BF121 or BF Introduction to International Business and the Level 1 modules for the intended Principal Subjects.
- In order to progress to the third year of the programme, a student must have accumulated at least 240 credits from the programme curriculum, including those for the module BF202 Management Development Programme 2 and MG213 International Business Analysis and the Level 2 compulsory modules relating to their chosen Principal Subjects.
- In order to progress to the fourth year of the programme, a student must have accumulated no fewer than 360 credits from the programme curriculum including those for the BF305 Management Development Programme 3 and MG315 Managing Across Cultures and Frontiers the Level 3 compulsory modules relating to their chosen Principal Subjects and have achieved a satisfactory performance in the third year, details available in the student handbook.
- In order to progress to the fifth year of the programme, a student must have satisfactorily completed year 4.
- Any Masters candidate who fails to satisfy the progress requirements on to Level 5 will be transferred to Level 4 of the BA Hons in International Business with a Modern Language degree, and any credits they may have accumulated on the period of study abroad will not be considered in the degree (but they will be recorded as ‘personal credits’ on their transcript). Where a candidate does not have Level 4 University of Strathclyde credits for calculation of the classification in the normal way, the candidate’s prior performance at University of Strathclyde will be considered alongside the Exchange Year performance for the Board of Examiners to decide classification.
Final Assessment and Honours Classification
- On successful completion of the Honours year, a candidate will be awarded the Level 4 credits corresponding to the modules taken.
- The final Honours classification for the degree of BA with Honours in International Business with a Modern Language will normally be based on:
i. the first assessed attempt at Level 4 modules taken in the fourth year; ii. the oral Modern Language examination; iii. if appropriate, an oral examination.
Final Assessment
- On successful completion of the fifth year, a candidate will be awarded 120 Level 5 credits corresponding to the modules taken.
Award
- Masters: In order to qualify for the award of the degree of Master in International Business with a Modern Language the General Academic Regulations – Undergraduate, Integrated Master and Professional Graduate Degree Programme Level shall apply.
