Modern Languages (French) and Business Management (BSc)

at Southampton Business School

You must study the following modules in year 1:

• Academic Skills for Modern languages and Linguistics students
• Business in Society
• Digital Technologies in Business
• Introduction to Accounting and Finance
• Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
• Introduction to Management

You must also choose from the following modules in year 1:

• Applications of Linguistics
• Language Acquisition
• Understanding Culture
• Understanding History and Society

You must study the following modules in year 2:

• Human Resource Management
• Managing Research and Learning

You must also choose from the following modules in year 2:

• Conflicts, Crisis and Identities in the Francophone Context
• Business Research
• Discourse Analysis
• Exploring French Linguistics
• Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State
• Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in France
• Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography
• Management Ethics
• Multilingualism
• Operations Management
• Philosophy of Management and Organisations
• Post-War French Thought and Culture
• Psycholinguistics
• Sound and Voice
• Syntax: Studying Language Structure
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• The EU and European Identity

You must study the following module in year 3:

• Period Abroad Portfolio
   

You must study the following module in year 4:

• Seeing and Being Seen. Period Abroad re-entry

You must also choose from the following modules in year 4:

• English as a Global Language
• An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France
• Analytics Implementation III: Knowledge Management, Methods and Ethics
• Audiovisual Translation
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
• Dissertation
• Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in Transition
• French Sociolinguistics: Challenges to Francophonie
• Language Teaching Theory and Practice
• Language Testing and Assessment in Society
• Modern Languages Dissertation
• Project Management
• Public Service Interpreting
• Risk Management
• Second Language Acquisition
• Sex, Gender and Desire in French Literature and Culture
• Sociophonetic Project Module
• Strategic Management
• Technological Innovation
• Travel and Identity in Francophone writing and film
• Writing in a Second Language

A-levels

AAA or AABB including Mathematics (minimum grade A)

A-levels additional information

Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking.

If an additional Mathematics qualification (STEP grade 2/MAT/TMUA) is taken alongside three A-levels then the offer will be AAB including Mathematics (minimum grade A). We accept any of the three STEP papers. For more details about the STEP and TMUA papers see the Admissions Testing Service Website.

or

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Pass, with 36 points overall with 18 at Higher Level, including 6 points from Higher Level Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches, preferred mathematics module)

International Baccalaureate contextual offer

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

International Baccalaureate Career Programme (IBCP) statement

Offers will be made on the individual Diploma Course subject(s) and the career-related study qualification. The CP core will not form part of the offer. Where there is a subject pre-requisite(s), applicants will be required to study the subject(s) at Higher Level in the Diploma course subject and/or take a specified unit in the career-related study qualification. Applicants may also be asked to achieve a specific grade in those elements.

or

BTEC

D in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus AA from two A levels including Mathematics (minimum grade A)

DD in the BTEC National Diploma plus A in A-level Mathematics

We do not accept BTEC National Extended Diploma

RQF BTEC

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience.
Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

Additional information

The University aims to recruit students from a wide range of backgrounds who we believe have the potential and motivation to succeed on our challenging programmes. We are committed to fair admissions and strive to ensure we give equal consideration to all applicants who possess the necessary knowledge and skills.

QCF BTEC

D in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma plus AA from two A levels including Mathematics (minimum grade A)

DD in the BTEC Diploma plus A in A-level Mathematics

We do not accept the BTEC Extended Diploma

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

Fees for a year's study:

• UK students pay £9,250.
• EU and international students pay £19,300.

You'll graduate prepared for a wide range of career paths in business and management, in the UK or abroad. You could choose to work in:

• the financial sector

• industry

• retail consultancy

• the public sector

Many of our graduates get places on recruitment programmes at organisations such as JP Morgan.

Business School graduates from Southampton have secured roles in organisations including:

• Deloitte

• Ernst & Young (EY)

• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

• Proctor & Gamble

• Times Group