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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Degree Programme Table: Business Studies and German (MA Hons) (UTBSTGE)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside options, please ensure you have made an appointment to meet with your Director of Studies.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST08001 Business Studies 1 Full Year 40
    ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A Semester 1 20
    ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B Semester 2 20
    BUST08014 Computing for Business Full Year 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCG08001    German 1A   40  
    ELCG08002    German 1B   40  

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques), and (iii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2 at the first attempt.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE08001 Career Development Planning Semester 2 0
    ELCG08006 German 2 Full Year 40
    CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques Semester 1 20
    Notes: This course was re-named in 2009/10 (formerly called Quantitative Research Methods in Business).




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST08005    Business Economics   20  
    BUST08008    International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A   20  
    BUST08011    Organisation Studies   20  
    BUST08003    Principles of Finance   20  
    BUST08009    International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B   20  
    BUST08007    Management Science and Information Systems   20  
    BUST08010    Managing Employment Relations   20  
    BUST08004    Marketing   20  
    BUST08015    Innovation and Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST08018    Applications of Finance 2   20  

    Notes:Details of non-Honours Business courses are available on the Student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W, as available

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques), and (iii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2 at the first attempt.

    Students must spend their third year abroad at a partner university, in the country of the language being studied, and complete and pass a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), 80 credits of which must be in Business. All students must complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory course Strategic Management.

    Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of TWO taught courses (40 credits) per semester.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST09001 Research in Management As available 0
    ELCC10003 Language acquisition through residence/study A Full Year 40
    BUST09003 Business Studies 3rd Year Abroad (80 credits) Full Year 80




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of ONE taught course (20 credits) per semester.

    Final Assessment: 1. (Language Paper 1) 2. (Language Paper 2) 3. (Oral) 4. (Language Option) 5-6. (Management Honours Dissertation) 7-8. (Business Studies courses)


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST10049 Management Honours Dissertation Full Year 40
    ELCG10016 German Language Paper 1 Full Year 10
    ELCG10017 German Language Paper 2 Full Year 10
    ELCC10014 Oral for German Full Year 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10103    A Global Problem? Climate Change and a Low Carbon World   20  
    BUST10014    Advertising: Theories and Practice   20  
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10004    Business Ethics   20  
    BUST10007    Consumer Behaviour   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10033    Financial Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10105    Human Resource Management: Current Issues and Controversies   20  
    BUST10112    Information Systems and Organisations   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10026    International and Comparative Employment Relations   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10113    Managing Across Borders and Cultures   20  
    BUST10107    Managing Change   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10008    Market Structure, Conduct and Performance   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10108    Marketing and Society   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10047    Theoretical Foundations of International Business: Course B   20  

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from European Languages and Cultures - German Level 10 courses, as available

     

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