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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside options, please ensure you have made an appointment to meet with your Personal Tutor.

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

BUS MA IB with French Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

BUS Year 1 Accounting option

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A (and ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B) if you are considering a future career in the Accounting profession.
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W


Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Progression to Year 3 honours normally requires a Pass in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, including: (i) a minimum mark of 50% in EITHER International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A (BUST08008) OR International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B (BUST08009) in Year 2, (ii) a Pass in Business Research Methods I: Introduction to Data Analysis (BUST08033), and (iii) a Pass in French language 2 (ELCF08013) and French 2 Literature and Culture (ELCF08012).

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

International Business (MA) Year 2 Non-Hons - Level(s) 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W
Notes:
If you passed Accounting for Business ACCN08011 in year 1 you may be interested in continuing your studies in year 2 with Accounting for Business 2 ACCN08013.

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Subject to achieving a satisfactory performance in years 1 and 2 (minimum average 55-60%), you will spend your third year studying abroad at a partner university in France, completing and passing a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), the majority of which will be in Business courses taught in French. You will also complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory course Strategic Management (CMSE10002).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

International Business (MA) Year 4 Honours - Level(s) 10

Select between 20 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must choose a minimum of 60 credits in International Business.
- If the Dissertation (40 credits) is an International Business topic, then at least one International Business designated course (20 credits) must be chosen.
- If the Dissertation (40 credits) is not an International Business topic, then at least 3 International Business designated courses (60 credits) must be chosen.

AND
Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P, and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P, and W

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