2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA International Business and Portuguese
Programme code: | BA-IBUS&PORT | UCAS code: | 1R19 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Wolfgang Keinhorst | Contact address: | w.keinhorst@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
QAA Subject benchmark statement Languages and Related Subjects
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/languages07.pdf
QAA Subject benchmark statement General Business and Management (2007)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/GeneralBusinessManagement.pdf
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- enable students to study the disciplines of International Business and Portguguese to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory modules and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programmes, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students. Joint Honours students will reach the same levels of fluency and accuracy in Portuguese as Single Honours students
- at Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills by means of a ‘cornerstone’ module, Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application, exploring a particular aspect of the field of international business and management.
- at Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing.
- require students to undertake one year residence abroad in the third year at a university in a Portuguese-speaking country where students follow a prescribed course of study in language and/or non-language courses. Students may also choose to do a work placement this must be organised by the student with the assistance of the SMLC Work Placement Officer, and must have the approval of the SMLC Residence Abroad Committee in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake a significant piece of independent research in the realms of international business and/or Portuguese language and/or culture.
- require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either International Business or Portuguese, or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.
- have the flexibility to allow students to change programme upon successful completion of Level One, subject to approval. It may be possible to switch from Joint Honours International Business & Portuguese into Single Honours in either discipline.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 1 students must study 125 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Portuguese and 40 credits in International Business and a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
LUBS1100 | Personal Tutorials for International Business | 10 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS1140 | Principles of International Business Pre-requisite for: LUBS2860 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS1175 | Global Entrepreneurship | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1010 | IT for LCS Students | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SPPO1035 | Introduction to Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese Speaking Africa | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO1080 | Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SPPO1081 | Portuguese Language for Beginners 1B | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
NB. Students with prior knowledge of Portuguese may, at the discretion of the programme manager, substitute SPPO1083 (40 credits) for SPPO1080 and SPPO1081 (40 credits).
Discovery modules:
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 2 students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:
Portuguese - a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
International Business - 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in Portuguese or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 level 1 elective credits may be taken in level 2.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
LUBS2415 | Research Methods in International Business | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS2860 | Managing International Business | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2090 | Portuguese Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB. Students who have completed SPPO1083 and have performed exceptionally well in that module, may, at the discretion of the programme manager, take MODL2001/5 Linguists into Schools and teach Portuguese in a local school, instead of taking SPPO2090/1.
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules
FOAR2000 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2410 | Culture and Society in the Portuguese-Speaking World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2420 | Introduction to Literature in Portuguese | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2510 | Latin America since Independence (c1800 - c1930) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2670 | Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their Portuguese options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Portuguese in level 2 including SPPO2090.
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
HIST2654 | Global Business History | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
LUBS2400 | The International Economic Environment | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2410 | Small Business Internationalisation and Growth | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study 40 credits of discovery modules
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
The candidate will spend the third year of the programme in a Portuguese-speaking country, approved by the School.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
SPPO9001 | Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 3 students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:
Portuguese - a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
International Business - 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in Portuguese or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 credits of either level 2 electives or level 1 special skills electives may be taken in level 3.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
LUBS3321 | International Business Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3860 | International Strategic Management | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO3110 | Advanced Portuguese Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules
SPPO3035 | From Bolívar to Chávez: Revolutionary Icons in Contemporary Latin American Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO3040 | Children in Lusophone Cinema: Dictatorship, Marginality and National Identity | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
SPPO3094 | Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO3361 | The Regulation of Sexuality in Iberia and Latin America | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
SPPO3510 | From Toussaint to Obama: Resistance in the African Diaspora | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
SPPO3560 | Postcolonial Narratives in Portuguese | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
SPPO3570 | Viva! Contemporary Film Industries of Latin America and the Marketing of 'Latin American-ness' | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO3670 | Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Latin American Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SPPO3690 | New Media in Latin America | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 |
Candidates may only take SPPO3094 with the prior approval of the Programme Manager.
Candidates can choose to study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
LUBS3250 | Transnational Corporations in the World Economy | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3815 | Contemporary Research Topics in International Business | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
- Candidates are strongly recommended to take LUBS3815.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study 20 credits of discovery modules
Last updated: 14/10/2016
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