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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA International Business and Portuguese

Programme code:BA-IBUS&PORTUCAS code:1R19
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:

LUBS1100Personal Tutorials for International Business10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1140Principles of International Business
Pre-requisite for: LUBS2860
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1175Global Entrepreneurship10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1010IT for LCS Students5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SPPO1035Introduction to Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese Speaking Africa20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1080Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO1081Portuguese Language for Beginners 1B20 creditsSemester 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:

LUBS2415Research Methods in International Business20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2860Managing International Business20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2090Portuguese Language Skills20 creditsSemesters 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

FOAR2000Research Placement20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2410Culture and Society in the Portuguese-Speaking World20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2420Introduction to Literature in Portuguese20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2510Latin America since Independence (c1800 - c1930)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2670Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema20 creditsSemesters 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:

HIST2654Global Business History20 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2410Small Business Internationalisation and Growth10 creditsSemester 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:

SPPO9001Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 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:

LUBS3321International Business Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3860International Strategic Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3110Advanced Portuguese Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules

SPPO3035From Bolívar to Chávez: Revolutionary Icons in Contemporary Latin American Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3040Children in Lusophone Cinema: Dictatorship, Marginality and National Identity20 creditsNot running in 201617
SPPO3094Extended Essay20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3361The Regulation of Sexuality in Iberia and Latin America20 creditsNot running in 201617
SPPO3510From Toussaint to Obama: Resistance in the African Diaspora20 creditsNot running in 201617
SPPO3560Postcolonial Narratives in Portuguese20 creditsNot running in 201617
SPPO3570Viva! Contemporary Film Industries of Latin America and the Marketing of 'Latin American-ness'20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3670Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Latin American Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO3690New Media in Latin America20 creditsNot 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:

LUBS3250Transnational Corporations in the World Economy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3815Contemporary Research Topics in International Business10 creditsSemester 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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