2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA International Business and Thai Studies
Programme code: | BA-IBUS&THAI | UCAS code: | 1V61 |
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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 Thai 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 Thai 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 second year at a Thai university where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses. Subject to the approval of the SMLC Residence Abroad Committee in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, students may do a work placement in Thailand. This should include an element of language study.
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake a significant piece of independent research in the realms of international business and/or Thai 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 Thai, 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 & Thai into Single Honours in International Business.
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 Thai Studies and 40 credits in International Business, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
EAST1703 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 Pre-requisite for: EAST1704 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1704 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 2 Pre-requisite for: EAST9002 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional credits
EAST1051 | History and Culture of Imperial China | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST1052 | History and Culture of Early Imperial China | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1053 | History and Culture of Late Imperial China | 10 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST1070 | Modern China | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1080 | Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1150 | Introduction to Japanese History and Culture | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST1263 | Japan in War and Peace | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1265 | Japan: History and International Politics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1266 | Japan: A Cultural History from Buddhism to Murakami Haruki | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1268 | Pre-modern Japan through Modern Media: Ancient Japan's classics, conflicts and sermons through Manga and Anime | 10 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST1450 | Foundations of East Asia | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST1500 | Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1550 | Introduction to East Asian Religions | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
The candidate will spend the second year of the programme in Thailand.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
EAST9013 | Year Abroad in Thailand | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year3 - 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:
Thai Studies - a minimum of 120 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
International Business - 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
plus 20 credits of electives. 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:
EAST2008 | The Making of Modern Thailand | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2704 | Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1 Pre-requisite for: EAST2705 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2705 | Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates wll be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules
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:
Thai Studies - a minimum of 120 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
International Business - 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
plus 20 credits of electives 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:
EAST3732 | Advanced Thai Language and Culture I | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3733 | Advanced Thai language and Culture II | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3321 | International Business Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3860 | International Strategic Management | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules. (They are strongly recommended to take EAST3707 Buddhism: a Lived Tradition)
EAST3020 | Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3035 | Energy Security: Global and Asian Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3140 | Chinese Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3252 | Modern Japanese History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3290 | Japanese Literature and the Search for Postwar Identity | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3702 | Religion in Japan | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3703 | South East Asia in the Global Context | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST3706 | The Making of Modern Southeast Asia | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 27/09/2016
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