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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA International Business and Thai Studies

Programme code:BA-IBUS&THAIUCAS code:1V61
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:

EAST1703Basic Thai Language and Culture 1
Pre-requisite for: EAST1704
20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1704Basic Thai Language and Culture 2
Pre-requisite for: EAST9002
20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
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)

Optional modules:

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

EAST1051History and Culture of Imperial China20 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST1052History and Culture of Early Imperial China10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1053History and Culture of Late Imperial China10 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST1070Modern China10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1080Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST1150Introduction to Japanese History and Culture20 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST1263Japan in War and Peace10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST1265Japan: History and International Politics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1266Japan: A Cultural History from Buddhism to Murakami Haruki10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1268Pre-modern Japan through Modern Media: Ancient Japan's classics, conflicts and sermons through Manga and Anime10 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST1450Foundations of East Asia20 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST1500Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST1550Introduction to East Asian Religions20 creditsSemester 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:

EAST9013Year Abroad in Thailand120 creditsSemesters 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:

EAST2008The Making of Modern Thailand20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2704Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1
Pre-requisite for: EAST2705
20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2705Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2415Research Methods in International Business20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2860Managing International Business20 creditsSemesters 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:

EAST3732Advanced Thai Language and Culture I20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3733Advanced Thai language and Culture II20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3321International Business Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3860International Strategic Management20 creditsSemesters 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)

EAST3020Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3035Energy Security: Global and Asian Perspectives20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3140Chinese Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3252Modern Japanese History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3290Japanese Literature and the Search for Postwar Identity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3702Religion in Japan20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3703South East Asia in the Global Context20 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST3706The Making of Modern Southeast Asia20 creditsNot running in 201617
EAST3707Buddhism: A Lived Tradition20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Last updated: 27/09/2016

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