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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Italian B and Management

Programme code:BA-IT/B&MNGTUCAS code:RNH2
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Ingo Cornils Contact address:i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 490

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:

Programme specification:


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In level 1 students must study 130 credits. Students are required to take 50 credits in Management and 60 credits in Italian, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

ITAL1030Beginners Italian 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ITAL1035Beginners Italian 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1225Accounting for Managers10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1850Organisational Behaviour20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1940Economics for Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:

ITAL1034Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ITAL1040Italy from Fascism to the Present10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:

ITAL1094Fictions of Fascism (B): Watching the Detectives10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL1150Italian Cinema: An Introduction10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


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:

subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects 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:

ITAL2016Italian Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2125Anthropology for Business10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2850Marketing20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:

ITAL2020Introduction to Dante20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2025Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2090Power, Pain and Beauty: Introduction to the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2095The Italian Renaissance: Ideals and Realities20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL2200Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2300Italy: Regions, Identities and Nation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2400Tall Tales: An Introduction to the Italian Short Story20 creditsNot running in 201617
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their Italian options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Italian in
level 2 including ITAL2016.

Candidates must take between 10 and 50 credits from the following optional modules:

LUBS2765Advanced Management Decision Making10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2785How Managers Make Decisions10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2810Business and the Legal Environment20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2860Managing International Business20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2900Operations and Supply Chain Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2970Corporate Social Responsibility10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

The candidate will spend the third year of the programme in Italy.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to follow the following compulsory module:

ITAL9001Year Abroad in Italy120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:

subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects 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:

ITAL3010Italian Language 320 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3070Strategic Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:

ITAL3020Dante, Purgatorio and Paradiso20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3025Italian Terrorisms/Italian Film20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3033The Making of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3090Italian Dissertation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL3110Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ITAL3153Primo Levi: From Testimony to Fiction20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3233Minority Languages and Dialects in Italy from Fascism to the Present20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3253Language and Identity in Twentieth-Century Italian Novels20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3310'Giocare al Romanzo': Italo Calvino and the Novel, from Neorealism to Postmodern20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ITAL3340Bad Christmas Films: The Italian Cinepanettone20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3350Specialised Uses of Italian20 creditsNot running in 201617
ITAL3370Dark Italy: Italian Crime Fiction20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL3375A Year With 366 Days: A Journey Through Petrarch's Canzoniere20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL3400Made in Italy. Italian for Business20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL3450Family Novels: Life Stories, Gender and Social Change in Modern Italy20 creditsNot running in 201617

Candidates must choose at least 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:
Alternatively they may choose the remaining core module from the list above.

LUBS3001Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3002Diversity Management20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3003Business Ethics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3004Entrepreneurship and Innovation20 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS3050Information Management in Organisations
Co-requisite for: LUBS3080
10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3095Global Perspectives on HRM and Employment Relations20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3150International Banking and Finance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3190International Marketing10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3305Dissertation in Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3530Advertising and Promotional Management10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3805International Business Management20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3810Managing Across Cultures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3845Marketing Strategy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3850Contemporary Management Consulting20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3855Strategic Human Resource Management20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3885Management Decision Making20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3915Employment Law20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3950Current Issues in Decision Making20 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS3960International Banking and Finance 210 credits 
LUBS3965Managing Global Value Chains20 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS3975Managing Innovation and Technology20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
TRAN3040Physical Distribution and Logistics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Last updated: 04/08/2016

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