2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Arabic and International Business
Programme code: | BA-ARAB&IBUS | UCAS code: | 1TN0 |
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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 Arabic 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 Arabic 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 in the Arab world 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 the Arab world. 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 Arabic 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 Arabic, 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 & Arabic into Single Honours in either discipline.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits. Students are required to take 60-65 credits in Arabic and 40 credits in International Business, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ARAB1001 | Beginning Arabic 1 Pre-requisite for: ARAB1002 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ARAB1002 | Beginning Arabic 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ARAB1150 | Early and Medieval Islamic History | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS1105 | Academic and Professional Development for Studies in 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) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 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 an Arabic-speaking country, approved by the School.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
ARAB9001 | Arabic Year Abroad | 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. Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and 60 credits in International Business.
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:
ARAB2010 | Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB2020 | Essential Skills in Practical Arabic Pre-requisite for: ARAB3020 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep 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) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
ARAB2066 | Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB2091 | Arab Media, Politics and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB2180 | Culture and Society in the Arab World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB2310 | Modern Middle Eastern History | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
HIST2654 | Global Business History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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) | |
LUBS2820 | Contemporary Topics in International Business | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in each of Arabic and International Business, including a 40 credit Final Year Project module taken on the International Business side but which will cover both named subjects.
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:
ARAB3020 | Advanced Skills in Arabic Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB3110 | Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep 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:
ARAB3010 | Arabic Stylistics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB3050 | Arab Drama on Stage and Screen | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB3072 | Islam and Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ARAB3140 | Authoritarianism and Democratisation in the Arab World | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
ARAB3888 | Advanced Media Arabic: Translation Skills in Text Typology | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Last updated: 07/02/2019
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