2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA International Business and Russian B
| Programme code: | BA-IBUS&RUSB | UCAS code: | 1B44 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Russian 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 Russian 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 Russian university where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses.
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake a significant piece of independent research in the realms of international business and/or Russian 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 Russian, 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 & Russian 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 Russian and 40 credits in International Business, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| 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) | |
| SLAV1010 | Beginning Russian 1 Pre-requisite for: SLAV1020 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLAV1020 | Beginning Russian 2 Pre-requisite for: SLAV9001 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules
| SLAV1103 | Text and Context: Introduction to Russian Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV1104 | From Icons to iPods: Approaches to Russian Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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 Russia.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| SLAV9001 | Russian Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: SLAV2101 | 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 International Business and 40 credits in Russian. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as discovery modules.
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:
| 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) | |
| SLAV2101 | Core Russian Language 2 Pre-requisite for: SLAV3101 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules
| FOAR2000 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2103 | Applied Russian Language 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2105 | Ideology and Imagination: Prose Literature in 19th Century Russia | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2107 | Not by Bread Alone: Everyday Culture under the Soviet Regime | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2109 | Postcommunist / Postmodernist Identities | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2111 | The Sounds of Russian | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- FOAR2000 can only be counted as a Russian module if the project undertaken relates to Russian and you have sought prior approval of the Programme Manager.
- 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:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
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 International Business and 40 credits in Russian, including a 40 credit Final Year Project module taken on the International Business side but which will cover both named subjects. The remaining 20 credits can be taken in either of the two named subjects or as a Discovery Module.
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:
| LUBS3321 | International Business Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3860 | International Strategic Management | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3101 | Core Russian Language 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules
| SLAV3104 | Fyodor Dostoevsky: Artist and Prophet | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3113 | Russian (New) Media | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| SLAV3114 | Russian Advanced Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3117 | The Sounds of Russian | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3124 | Out of the frying pan into the fire: Russian society from perestroika to the Crimean annexation (1985-2015) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Not all modules will be offered in each year.
Candidates can choose to study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| LUBS3250 | Transnational Corporations in the World Economy | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3820 | Contemporary Topics in International Business | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
- Candidates are strongly recommended to take LUBS3815.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 07/02/2019
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