GO UNIVERSITY  Ghana/Global 2016/17/18/19

BA (hons) Chinese & Intern. Business Course - 3 Years

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Overview

This varied degree will allow you to develop Chinese language skills and gain an understanding of global business management. You don’t need to have any prior knowledge of Chinese, although if you do we can normally accommodate your needs.

Core modules will develop your written and spoken Chinese as well as introducing you to key issues in international business management. Then you’ll build on these by selecting from optional modules that allow you to pursue your interests, from the political economy of East Asia and transnational corporations to contemporary Chinese literature. You could even look at Japanese politics or Buddhism.

China is one of the world’s biggest economic powers, and its language is increasingly important for business. This degree will allow you to become proficient in Chinese and understand how businesses run profitable, sustainable and competitive foreign operations. But you’ll also see the world from a fresh perspective and discover a unique culture.

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Course Content

A Joint Honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each Single Honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

You’ll spend your first year studying core modules that introduce you to the principles of international business management, as well as developing your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in Chinese. You’ll also have a choice of optional modules exploring elements of Chinese and East Asian culture and study one of our Cornerstone modules, helping to bring the two subjects together.

Over the next two years, you’ll balance advanced language classes with core modules on topics such as management in international business and the global economy. A bigger variety of optional modules will allow you to follow your own interests in topics as broad as Chinese history, Cantonese, Asia-Pacific politics and Sino-Japanese relations.

In your final year, you can specialise in an international business topic of your choice when you apply your skills to a dissertation.

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Course Structure

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Year 1

Compulsory modules

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• Basic Chinese Language 1 20 credits

• Basic Chinese Language 2 20 credits

• Personal Tutorials for International Business 10 credits

• Principles of International Business 20 credits

• Global Entrepreneurship 10 credits

• IT for LCS Students 5 credits

• Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application 20 credits

• Optional modules

• Examples of the optional modules available are shown below.

• History and Culture of Imperial China 20 credits

• Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century 10 credits

• Foundations of East Asia 20 credits

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• Year 2

Compulsory modules

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• Chinese 2A: Grammar and Readings 20 credits

• Chinese 2B: Media and Communication 20 credits

• Research Methods in International Business 20 credits

• Managing International Business 20 credits

• Optional modules

• Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

• Buddhism and pre-modern Japanese Culture 20 credits

• International Politics of the Asia Pacific Region 20 credits

• Global Business History 20 credits

• The International Economic Environment 10 credits

• Small Business Internationalisation and Growth 10 credits

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Year 3

Compulsory modules

• Chinese 3: Translation and Composition 20 credits

• International Business Dissertation 40 credits

• International Strategic Management 20 credits

• Final Year Project

• Optional modules

• Advanced Chinese Communication Skills 20 credits

• Modern Documentary Chinese: Politics and Law 10 credits

• Modern Documentary Chinese: Society and Development 10 credits

• Post-Cultural Revolution Chinese Literature 10 credits

• Contemporary Chinese Literature 10 credits

• Chinese Literature 1912 - 1949 10 credits

• Chinese Language for International Trade and Business 20 credits

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• More information on modules at courses catalogue after your enrollment.

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• Learning and teaching

• You’ll be taught through lectures, tutorials, workshops and practical classes. You’ll enjoy extensive tutorial support and have freedom in your workload and options.

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• Assessment

• You’re assessed by a range of methods, including formal exams and in-course assessment.

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