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Management & Modern Languages (French, German, Portuguese or Spanish) with a year abroad BA

UCAS code: R902

Key information

Course type:
Joint honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2024
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

At King’s we offer you a lively and intellectually stimulating home in the heart of London where you will be taught by leading experts. Our Management and Modern Languages BA includes an exceptionally wide range of modules in both subject areas, while maintaining an even balance between the two sides of your degree. In Modern Languages, you will attain a high level of proficiency in speaking, writing and reading the language of your degree, whilst developing your knowledge and critical understanding of its culture and society. Students can take this course either with an A-level (or equivalent) in the degree language, or as a beginner, following a specially-designed language course (known as ‘ab initio’ – ‘from the start’), and our cultural curriculum is innovative and diverse, covering a range of modules in literature, from the medieval period to the contemporary, and cultural studies, film studies, politics and history. You will spend the third year of your four-year degree studying, teaching or working in a French-, German-, Portuguese- or Spanish-speaking country, putting your language learning into practice. At the same time, you will acquire knowledge and skills in the broad discipline of management that are key to so many graduate careers. Choose from Management modules including economics, organisational behaviour, accounting, marketing, and business strategy. With strong links to the business world surrounding our central London campus, our students have excellent networking opportunities and a wealth of entrepreneurial, business and economic societies to engage with and enhance their studies. For more about the King’s Business School and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, follow the departmental contact links.

Key benefits

  • In Management, we use a broad approach to provide a foundation of core modules in the principal disciplines and give you the opportunity to specialise in areas of particular interest. Research-led curriculum encourages critical analysis and debate on a wide range of contemporary management issues.
  • Students from over 50 countries create an international environment for learning, bringing a diverse range of perspectives to the course.
  • Graduates are highly employable, entering careers that include banking, consultancy, accountancy, marketing, advertising and management.
  • Our language departments are consistently ranked among the best in the UK and offer our graduates excellent career prospects. King's Business School ranked joint 1st in the UK for Graduate Outcomes (Business & Management Studies, The Complete University Guide 2024).
  • Broad range of specialist modules in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, from medieval to contemporary literature as well as politics, history, cultural studies, and film. • You can study French, German, Spanish or Portuguese language either post A-level (or equivalent) or with no previous knowledge of the language (ab initio).
  • Central London location offers students closer links to the business world in the heart of London and offers access to a variety of cinemas, galleries, theatres, specialist libraries and resources, including the Goethe-Institut and Austrian Cultural Forum, the Institut français, Canning House, Camões Centre for Portuguese Language and Culture, and the Instituto Cervantes, as well as events organised by embassies and other related cultural institutions.
  • The Year abroad in a French-, German-, Portuguese- or Spanish-speaking country offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in culture and society and attain language fluency. We have exchanges with a wide variety of partner universities across Europe, in Martinique and Quebec, and in Middle and South American countries such as Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

I chose to study this course, as it entailed learning a new language completely from scratch, including a year abroad in a French speaking country. I believe languages to be an extremely important skill in the modern globalized world and learning it on site to be the best way to master it. I wish more people knew about this course!

Fenella, Management and Modern Languages with a Year Abroad BA

Employability

By encouraging critical reflection on both the past and the present contexts of the French, German, Portuguese or Spanish -speaking worlds, the programme broadens students’ knowledge base, challenging narrow, monocultural assumptions, thus preparing students for the challenges of multicultural and global realities.

Studies of graduate employability repeatedly stress the career value of language degrees, which provide graduates with international experience and enhance cultural awareness, helping them to develop flexibility, resilience and resourcefulness. Employers value the skills of criticism, interpretation and reasoning that are fundamental to the Modern Languages and to Management, and value foreign language ability not just as a specialist skill, but as a personal quality that develops relationship-building, teamwork, and the capacity to move easily in international contexts. Typical destinations of graduates from this degree include international business, the press and media, IT and technology, marketing and public relations, public administration, international development, law, finance, teaching and lecturing, interpreting and translating.

Employability

By encouraging critical reflection on both the past and the present contexts of the French, German, Portuguese or Spanish -speaking worlds, the programme broadens students’ knowledge base, challenging narrow, monocultural assumptions, thus preparing students for the challenges of multicultural and global realities.

Studies of graduate employability repeatedly stress the career value of language degrees, which provide graduates with international experience and enhance cultural awareness, helping them to develop flexibility, resilience and resourcefulness. Employers value the skills of criticism, interpretation and reasoning that are fundamental to the Modern Languages and to Management, and value foreign language ability not just as a specialist skill, but as a personal quality that develops relationship-building, teamwork, and the capacity to move easily in international contexts. Typical destinations of graduates from this degree include international business, the press and media, IT and technology, marketing and public relations, public administration, international development, law, finance, teaching and lecturing, interpreting and translating.

Key information

Course type:
Joint honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2024
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

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