Business Management (Modern Languages) with a Foundation Year, BSc (Hons)
Swansea UniversityBay Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Can you envision yourself as a pivotal player in a major brand's success? Are you eager to explore the fusion of modern languages with the realm of business? The BSc Business Management (Modern Languages) at Swansea University could help you achieve this.
If you don’t attain the necessary grades to enrol on to the BSc Business Management (Modern Languages) course, the BSc Business Management (Modern Languages) with a Foundation Year degree is for you. The Foundation Year is an excellent pathway to gaining the required knowledge and skills in business management, before joining Year 1 students of the BSc Business Management (Modern Languages) degree. During your degree, you will explore concepts within modern languages including taster sessions in Year 1 in Mandarin, French, Italian, German, and Spanish before selecting one language as your focus in your second and third years of studies.
You will also study core business modules including marketing, accounting, finance, strategy, and human resource management. The course modules are designed to ensure you have a well-rounded understanding of how a business and modern language functions ahead of joining the world of work. The Foundation Year is taught at The College, located next to the School of Management.
Once you complete this year, year one of studies will be taught at the School of Management with your second and third years taught across Singleton and Bay Campus.
Key highlights
- Foundation Year builds business knowledge before joining degree Year 1
- Year 1 language tasters in Mandarin, French, Italian, German and Spanish
- Specialise in one chosen language in second and third years
- Core modules in marketing, accounting, finance, strategy and HR management
- Foundation Year taught at The College beside the School of Management
- Later years taught across Singleton and Bay Campus
Entry requirements
- A-level: CCD-DDD — CCD-DDD.
- UCAS tariff points: 72 — CCD-DDD MMM-MMP Pass 72 UCAS tariff points from 3 highest qualifications 26 points
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Marketing executive
- International business manager
- Human resources officer
- Management consultant
- Export sales manager
- Business development executive
Cost of study
UK/Home: £5,760 per year | International: £19,600 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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