BA (Hons) Business Management and Language (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) at Birkbeck, University of London

This BA Business Management and Language is ideal if you want to combine your interest in the dynamic world of business and management with the study of a modern language and its culture, enabling you to achieve advanced language skills and cultural understanding.

Faculty: School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication  |  Duration: Three years full-time, on campus; Four years part-time, on campus; Four years full-time, on campus with International Experience  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This BA Business Management and Language gives you the chance to study both disciplines in depth, developing knowledge and skills that complement and strengthen one another throughout your degree. You can choose to develop an intellectual interest in areas such as entrepreneurship, marketing or organisational culture. Compulsory modules include Language learning module 1, 2, 3 or 4, Doing Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics, Culture and Text: ‘Imagined Communities’, Culture and Image, Rethinking Japan [students on a Japanese language pathway only], Year 2, Language learning module 2, 3 or 4 (Level 5) or 5 (Level 6), Language-specific/comparative culture option, Four business management options, Year 3.

Career pathways

You will find business management and language graduates pursuing career paths in the following kinds of roles: management consultant, human resources officer, corporate investment banker, marketing executive, diplomatic roles, roles within the publishing industry, roles within the cultural sector, teacher, civil servant.

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