BSc International Management (China) (Year Abroad)

PLEASE NOTE: If you are a current student and enrolled on this programme prior to 2018/19, you can find the relevant programme structure here.

This is a 4-year programme. You will spend 3 years studying on campus, while normally spending Year 3 overseas in China at a partner institution. Students take 120 credits per year composed of core and optional modules, which allows for students to design their own intellectual journey while maintaining a strong grasp of the fundamentals.

The programme has been designed so that second and third year modules build on modules taken in earlier years. In your final year you will complete an Independent Study Project or Dissertation on an agreed topic in International Management (China) and take further units in management and Chinese language.

If selecting a language option at a non-beginner level, please contact for details of the language placement test prior to the start of Term 1.

• Management in China: domestic and international developments
• Introduction to accounting
• Quantitative and analytical techniques for managers
• Principles and management of marketing
• Organisational Behaviour
• Chinese 1

• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• International business strategy
• Managerial economics
• Qualitative and case study research
• Chinese 2

In addition to the above modules, students select one of the below modules:

• International marketing 1: the environment
• Understanding company accounts and reports

Alternatively, students may select an Open Option module to the value of 15 credits

Students will usually spend Year 3 at a partner institution in China.

• Independent study project in international management
• Chinese 5 (Intermediate Business Chinese)

Students may be placed in a different Chinese language module to the above if their Year Two language module was of a more advanced level than Chinese 2 155900829

In addition to the above modules, students select modules to the value of 60 credits from the below:

• Financial strategy
• Finance in China
• International human resource management
• Corporate governance
• International marketing 2: global markets
• Contemporary issues in the Chinese economy
• Managerial accounting
• Corporate finance and financial accounting
• Government and politics of China
• Taiwan's Politics and International Relations

Students may also select Open Option module(s) (not exceeding 30 credits in total)

• Programme Specification (pdf; 73kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules