BSc International Management (Japan and Korea)

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.

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 and take further modules in Japanese finance and it's economy. This programme assumes no knowledge of the language.

Those who have an understanding of the language and want to study Japanese might consider the Year Abroad programme.

• Management in Japan and Korea: Domestic and International Developments
• Introduction to accounting
• Organisational Behaviour
• Principles and management of marketing
• Quantitative and analytical techniques for managers

In addition to the above modules, students select module(s) to the value of 30 credits from the below. Please note that the below modules must be selected together:

Students who select 155901199 must also select 155901200.

Students who select 155901428 must also select 155901429.

• Principles of Management
• Japanese Cultural History to 1600: Power, Belief, Creativity
• Japanese Cultural History 1600 to 1945: Power, Belief, Creativity
• Modern Korea 1: History
• Modern Korea 2: Culture and Society

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

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

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

Additionally, students select module(s) to the value of 30 credits from the below:

• International Relations of East Asia

Alternatively, students may select Open Option module(s) to the value of 30 credits

• Financial strategy
• FINANCE IN JAPAN AND KOREA
• CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE JAPANESE AND KOREAN ECONOMIES
• Independent study project in international management

In addition to the above modules, students select modules to the value of 45 credits from the below*:

*Please note that International Human Resource Management 151030018 and Corporate Governance 151030017 must be selected together

• International human resource management
• Corporate governance
• International marketing 2: global markets
• Managerial accounting
• Corporate finance and financial accounting

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

• Programme Specification (pdf; 74kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules