BSc International Management (Korea)(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 allocated at a partner institution in Korea. 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.

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 Japan and Korea: Domestic and International Developments
• Introduction to accounting
• Principles and management of marketing
• Quantitative and analytical techniques for managers
• Organisational Behaviour
• Korean 1

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

• Independent study project in international management

In addition to the above module, students are placed in an appropriate language module below, to the value of 30 credits:

*Please note that K304: Korean Conversation 155900915 and K303: Korean Composition 155900722 must be taken together. Students may be placed in a different language module(s) to the below, depending on their level of language proficiency.

• K302: Korean Readings
• K303: Korean Composition
• K304: Korean Conversation

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

• Financial strategy
• FINANCE IN JAPAN AND KOREA
• International human resource management
• Corporate governance
• International marketing 2: global markets
• CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE JAPANESE AND KOREAN ECONOMIES
• Managerial accounting
• Corporate finance and financial accounting
• Southeast Asian government and politics

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

• Programme Specification (pdf; 379kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules