School of Languages and Social Sciences - Aston University courses

...Personal development Our business degrees are designed to also give you a range of transferable and practical skills to succeed within your chosen career...

...own course alongside local students You may also select to divide your year between a Business School and a six-month placement Career prospects As a graduate...

...Work abroad We only approve placements which give you an appropriate level of experience and will develop your business knowledge as well as your language skills...

...Learning, teaching & assessment You will experience a range of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, group-working, case studies and both individual and group presentations...

...how to understand financial information and how businesses take account of the world’s governments. All of these subjects are given an international dimension...

...institutions and cultural affairs and therefore a fuller appreciation of how the French-speaking community lives and functions. The excellence of teaching...

...and submitted during each session. Each module has its own method of assessment. Assessment methods include written exams, essays, presentations and projects...

...placements and in every aspect of preparation for the year abroad. Career prospects Aston’s Modern Language courses are ranked 3rd in the...

...and are also well developed in analytical, communicational and other transferable skills. By choosing German as a subject in a Combined Honours Degree...

...Confidence in Aston's success has led to a significant investment programme in recent years and the School offers its own high quality conference and hotel...

...how it works in society and its role in the world today. It will also help you to develop your own communication and writing skills to high levels. Course...

...match these criteria fully. Taught within our School of Languages and Social Sciences, our German and European Studies degree is designed as an integrated...

...Your IT skills will also benefit from use of our newly refurbished e-learning language centre. The Year Abroad will develop your initiative...

...By choosing German as a subject in a Combined Honours Degree, you will benefit from a degree with breadth and depth significantly enhancing your career...

...Trainee Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Further study and PhD Research in the areas of International Politics, European Cultural Studies...

...coursework, essays, presentations and an extended dissertation during your final year. Year abroad The Aston year abroad offers a great deal of flexibility...

...(makers of NIVEA amongst other products) German/English/French Translators at companies such as Volkswagen and freelance work Bilingual Marketing Assistant at...

...Assessment is through a combination of written and oral exams, coursework, essays, translation tasks, presentations and an extended dissertation during...

...This programme aims to deepen your understanding of how businesses operate and to develop your ability to recognise and analyse the economic...

...There are also opportunities for individual research and guided study. In Spanish, we teach many of our modules in the foreign language, which means...