Spanish & Management with a year abroad

King’s College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Overview
Our Spanish and Management BA will allow you to achieve a high level of fluency in Spanish, whatever your previous understanding of the language, while acquiring knowledge and skills in the broad discipline of management that are key to so many graduate careers. With strong links to the business world surrounding our campus in the heart of London, our students have excellent networking opportunities and a wealth of entrepreneurial, business and economic societies to engage with and enhance their studies. Choose from a range of Spanish modules on cultural topics from the Middle Ages to the present day and Management modules including economics, organisational behaviour, accounting, marketing, and business strategy. The degree includes a year in a Spanish-speaking country.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Spanish
Courses taught by staff who are experts in their field.
Central location offers easy access to a wide range of institutes and centres that promote Hispanic Culture
Opportunity to study abroad for a year offers students the chance to immerse themselves in culture and society and achieve language fluency. We have exchanges with a number of partner universities currently including Alicante, Cadiz, Carlos III (Madrid), Córdoba, País Vasco, Pompeu Fabra, PUC (Chile), Tec (Querétaro, Mexico), Santiago de Compostela (Lugo Campus), UNAM (Mexico), Pacifico (Peru), Salamanca, San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). The year abroad also offers the opportunity to apply for the English Language Assistantship Programme or to undertake an internship/work placement in a Spanish-speaking environment (typically sourced by students themselves).
Lively departmental social life through the student-run Hispanic Society
One of the country’s most highly rated Spanish departments for teaching and research
Management

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Spanish Language
  • English Language
  • Latin
  • English
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Financial
  • Financial Training
  • Organisational Behaviour

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Required Modules

Students on this course are required to take:

Spanish

  • Spanish Language (30 credits)
  • Global Iberia (30 credits)

Management

  • Accounting & Financial Management (30 credits)
  • Organisational Behaviour (15 credits)
  • Sociology of Work (15 credits)
Optional Modules

There are no optional modules for this course in year one.


Year 2

Year 2

Students are required to take 60 credits in Spanish and 60 credits in Management.

Required Modules

Spanish

  • Spanish Language II (30 credits)

Management

  • Principles of Marketing (15 credits)
  • International Business (15 credits)
Optional Modules

Spanish

You are also required to take 30 credits (normally two modules) from a range of options, which may typically include:

  • Catalan Language (15 credits)
  • The Study of Gender in Spanish American Literature & Culture (15 credits)
  • Memory in Modern Spanish Culture (15 credits)
  • Fatherlands: Spain & Portugal under the Dictators (15 credits)
  • Visuality, Literature & Modern Life in Latin America (15 credits)
  • Language Acts & Worldmaking in Medieval & Early Modern Spain (15 credits)

Management

In addition, students also take 30 credits from a range of optional Management modules that may typically include:

  • Corporate Finance (15 credits)
  • Government & Business (15 credits)
  • Industrial Organisation (15 credits)
  • Microeconomics (15 credits)


Year 3

Year 3

You are required to spend your third year abroad at one of our partner institutions, which currently include:

  • Alicante
  • Cadiz
  • Carlos III (Madrid)
  • Córdoba
  • País Vasco
  • Pompeu Fabra
  • PUC (Chile)
  • Tec (Querétaro, Mexico)
  • Santiago de Compostela (Lugo Campus)
  • UNAM (Mexico)
  • Pacifico (Peru)
  • Salamanca
  • San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador)

You may also choose to apply for the English Language Assistantship Programme, or to undertake an internship or work placement in a Spanish-speaking environment, which you will normally arrange yourself, allowing you to explore career prospects and fields of personal interest.

Required Modules

There are no required modules in year three.

Optional Modules There are no optional modules in year four.


Year 4

Year 4

Students are required to take 60 credits in Spanish and 60 credits in Management.

Required Modules

Students on this course are required to take:

  • Spanish Language IV (30 credits)

There are no required management modules in your final year.

Optional Modules

Spanish

In addition to the required module, students also take 30 credits from a range of optional Spanish modules that may typically include:

  • Advanced Topics in Applied Linguistics (15 credits)
  • Advanced Catalan Language (15 credits)
  • Myth & Archive: 19th & 20th Century Rewritings on Colonial Latin America (15 credits)
  • Images of Spain: Stereotypes in Spanish Cinema (15 credits)
  • Catalan Culture (15 credits)
  • The Writer & the Public: Journalism in Spain (15 credits)
  • Key Terms & Points of View in Latin American Visual Arts (15 credits)

Management

Students take 60 credits from a range of optional Management modules that may typically include:

  • Applied Economics (15 credits)
  • Company Law (15 credits)
  • Comparative Asian Business (15 credits)
  • Communications in Organisations (15 credits)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (15 credits)
  • Employment Law
  • Globalisation & Employment
  • International Corporate Governance
  • International Financial Systems
  • International HRM
  • International Marketing
  • Leadership: Theory and Practice
  • Marketing Communications
  • Organisational Change
  • Strategic Management
  • The Social Psychology of Financial Markets

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-todate, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore modules may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

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