BA Modern Languages and Business (Japanese)

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Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in Business Studies and 80 credits in Japanese. Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1252	Modern Japan	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1001	Introduction to Enterprise and Entrepreneurship	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1140	Principles of International Business	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
LUBS1870	Behaviour in Organisations	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1090	Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional Modules

Route B
Students with no prior knowledge of Japanese will be required to study the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1210	Basic Japanese Language (1)	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1220	Basic Japanese Language (2)	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Route A
Students with prior knowledge of Japanese will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1280	Intermediate Japanese (1)	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1281	Intermediate Japanese (2)	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Business and 60 credits in Japanese. Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2212	Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
EAST2222	Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2400	The International Economic Environment	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2820	Contemporary Topics in International Business	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2901	Managing Operations, Supply Chains and Digital Technologies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2910	Management Research and Analysis	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
- Japanese Cinema in the World - 20 credits
- Nature and Technology in Japanese Literature and Film - 20 credits
- Death and Religion in Japan - 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
EAST2007	Japan's International Relations	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2025	Global Korea in Context: Sociocultural and Political Dynamics	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2480	Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World	20	Not running in 202425

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9500	LCS Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Japanese and a minimum of 40 credits in Business. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with Japanese. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER Business OR Japanese). Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3285	Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS3003	Business Ethics	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3053	Managing Social Media and Digital Work	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

All students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3345	Dissertation/Project in Management	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3300	Final Year Project: Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3340	Final Year Project: Extended Translation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3350	Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Students who take their FYP in Business (LUBS3345) are required to take 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Students who take their FYP in Japanese (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) may take up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).
Basket 1
- Advanced Japanese in Context (Social Sciences) - 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
EAST3155	Nature, Culture and Technology in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3355	Death and Religion in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3630	Advanced Chinese to English Translation	20	Not running in 202425

Basket 2
- Advanced Japanese in Context (Humanities) - 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
EAST3045	Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3252	Modern Japanese History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3350	Japanese Cinema in the World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students who take their FYP in Japanese (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
MODL3200	Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3410	Contemporary World Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600	Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption	20	Not running in 202425
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620	Decolonial Approaches	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630	Social Movements across Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650	Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Students who take their FYP in Japanese (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.