BA Modern Languages and Business (Thai)

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 Thai. Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST1450 Foundations of East Asia 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 Thai will be required to study the following modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST1703 Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST1704 Basic Thai Language and Culture 2 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) PFP

 

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

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST1510 Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
EAST1704 Basic Thai Language and Culture 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 Thai. Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST2008 The Making of Modern Thailand 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST2704 Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST2705 Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2 20 Semester 2 (Jan 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

 

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 Thai 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 Thai. 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 Thai). Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST3710 Advanced Thai Language and Culture 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 (from EITHER Basket 1OR Basket 2).
Students who take their FYP in Thai (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) may take up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1OR Basket 2).
Basket 1
- Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy - 20 credits

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST3015 Religion in China 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST3155 Nature, Culture and Technology in Japan 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST3707 Buddhism: A Lived Tradition 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  

 

Basket 2

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST3020 Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST3271 East Asia's Regional Political Economy 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST3355 Death and Religion in Japan 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST3525 Globalising China and the Developing World 20 Not running in 202425  

 

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

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
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 Thai (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.