BA Modern Languages and Business (Thai)
Year 1
(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules
Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.