Business Management and French (Honours) The Open University UK

Overview

With this Business Management and French (Honours) BA degree from The Open University UK you’ll see what’s involved in functions such as marketing, accounting and finance. Combining this with the study of French opens doors to French-speaking cultures and communities, and can provide a key to the global workplace. There’s also an opportunity to spend a week in France to help you develop proficiency and understanding in French.

Key features of the course

• Develops your understanding of business organisations and their key elements.
• Explores wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes, and how they work together.
• Develops you into a proficient user of French, reaching level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• Develops advanced knowledge of cultures that use French, and intercultural communication competence.

• Offers the option of a week in France (or online alternative).

Career opportunities:

The skills and knowledge you’ll develop will equip you to follow a number of career paths, and are recognised by employers as having great value for work in management and business. Your understanding of another language and the cultures that use it, enhances that value – widening your opportunities in the international market. A qualification in business management with a language can lead to opportunities in a wide range of areas such as:

• Middle and senior management positions across all sectors.
• Advertising and marketing.
• Accountancy.
• Human resources.
• Banking, including investment banking.
• Sales and retail.
• Management consultancy.
• Business journalism.
• Transport and logistics.
• Translation and interpreting.
• Editing and publishing.