ObjectivesThis four year course gives you a good understanding of both management, and Japanese. In the management part of the degree, you will gain a good grounding in the basic principles of management and then use this to specialise in particular areas of management like human resource management, management information systems or marketing. The Japanese side of the course combines intensive study of the Japanese language with a selection of lecture-based modules on Japan and East Asia. A year between the second and third years of the course is spent at one of our partner universities in Japan, providing an excellent opportunity to enhance your language skills and to immerse yourself in Japanese society. The language is taught intensively and covers all the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. You learn phonetic scripts (kana) from the outset, and learn the roughly 2000 Sino-Japanese characters (kanji) needed over the four years of the course. You encounter over a quarter of these in the first year. By the end of the first year you will have covered most of the core grammar of the language, and from the second year of the course you start to deal with real texts, including newspapers, and you develop compositional, summary, translation and presentational skills. The lecture-based modules cover a range of disciplines. The main focus is on contemporary social sciences, so you can choose modules on contemporary society, minorities, politics, economics, gender, modern history, business management and international relations. There are also some literature-based options, including both modern literature and the pre-modern language. The School of East Asian Studies is one of the main centres for Japanese in Europe, and is one of two universities' departments that constitute the National Centre for Japanese Studies. This course is run jointly with the School of East Asian Studies.
Entry requirementsEntry requirements GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB+BB Scottish Highers - B/AAA Irish Leaving Cert. - AABBB BTEC Level N - 2 Distinctions and 1 Merit International Baccalaureate - 33 points Core Requirements - Grade B in Mathematics at GCSE or equivalent
Academic titleBA Management and Japanese Studies
Course descriptionOur students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.
Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.
Important notice :
This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits Japanese Language I 40
Japanese Language II 40
Introduction to Behaviour at Work 10
Introduction to Operations Management 10
Principles of Marketing 10
Financial Accounting Introduction 1 10
Introduction to Operations Management 10
Introductory Business Statistics A 10
Introductory Business Statistics B 10
Management Information Systems 10
Principles of Marketing 10
Quantitative and IT Skills B 10
Quantitative and Information Technology Skills A 10
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Japanese Language III 20
Japanese Language IV 20
Economic Principles and Management 20
Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 20
Financial Management 20
Human Resource Management 20
Information Systems Development 20
Intermediate Financial Accounting 20
Intermediate Management Accounting 20
Introduction to Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing 20
Issues in Corporate Governance 20
Law for Management 20
Organisational Behaviour 20
Principles of Consumer Behaviour 20
Principles of Operations Management 20
Project Management 20
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Japan Year Abroad 120
Typical Fourth Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Business Strategy 20
Business Strategy 20
Japanese Language V 20
Japanese Language VI 20
Work and Society in Japan 20
An Introduction to Financial Derivatives 20
Business Strategy 20
Corporate Social Responsibility 20
Critical Perspectives in Work & Organisational Psychology 20