how to choose a languages/business course?

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My son wants to study Business with French and Spanish. Does anyone know of any university that offers something like this or will he need to choose just one of his languages? Thank you

essex university allows the person taking the course to do 2 modern languages alongside business studies

I think quite a few do.
Birmingham does Modern Languages with Business Management.
Bath does International management and modern languages.
Reading does International management and business administration with French or Spanish.

And these were just the first three I found!

Get your son to search for courses - he'll have loads of choice.

Sorry I misread. He wants to do both languages. Some unis let you do three subjects -combined honours I think it's called.

Great - thank you very much for such quick answers!

Newcastle?
www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/tn92/#coursedetails

Nottingham also does it.

I did a variation of it, although the title was French & Business, I studied equal weighted modules in those two, plus German. I didn’t get to do a year/semester abroad in my second language though.

If he can't manage to search himself I'm not sure university is the place to be...

titchy bit harsh. He will probably be head down studying for his A levels or GCSEs right now. Many parents help research stuff. It's called parenting. It doesn't mean he won't be the driving force. But hey, why not be judgemental and put people down when you get the chance huh?

OP, your son has surely researched courses himself.

Searching for yourself is an important part of the process. That's how applicants start to get a feel for all the different things that different universities and course can offer.

Maybe he has been trying but going through 400 universities is a bit crazy. Maybe the OP was asking the forum here if there was a better way of searching or maybe they were hoping people may know of unis that offer this type of course so it could narrow down their search. It's completely normal to ask around. That's what normal people do. That's the point of MN too. Why is everyone so horrible and judgemental. Just answer the question and move on. It's not necessary to always have some bone to pick.

It's called parenting

I can safely say that chez nous, it's just yours truly exercising 'satiable curiosity. Altbough originally prompted some years back by the realisation that DS1 would possibly never get himself shifted...

Manchester has a great course - have several friends who have highly recommended it!

My Erasmus placement in France was the best time of my life. He will love doing a language!!

Aberystwyth offer a Modern Languages with Business and Management. 4 year course with year abroad. Can study two languages from Spanish, French and German. Apparently they are 8th in the Guardian League tables for Modern Languages.

Toucantoo Couldn’t agree more with you.

I would search for the best business and management courses first. The Times list is a good start. Then look at the languages.

With all due respect, league tables for languages are not so useful when put with management and business. The rankings are often partially based on research done by academics and this won’t matter much if he’s just doing language acquisition. It’s the hard graft he’ll be doing and probably not so many literature and cultural options. As long as the languages offered meet his needs, and the demands of the course, the best thing to look for is quality of the business school. So start with that. See how they use languages to compliment the course. I guess he won’t need medieval French for example.

Finally, does the business school
help with finding work for the year abroad? How do two countries work? Bath is often a good place to start but other business schools are also very worthy of consideration.

I would highly recommend Bath - it has a fantastic reputation!

BSc international Business Studies with Languages at Warwick. The university has a fantastic business school which is really highly rated and you can choose from French, German, Spanish or Italian as your language. Plus a degree from Warwick is very highly regarded.