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About BA Hons Intercultural Communications For Global Business in University of Strathclyde

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The Intercultural Communications with Global Business Honours programme provides Chinese students, who have already studied English, with experience in Western business practice, and develops a stepping stone into the world of global business.

Students will enter into the third year of their studies at Strathclyde, having successfully completed Years 1 and 2 in their home institutions.

Why this course?

After completing this course, graduates will be sought-after, both in China and around the world, due to their bilingual language skills and intercultural global business knowledge.

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is known for its innovative courses designed to encourage student and staff interaction and collaboration across subjects and disciplines, including; law, English, journalism and politics.

This course allows you to explore any areas that are of interest to you, to help you to share your future studies and career plans.

Consistently high ratings from students and external assessors are evidence of the quality of our teaching.

• explore a truly interdisciplinary approach
• develop your knowledge and language of English in a business context
• gain skills that lead you to become a sought after graduate worldwide
• study at an institution ranked in the UK Top 10 Complete University Guide League Tables 2020 for Communication & Media Studies

What you'll study

There are four compulsory classes and two elective classes in Year 3. In Year 4, you'll write a dissertation on an approved topic and take two compulsory classes plus two elective classes.

Available classes change from year to year; the following is an indicative list:  

• International Leadership Development
• Strategic Marketing in an International Context
• Language in Business and Organisations
• Managing Business Processes and Information Systems
• Writing Real Life
• Internet Law
• Competition Law
• War, Terrorism and Conflict
• Contemporary British Governance
• Literature, Language and the International Heritage Industry
• Quantitative Methods in Social Research
• International Influencers: World
• Literature and Literature in English

Careers

There is a global market for graduates who can speak both Mandarin and English and who have a sound grounding in both Western cultures and the Global Business context.

The initial market identified is based in China where a significant number of global businesses have headquarters and offices. However, the reach of the job market for graduates from this course is to any city worldwide where business engagement with China and the West takes place.

Academic qualification equivalents

• For entry to Strathclyde undergraduate programmes we'd look for 70-75% in all subjects taken at level XII and the same at level X. 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS   :    6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
• TOEFL :     73-79 overall, with the following minimum scores in each component: Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Speaking: 20                               Writing: 19
• PTE      :     54-57 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

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Note that candidates looking for their private rented accommodation will require 100 to 125 GBP, per week, for a room in a shared plus other expenses.

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