International Business Management BSc(Hons)

International equivalencies

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Course structure 

The course is delivered through seminars, lectures, workshops and tutorials. Assessment is through coursework assignments and exams.

If you are competent in French, German or Spanish, you can choose to study a language as part of your degree programme. If you choose the language route, this will be reflected in your degree title (eg International Business Management with French BSc).

For year 3, you can choose to spend either:

• two semesters at a partner institution;
• one semester at a partner institution and one doing an overseas placement; or
• a whole year doing an overseas placement.

A three-year course without a year abroad is available if you have worked or studied overseas for 36 continuous weeks. However, all exemptions must be approved by the course leader.

Accreditations

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the largest professional marketing body in the world. This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) for the purpose of gaining CIM qualifications through the Graduate Gateway.

All students will be able to take the Introductory Certificate in Marketing award from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and by choosing specific options modules will be exempt from:

• Certificate in Professional Marketing: Marketing module
• CAM Diploma in Digital Marketing: Marketing and Consumer Behaviour module

Year 1 

Year 1 will teach you the foundations of economics, marketing, finance, organisational behaviour and international culture in the context of their real business environments. You will also work on academic skills such as research and analysis, as well as business skills including communication, time management, IT and problem-solving.

Modules

• Business Economics 
• Financial Knowledge and Skills for Business
• Principles of Marketing
• Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
• Year 1 Understanding Cultural Difference (with Language route)
• Academic and Professional Skills (with Language route)

Options

• Modern Languages: French, German or Spanish

Year 2

Year 2 will develop your critical and analytical skills in core business disciplines with an emphasis on cross-cultural awareness. You will also be able to choose from a selection of optional modules so you can begin to specialise. However, if you're taking the languages route, you will have to choose a language for your optional module.

Modules

• Working Across Cultures
• Business Operations and Systems
• International Business Analysis
• Business Law
• Building Cross-Cultural Awareness

Options*

• Modern Languages: French, German or Spanish
• Creativity in Enterprise
• Design and Innovation
• Purchasing and Supply
• Working in the Voluntary Sector
• Personal Financial Planning
• Gamification

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability

Year abroad

The option of a year abroad offers an excellent opportunity to gain international contacts and an advantage in the job market.

You can choose to study with the following partner institutions:

• ESCE (Paris, France)
• Fachhochschule Mainz (Mainz, Germany)
• Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
• University of Orebro (Sweden)
• SAA (Turin, Italy)
• University of Ottawa (Canada)
• Clarkson University (Potsdam, USA)
• Grand Valley State University (Allendale, USA)
• La Salle University (Philadelphia, USA)
• Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia)
• Koc University (Istanbul, Turkey)
• Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain)*
• Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid, Spain)*
• Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)*

*You must study in the local language (Spanish or German respectively) at these universities. At all other universities, you have the option to study in English.

While studying abroad, you may have the opportunity to undertake a work placement for part of the year.

Alternatively, you can secure your own international work placement for the duration of the third year abroad. Past students have worked for companies from Europe to South America.

This experience of working in a different country looks great on your CV and provides excellent networking opportunities.

Check out International Business BSc student Matt Boucher's blog about his year in Italy.

Final year

During your final year, you will have the chance to research an international issue of your choice and choose from more than 50 optional modules to tailor the course to your career aspirations

Please note that only a small selection of optional modules are listed below. For the full list, see the programme specification in the Unistats section lower down the page.

Modules

• Cultural Insights for International Business
• Strategy for International Business
• Year Abroad report

Options*

• New Business Planning 
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise: New Business Planning
• Emerging Financial Markets
• Game Theory in Economics, Finance and Business
• Political Economy in Europe
• Financial and Capital Markets
• Globalisation and International Markets
• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Contemporary Economic Issues
• Current Issues in Finance
• Understanding Employee Relations
• Employee Selection and Development
• Researching Contemporary Issues in HRM
• Leadership in Action
• International Human Resource Management
• Human Resource Management and Organisational Change
• Digital Marketing
• Innovations in E-Business and Mobile Commerce
• E-Commerce and On-line Behaviour
• Language (French/German/Spanish)
• Commercial Law
• Negotiation, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Law and Business
• Human Rights and Business
• Employment Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Family Law
• Retail Marketing and Distribution 1 and 2
• Marketing Communications 1 and 2
• Marketing Planning and Strategy
• Consumer Psychology
• Social Marketing
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Business Values, Responsibility and Trust
• Public Relations: Principles and Practice
• Contemporary Issues in Marketing Purchasing and E-Procurement
• Supply Chain Management
• Project and Event Management  
• Big Data and Business Intelligence
• Current Issues in Strategic Management

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability

Language skills

If students are interested in developing their French, German or Spanish language skills then, so long as they can already speak the language at a competent level when they start the course, then they can build on their understanding and develop their skills to a higher level. 

Students choosing to take this language route will graduate with the language skills reflected in their degree title, eg International Business Management (French) BSc(Hons). 

Students taking the non-language route are still able to learn/develop a knowledge of French, German or Spanish at beginner, intermediate or advanced level, but this will normally be in addition to the usual course workload.

The University of Brighton’s language institute offers all kinds of language support, which is available to all of our students.

Note that you do not have to study a foreign language – it is optional.

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