Incoming Exchange Student Module Options 2020-21

Our 2020-21 module offer is still being finalised but you can view the modules from the current 2019-20 academic year below for guidance in the meantime. Once confirmed, a list of all option modules available to incoming exchange students for 2020-21 will be updated on this webpage.

Please see this list of our available module options for incoming exchange students in the 2019-20 academic year. Modules should be chosen according to the semester period(s) in which you will be studying with us.

Students cannot take more than 120 CATS/60 ECTS per year or 60 CATS/30 ECTS per semester. These workloads are considered to be a full timetable.

Key
Compulsory	These modules are compulsory for all exchange students (except those on the Double Degree programme)
Research Elective	These modules are deemed equivalent to a Dissertation. We do not recommend that students take more than one Research Elective at a time.

Double Degree students only

As you will be joining the final year of our International Business degree course, you must meet several regulations:

You must take the following core modules

DB365: Cultural Insights for International Business (20 CATS/10 ECTS)
ST371: Strategy for International Business (20 CATS/10 ECTS)

You must choose a total of 80 CATS/40 ECTS of option modules from the lists below.

Semester one only modules

Can be taken by Semester 1 students only

Semester	Code	Module title	Notes	Level	CATS	ECT
1	CA316 EX	Independent Study Elective	Any Business-related subject area of the student's choice can be covered through this module, subject to approval.	6	10	5
1	CA380 EX	Entrepreneurship: New Business Planning		6	10	5
1	EC119 EX	Understanding Contemporary Britain	Compulsary for all students except Double Degree	4	10	5
1	EC392 EX	Political Economy in Europe		6	10	5
1	HR314 EX	Understanding Comparative Employee Relations		6	10	5
1	HR365 EX	International Human Resource Management		6	10	5
1	IT314 EX	Digital Commerce		6	10	5
1	LW314 EX	Law of International Trade		6	10	5
1	MK325 EX	Marketing Communications 1		6	10	5
1	MK332 EX	Futurism for Marketeers 1		6	10	5
1	MK383 EX	Marketing across Cultures		6	10	5
1	OP317 EX	Supply Chain Management		6	10	5

Semester two only modules

Can be taken by Semester 2 students only

Semester	Code	Module title	Notes	Level	CATS	ECT
2	CA316 EX	Indepentent Study Elective	Any Business-related subject area of the student's choice can be covered through this module, subject to approval.	6	10	5
2	CA380 EX	Entrepreneurship: New Business Planning		6	10	5
2	EC119 EX	Understanding Contemporary Britain	Compulsary for all students except Double Degree	4	10	5
2	HR313 EX	Understanding Employee Relations Practice		6	10	5
2	HR366 EX	International Human Resource Management		6	10	5
2	IT365 EX	The Online Consumer		6	10	5
2	MK332 EX	Futurism for Marketeers 2		6	10	5
2	MK389 EX	Public Relations: Principles & Practice		6	10	5
2	OP314 EX	Purchasing & E-Procurement		6	10	5

Full year modules

Can only be taken by exchange or Double Degree students studying with us for the full academic year

Students studying with us for the full academic year can only choose from this selection of modules. They are not permitted to take any of the semester only 10 CATS/5 ECTS modules listed above.

Semester	Code	Module title	Notes	Level	CATS	ECT
1&2	DB365	Cultural Insights for International Business	Compulsory for Double Degree students (Cannot be taken by other exchange students)	6	20	10
1&2	ST371	Strategy for International Business	Compulsory for Double Degree students (Cannot be taken by other exchange students)	6	20	10

1&2	EC391	Contemporary Economic Issue	Research Elective	6	40	10
1&2	MK382	Social Marketing	Research Elective	6	40	10

1&2	CA381	Small Business & Entrepreneurship		6	20	10
1&2	EC356	Labour Economics		6	20	10
1&2	EC364	Game Theory in Economics, Finance and Business		6	20	10
1&2	EC368	Environmental Economics		6	20	10
1&2	EC381	Financial & Capital Markets		6	20	10
1&2	EC392	Political Economy in Europe		6	20	10
1&2	HR325	Understanding Employee Relations		6	20	10
1&2	HR356	Happiness - Work & Society		6	20	10
1&2	HR358	Organisational Change		6	20	10
1&2	HR377	International Human Resource Management		6	20	10
1&2	IT384	E-Commerce & Online Behaviour		6	20	10
1&2	LW315	Commercial Law		6	20	10
1&2	LW356	Negotiation, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Law and Business		6	20	10
1&2	LW369	Employment Law		6	20	10
1&2	LW371	Intellectual Property Law		6	20	10
1&2	MK328	Marketing Communications 1 & 2		6	20	10
1&2	MK344	Consumer Psychology		6	20	10
1&2	MK389	Public Relations: Principles & Practice		6	20	10
1&2	MK390	Marketing Across Cultures		6	20	10