IELTS 6.0 (no band less than 5.5) or equivalent.
This course provides a fantastic opportunity to combine Banking with the in-depth study of a language. You will acquire a solid grounding in in the principles of banking and finance and gain advanced skills in French.
You will benefit from excellent teaching and student support whilst developing key skills and knowledge that you will need for your year abroad, and later on, for the world of work.
Banking offers you the opportunity to study the theory and practice of financial services and financial markets, and to analyse the broader role of the financial sector in the national and global economies. Banking and financial services is a highly competitive and rapidly changing sector in every modern economy. In recent years, forces such as globalisation, technological change, deregulation and international integration have transformed the banking and financial services sector.
French will give you advanced skills in the French language, and a broad range of specialised and detailed insights into the culture, society and history that go with it. You will take core modules developing the key oral, aural and written skills each year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
ASB-1114: Business Analytics (20) or
ADB-1114: Dulliau Dadansoddi Busnes (20)
ASB-1501: Banks and Financial Markets (20) or
ADB-1501: Banciau & Marchnadau Ariannol (20)
Semester 2
ASB-1114: Business Analytics or
ADB-1114: Dulliau Dadansoddi Busnes
ASB-1117: Fin Techniques and Analysis (20) or
ADB-1117: Techneg Dadansoddiad Cyllidol (20)
40 credits from:
LZF-1001: Advanced French 1 (20) (Semester 1) Core or
LCF-1001: Ffrangeg Uwch 1 (20) (Semester 1) Core
LZF-1002: Advanced French 2 (20) (Semester 2) Core or
LCF-1002: Ffrangeg Uwch 2 (20) (Semester 2) Core
LZF-1003: French for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1) Core or
LCF-1003: Ffrangeg i Ddechreuwyr I (20) (Semester 1) Core
LZF-1004: French for Beginners II (20) (Semester 2) Core or
LCF-1004: Ffrangeg i Ddechreuwyr II (20) (Semester 2) Core
With A-Level French Select Advanced Without A-Level French Select Beginners
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
LZC-1003: Chinese for Beginners 1 (20) (Semester 1)
LZG-1003: German for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1)
LZI-1003: Italian for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1)
LZS-1003: Spanish Begin./Intermed. 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
LCS-1003: Sbaeneg i Ddechreuwyr 1 (20) (Semester 1)
QXL-1110: Introduction to Language (20) (Semester 1)
QXL-1112: Language, Literature & Culture (20) (Semester 2)
LXE-1600: Transnational Cultures (20) (Semester 2)
LXE-1700: Creating National Histories (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
LZF-2040: French Language Skills (40) Core or
LCF-2040: Sgiliau Iaith Ffrangeg (40) Core
ASB-2111: Statistical Methods (20) or
ADB-2111: Dulliau Ystadegol (20)
ASB-2512: Investment Banking (10)
Semester 2
LZF-2040: French Language Skills or
LCF-2040: Sgiliau Iaith Ffrangeg
ASB-2111: Statistical Methods or
ADB-2111: Dulliau Ystadegol
ASB-2502: Personal Finance and Banking (20)
Optional Modules
10 credits from:
ASB-2217: Investment (10) (Semester 1) or
ADB-2217: Buddsoddiant (10) (Semester 1)
ASB-2406: Work Placement (10) (Semester 1 + 2) or
ACB-2406: Lleoliad Gwaith (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
ASB-2508: Corporate Gov'nce & Regulation (10) (Semester 2)
Students may choose from the above list of modules subject to pre-requisites.
20 credits from:
LXE-2011: Discovering Cities (20) (Semester 2)
LXE-2025: Reading Fantastic Literatures (20) (Semester 1)
LXF-2104: French Cinema 1895-1950 (20) (Semester 1)
LXF-2105: Race and Immigration in France (20) (Semester 2)
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
LZF-3030: French Language Skills (30) Core or
LCF-3030: Sgiliau Iaith Ffrangeg (30) Core
ASB-3201: International Banking (10)
ASB-3525: Bank Management (20)
Semester 2
LZF-3030: French Language Skills or
LCF-3030: Sgiliau Iaith Ffrangeg
ASB-3525: Bank Management
Optional Modules
30 credits from:
ASB-3001: Market Risk Analytics (10) (Semester 2)
ASB-3008: Financial Technology (10) (Semester 2)
ASB-3215: Portfolio Management (10) (Semester 2)
ASB-3217: Investment (10) (Semester 1) or
ADB-3217: Buddsoddiant (10) (Semester 1)
ASB-3527: Executive Compensation (10) (Semester 2)
Students may choose from the above list of modules subject to pre-requisites.
30 credits from:
LXE-3101: Approaching Translation (10) (Semester 2) or
LCE-3101: Trin a Thrafod Cyfieithu (10) (Semester 2)
LXE-3102: Culture and the Body (10) (Semester 1)
LXE-3103: Wales: A European Contact Zone (20) (Semester 1)
LXF-3106: French Cinema since 1960 (20) (Semester 2)
LXF-3112: Bande Dessinee & Adaptation (20) (Semester 1)
LXE-3210: Press Dossier (10) (10) (Semester 1) or
LCE-3210: Astudio'r Cyfryngau (S1) (10) (Semester 1)
LXE-3400: Joint Hons Diss (English) (10) (Semester 1 + 2) or
LCE-3400: Traethawd Hir Cyd-A (Cym) (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
LXE-3444: Joint Hons Diss (Target Lang) (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
Joint Hons. Students may only take ONE 10-credit LXE module (does not include the dissertation). A dissertation must be taken in ONE joint honours subject.
This is a Joint Honours course, so please read the Employability information for French and Banking and Finance.
Employability and Modern Languages and Cultures degrees
Studying Modern Languages opens the door to a wide variety of careers. Many Bangor Modern Languages graduates have, of course, gone into teaching and translating, but just as many have embarked upon successful careers in the civil service, business and commerce, industry and the media. The skills you learn whilst studying languages – cultural awareness, communication, accuracy, planning and logical analysis – are valued highly by employers from all sectors of the economy.
Employability and the Bangor Business School
As a multidisciplinary School spanning everything from Accounting and Finance to Business and Management, Bangor Business School offers a variety of programmes to meet any career aspiration. If you are undecided on your career path, the flexibility of our programmes enables you to try out different modules and subject areas to work out what appeals to your personal tastes and ambitions.
Extensive links with industry
Our staff have extensive links with industry, being at the top of their fields for research, widely published in books and leading journals and even conducting high level consultancy work for leading organisations such as the World Bank and the UK Treasury. This means that no matter what you go on to after graduating, you will leave Bangor with a degree that is current, relevant and in sync with the latest developments in the business and financial industries.
Employers
Examples of the employment found by some of our recent graduates include:
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Undergraduate |
Postgraduate |
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Executive Support Co-ordinator |
Banker |
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Trainee Accountant |
Management Consultant |
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Trainee Accountant |
Senior Marketing Manager |
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Associate in Audit |
Branch Manager |
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Marketing Executive |
Vice President |
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Junior Account Manager |
Marketing Assistant |
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HR Admin Assistant |
Project Manager |
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Trainee Paraplanner |
Retail Banking Trade Sector Adviser |
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Procurement Officer |
Senior Manager (Portfolio Management) |
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HM Inspector of Taxes |
Alumni Relations and Fund Raising Officer |
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Trainee Financial Manager |
Head of Global Corporates |
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
