A/AS-levels: AAB-ABB at A-level including French or Spanish or Italian. Two AS-levels may be considered in place of one A-level. General Studies is accepted
EPQ with A-levels: ABB-BBB at A-level including French or Spanish or Italian + EPQ at grade B
GCSE: English and Maths at minimum grade C/4
Access to HE Diploma: Pass Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which must be at distinction. Plus grade B in A-level (or equivalent) in French or Spanish or Italian
International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points including grade 6 in Higher Level French or Spanish or Italian. Minimum of grade 4 in SL Maths, or 5 in Maths Studies, or 3 in HL Maths if not held at GCSE. Minimum of 4 in SL English if not held at GCSE
BTEC Nationals: Pass Diploma at D*DD. Plus Grade B at A-level (or equivalent) in French or Spanish or Italian
IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
Our Modern Languages with Management BA offers you a great opportunity to gain maximum fluency in the language (or languages) of your choice whilst gaining a thorough understanding of national cultures and learning the skills and concepts of modern management.
You’ll benefit from our teaching excellence - Leicester is one of the top ten places in the UK to study Modern Languages (The Guardian University Guide 2021) – and will be among the first to study at the new £16 million Brookfield campus for our School of Business.
You can choose whether you study one or two languages from French, Italian or Spanish. If you study two languages then you can choose to study one at Beginners level - you will receive an intensive language course which brings you up to post-GCSE standard within a year. After your first year you can choose to continue studying two languages or choose only one.
You will study abroad for a year, where during which time you can live as a student or work as a teaching assistant, with tutors on hand to help throughout the year. We have links with universities in Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, and Latin America. Alternatively, you can take up an approved work placement. It is even possible to split the year between study abroad and work placement, giving you the best of both worlds. However, it is possible, in exceptional cases, to complete this degree in three years, without a year abroad.
As you study your chosen language(s), you will pay special attention to modern, contemporary language, along with development of your written skills and study of the society, culture and literature of your chosen nation(s). You will develop your written skills through the production of short pieces of creative writing and other activities, including online language learning. Oral classes in each language are conducted in small groups predominantly by native speakers.
Our School of Business is known for the 'Leicester Model' of management studies – an approach that challenges the status quo and seeks to give voice to those individuals, groups and societies who are traditionally overlooked in global management and organisational processes. With our distinctive approach to the study of management, you can be certain that we will provide you with a wealth of exciting learning experiences.
UCAS code: R9NF
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Year 1 and Summer School (two languages)
If you want to study two languages, one will be at Advanced level and one will be at Beginner level. So you will choose one Advanced module and one pair of Beginner modules from:
French Language (Advanced)
French Language (Beginners) 1 and 2
Italian Language (Advanced)
Italian Language (Beginners) 1 and 2
Spanish Language (Advanced) 1 and 2
Spanish Language (Beginners) 1 and 2
(It is also possible to take both languages at Advanced level if you have A-levels in both.)
You will also study one module from the list below. This should align with one of the languages being studied.
Introduction to French Studies
Introduction to Italian Studies
Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies
You will study these two modules:
Management Theory and Debate
Business Finance and Reporting
Finally you will choose one module from the lists below. This should not relate to the same language as your 'Introduction to...' module.
French modules
Introduction to Francophonie
20th Century French Literature
Italian modules
Authors and Genres
Italy Since 1945
Spanish modules
Latin American Literature and Film
Introduction to Spanish Literature and Film
Summer School
During the summer between your first and second years of study, you will attend a fully-funded Modern Languages Summer School in one of three beautiful destinations in France, Italy and Spain.
If you are taking one language as a Beginner-level student, you will attend the summer school for that language.
If you are taking two or three languages from Advanced level, then your tutors will help you decide which summer school you would most benefit from in terms of your language learning needs and experiences.
Year 1 and Summer School (single language)
Alternatively, if you want to concentrate on just one language, you will study one Advanced module or one pair of Beginner modules from:
French Language (Advanced)
French Language (Beginners) 1 and 2
Italian Language (Advanced)
Italian Language (Beginners) 1 and 2
Spanish Language (Advanced) 1 and 2
Spanish Language (Beginners) 1 and 2
And the accompanying 'Introduction to...' module:
Introduction to French Studies
Introduction to Italian Studies
Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies
You will study these three modules:
Management Theory and Debate
Business Finance and Reporting
Finally you will choose two modules from the lists below:
French modules
Introduction to Francophonie
20th Century French Literature
Italian modules
Authors and Genres
Italy Since 1945
Spanish modules
Latin American Literature and Film
Introduction to Spanish Literature and Film
Cross-language modules
Summer School
During the summer between your first and second years of study, you will attend a fully-funded Modern Languages Summer School in one of three beautiful destinations in France, Italy and Spain.
If you are taking one language as a Beginner-level student, you will attend the summer school for that language.
If you are taking two or three languages from Advanced level, then your tutors will help you decide which summer school you would most benefit from in terms of your language learning needs and experiences.
Year 2 (two languages)
If you continue with both languages you will take one Post-Advanced module and one Post-Beginner module from:
French Language (Post-Advanced)
French Language (Post-Beginners)
Italian Language (Post-Advanced)
Italian Language (Post-Beginners)
Spanish Language (Post-Advanced)
Spanish Language (Post-Beginners)
(It is also possible to continue both languages at Advanced level.)
You will study these two modules:
The Business Environment
Corporate Social Responsibility: Theory and Practice
Finally you will choose two modules from the lists below, which must not both relate to the same language.
French modules
Introduction to French Linguistics
Challenging Perspectives: Conflict and Relations in French Culture
Bande Dessinée
Media and Cultural Practices in France
French Urban Space: From City of Lights to the Banlieue
History and Memory in French Literature and Culture
Italian modules
Italian Linguistics
History of Italian Cinema
Italian Society and Culture under Fascism
Spanish modules
The Mexican-US Borders: History, Culture, Identity
The Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film
Argentina: From Perón to Kirchner
Federico García Lorca
Contemporary Mexican Cinema
Drugs and Displacement in Contemporary Colombian Culture
The Spanish Silver Age (1900 to 1950): A Revolution in Language
Latino/a Literature and Culture in the United States
South American Narratives of Dictatorship and Exile
Cross-language modules
Languages in the Classroom (only available if you are studying Advanced French or Advanced Spanish)
Year 2 (single language)
If you continue with, or decide to concentrate on, a single language, you will choose one module from:
French Language (Post-Advanced)
French Language (Post-Beginners)
Italian Language (Post-Advanced)
Italian Language (Post-Beginners)
Spanish Language (Post-Advanced)
Spanish Language (Post-Beginners)
You will study these two modules:
The Business Environment
Corporate Social Responsibility: Theory and Practice
Finally you will choose four modules from the lists below:
French modules
Introduction to French Linguistics
Challenging Perspectives: Conflict and Relations in French Culture
Bande Dessinée
Media and Cultural Practices in France
French Urban Space: From City of Lights to the Banlieue
History and Memory in French Literature and Culture
Italian modules
Italian Linguistics
History of Italian Cinema
Italian Society and Culture under Fascism
Spanish modules
The Mexican-US Borders: History, Culture, Identity
The Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film
Argentina: From Perón to Kirchner
Federico García Lorca
Contemporary Mexican Cinema
Drugs and Displacement in Contemporary Colombian Culture
The Spanish Silver Age (1900 to 1950): A Revolution in Language
Latino/a Literature and Culture in the United States
South American Narratives of Dictatorship and Exile
Cross-language modules
The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
Nations and Narrations
Languages in the Classroom (only available if you are studying Advanced French or Advanced Spanish)
Year Abroad
The Year Abroad is a fundamental element of our Modern Languages degrees, giving you the chance to study or work in one or two countries related to your course. Alternatively, you can apply to spend a year working as a British Council language-teaching assistant or on some other work placement of your choice, subject to approval. It is even possible to split the year between study abroad and work placement, giving you the best of both worlds. However, it is possible, in exceptional cases, to complete this degree in three years, without a year abroad.
Final Year
Depending on whether you're studying one or two languages, you will take either one or two of these modules:
French Language (Proficiency)
Italian Language (Proficiency)
Spanish Language (Proficiency)
You will take one module from:
Place, Branding and Tourism
Business in the Digital Economy
The Management and Shaping of Innovation
Cyberpsychology at Work
You will also take International Business.
Finally you will choose some modules from the lists below.
If you are studying two languages, you will choose two modules (which must not relate to the same language).
If you are studying just one language you will choose four modules.
French modules
Bilingual Writing and Self-Translation: Literature in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Immigration and Ethnicity in Colonial and Post-Colonial France
Norms and Margins in French Cinema
Interpreting French
Gender and Power in Contemporary France
Italian modules
Contemporary Italian Fiction
Postwar Italian Directors
Visions of Modernity
Spanish modules
Boom Literature: Language and Creation
Cinematic Representations of Latin America: Local versus Global
The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
Putumayo: the History and Culture of a Latin American Conflict Zone
Contemporary Women's Writing in Spain
Spain and its Others
Spanish Horror Cinema
Cross-language modules
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 1
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 2
Extended Essay
In most cases your Year Abroad can include a year-long teaching assistantship or you could spend one or two semesters on a work placement approved by the University.
Our annual Careers Week includes seminars exploring diverse career paths.
Throughout the programme there is an emphasis on the demands of employers for critical and analytical problem solving skills, team working and the ability to present and communicate ideas, along with the personal and professional skills that you require to keep pace with rapid changes in the workplace and an ever-changing world.
OSHC - $12276 GBP / per year
