Intl Business and Languages

Hey,

Just wondering does anyone here do international business and languages?
Its something that has started to interest me. Im currently trying to fill out the CAO. I do spanish in school so i would probably pick german as my second language.

I looked through the course details though and it doesn't seem extremely business related. I would be grateful if anyone on the course be able to advise me please? What are the major differences between a degree in Intl Bus & Business alone?

Thanks

Jemo

Hey, I'm a third year in IBL french and spanish. I can honestly recommend this course as it gives you a good mix of both language and business knowledge.

I'm in Spain on erasmus at the moment in fact, which is one of the main benefits of the course compared to others, you get an entire year abroad which gives you a much better chance of attaining fluency. A drawback would be the lack of work experience but you can alway do that during the summer.

With regards to the amount of business taught on the course it is quite a lot. you cover all the basic subjects throughout first and second year to give you a strong foundation. These include: Economics(macro & micro), Psychology in organisations, marketing research statistics, marketing, management, Hr, Accountancy, Financial Management, etc. You will also have language classes right through the course, with a business emphasis in second year. There are also cultural classes, reading spanish literature and things like that, i found these boring personally but they were helpful in some ways.

Then when on erasmus u have a quota to meet of business and language credits and have freedom of choice as to the business subjects. I chose economics of the eu for example as one of mine. In fourth year you choose two business areas to specialize in and major in one language and minor in the other.

If you fail erasmus or don't like the language aspects, then you have the option of crossing over to business anyhow. Personally I would highly recommend the course, although some people I know wouldn't. Most of the latter are people who are unhappy with either the language, or the business part in particular and are just doing the wrong course.

Hope this is of help to you!

Hey thanks alot. I pm'd you