Form C4
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
1. Course
Code
C49YS
5. School
Management and Languages
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem…..
Sem…….
Sem………..
Sem……..
Sem….
Name…………………….....Sem..…...
Name …………………………………Sem………..
8. Pre-requisites
2. Course
Title
Year 3 Abroad for International Business Management and
3. SCQF 9
Languages Double Degree (IBMLDD)
Level
6. Course
Ann McFall
Co-ordinator
4. Credits
120
Students must have 240 credits to study abroad
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
International Business Management and Languages Double
Degree (IBMLDD)
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
15. Aims
To enable the students to engage in both guided and independent study abroad.
To deepen the students’ knowledge and understanding of Management subjects
To frame the students’ study of Business Management in a different linguistic and cultural setting
To develop the student's sustained command of appropriate linguistic skills in foreign languages.
To enable the students to become completely integrated in a different university and business culture and to be able to operate successfully in both.
16. Syllabus
After two years of study at Heriot-Watt, the Double Degree students complete their studies abroad at a partner institution with which the School of Management and
Languages has an exchange agreement (EM Strasbourg Business School). In this first year abroad, students are required to follow a 3rd year course programme in
European Management. Upon successful completion of this year students are awarded a BA, the University's "Bachelor in European Management".
Students are required to maintain contact with the Heriot-Watt IBML Course Coordinator but, to all intents and purposes, become Strasbourg students and are subject to
their academic procedures.
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Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
Identify, analyse and resolve routine problems and issues associated with living abroad.
Develop an understanding of intercultural and inter-lingual issues.
Deepen knowledge and awareness of Management subjects by approaching them from a different perspective.
Demonstrate flexibility and ability to adapt to different working environments and methods.
Demonstrate the linguistic and cognitive competence to study for a Management degree in another language.
Personal Abilities
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
First -hand experience of business theory and practice in another country/cultural setting
Demonstrate evidence of independent enquiry or investigation.
Draw on a range of sources in making judgements.
Work in a range of contexts which include a degree of unpredictability.
Undertake critical analysis, evaluation and/or synthesis of ideas, concepts, information and issues.
Develop oral and written communication skills.
Develop interpersonal skills.
Use a range of IT applications to support and enhance work.
Exercise autonomy and initiative.
Working collaboratively in a team within an intercultural context
18. Assessment Methods
Method
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Obtaining an average of at least
10/20 in a range of compulsory
subjects
A variety of assessment methods
during the course of the year.
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
Subject to the rules at Strasbourg Business
School, but always consisting of a written
exam.
An anonymous transcript of 3rd
year (Bachelor) results is attached
to the end of this document
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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Diet(s)