Modern Languages and Business Studies

Description

The programme is interdisciplinary and is designed to prepare graduates for international careers in enterprises and organizations where knowledge of several languages and business is required.

The programme offers three language modules: French, Spanish and German. All three modules comprise studying Business English, Financial English, English for Law, as well as general and business aspects of the module language. The programme provides cultural studies through such courses as Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Business Relations, business studies through the basic management courses such as Marketing, Management Theory, Accounting Theory, Entrepreneurship in the EU, as well as the EU and international market specific study courses.

Upon graduation, students are able to continue education in Master degree programmes and second level professional study programmes.

Career opportunities:

The programme prepares graduates for different careers in the public and private sector in the local and international labour market where integration of the knowledge of several languages and the knowledge of business is required. Programme graduates may work as manager’s assistants, assistants in administration, translators and in other positions or start their own business.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 1990 Year (EEA)
• EUR 3560 Year (Non-EEA)

* 1400 LVL per academic year for European Union, European Economic Area citizens, permanent residents and their family members; 2500 LVL per academic year for other citizens

• English

Course Content

Courses include:

• Business English
• English Communicative Grammar
• English for Academic Studies and Interdisciplinary Research
• Financial English
• Writing for Academic Studies in English
• Introduction to Linguistics of the English Language
• Business Communication Text Analysis
• Form, Meaning and Function in Modern English
• English for Law
• Basics of the Latvian Scientific Language and Terminology
• Basics of Business Presentations
• Basics of Translation Theory
• Seminars in Economic and Legal Text Translation
• Contrastive Studies: French/Spanish/German (2nd foreign language from the beginner's level)
• French/Spanish/German Language in the Modern Discourse
• Business French/Spanish/German
• French/Spanish/German Comnmunicative Grammar
• British Culture Studies
• Canadian Cultural Studies
• USA Cultural Studies
• English Lexicology and Stylistics
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• Introduction to Business Discourse
• Theory of Finances
• Globalization and Integration in International Economy
• Personnel Management
• Intercultural Business Relations
• International Economic Relations
• Marketing
• Business in the European Union
• Strategic Management and Policy
• Management
• Introduction to Law
• Intercultural Communication

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 4.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 480 TOEFL iBT® test : 53

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

Enrolment criteria (for students competing for the state-financed study place)

Please note! Only EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and EU long-term resident status holders can compete for a state-financed study place.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Latvia.

Funding

Latvian Scholarships for studies in Latvian Higher Education Institutions

In accordance with bilateral agreements on co-operation in education and science, the State Education Development Agency (Valsts izglitibas attistibas agentura – VIAA) offers scholarships to students, researchers and teaching staff of several countries for studies in Latvian higher education institutions (HEIs).

Applications will be accepted from students who have successfully completed at least one academic year of studies at their home HEI. (Students already studying in a Latvian HEI may apply for the Latvian scholarship as well.) If a student wants to continue her/his studies in Latvia for one extra year, she/he has to apply for the Latvian scholarship again. The Latvian scholarship can be awarded twice.

Scholarships for studies are granted for a period of up to 10 months. They are applicable only towards full-time studies in Latvia. On-the-job studies, part-time studies and correspondence courses are not eligible for scholarship funding.