Japan is an exciting country, and one that inspires much interest. Moreover, Japan is an important country, particularly in business. It remains the world's second largest economy - roughly the same as those of the United Kingdom, France and Italy combined! At current growth rates, its economy is continuing to expand quicker in real terms than even China. Japan is also a country that is changing in many areas. Businesses and other organisations will continue to need graduates who can understand Japan.

The Business Studies and Japanese course is designed to provide students with a sound knowledge of business, enable them to become proficient in Japanese and to gain a clear understanding of Japan itself. This is a four year degree of which the third year is spent in Japan.

In the first two years on the BSc degree programme in Business Studies and Japanese you take modules from the Business Management degree programme and begin your study of the Japanese language and Japan (studying the same Japanese modules as those done by the Joint Honours BA students). During this time approximately twice as much class contact time is spent studying Japanese as is spent on the business studies modules. The year in Japan is spent studying in a Japanese university with which the Centre has an exchange agreement. By this stage you should have a sufficient command of the spoken language to operate comfortably in Japan and gain the maximum benefit from your period of study and work there. In the final year, you return to Cardiff to continue with your business studies and also to further augment your knowledge of the Japanese language and Japan through more advanced study of the Japanese language and by modules relating to modern Japan.

There is still a significant shortage of persons with competence in the Japanese language and an understanding of the intricacies of Japanese culture and working practices. As a result there is a considerable range of career prospects, particularly in the commercial sector. Graduates of the different degree schemes with Japanese tend to be in high demand because of this.

Typical Offer

ABB

Entry Requirements

Normally, grades ABB from any combination of three A-level subjects excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking and Citizenship. We also require GCSE Mathematics at grade C and GCSE English Language at grade C if not offered at AS or A-level.

Alternative Entry Requirements

Applications from those offering alternative/vocational/overseas qualifications (eg Access, Vocational A-level) are welcome as are those who may have combinations of qualifications or other relevant work/life experience. Each application will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Detailed Admissions Criteria

Please click here for a full list of entry requirements and admissions criteria for this degree programme.

Next intake: September each year

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