Bachelor of Arts (BA)

BA Modern Language and Business & Management (French)

Gain specialist knowledge of French culture and global business issues.
  • Duration: 4 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: NR11 / Institution code: M20
  • Key features:
  • Study abroad
  • Study with a language

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Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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Residence Abroad

We offer dedicated financial support packages of up to £2,000 for residence abroad students, based on their household income.

You will be automatically assessed for the award based on your Student Finance financial assessment - you just need to make sure you apply for a financial assessment the academic year in which your residence abroad will take place.

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Course unit details:
Computing for Social Scientists

Course unit fact file
Unit code ECON10151
Credit rating 10
Unit level Level 1
Teaching period(s) Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit? Yes

Overview

This course is designed for first-year undergraduate students to develop essential skills in using Microsoft Excel for a variety of academic and professional applications. By focusing on practical, hands-on experiences, students will learn to effectively use Excel for data analysis, optimization problems, financial analysis, and integration with Microsoft Word for report generation. This course will also briefly touch upon the general use of University IT systems, including library systems and citation databases.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

- Understand and navigate University IT systems, focusing on library systems and citation/journal databases.

- Utilize Microsoft Word's advanced features, including the equation editor, styles, and endnote referencing, in conjunction with Excel data.

- Manipulate, summarize, and visually represent data in Microsoft Excel, applying various data analysis techniques.

- Employ Microsoft Excel’s solver functionality for solving constrained dynamic optimization problems.

- Integrate Excel outputs within Microsoft Word to produce quantitative reports of professional standards.

- Understand the basics of Macro and VBA Basics 

Aims

This course is designed for first-year undergraduate students to develop essential skills in using Microsoft Excel for a variety of academic and professional applications. By focusing on practical, hands-on experiences, students will learn to effectively use Excel for data analysis, optimization problems, financial analysis, and integration with Microsoft Word for report generation. This course will also briefly touch upon the general use of University IT systems, including library systems and citation databases.

 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to: 
- Understand and navigate University IT systems, focusing on library systems and citation/journal databases such as to facilitate students’ studies. 
- Utilize Microsoft Word's advanced features, including the equation editor, styles, and endnote referencing, in conjunction with Excel data in order to be able to submit well formatted assignments. 
- Manipulate, summarize, and visually represent data in Microsoft Excel, applying various data analysis techniques in order to use data to support written arguments. 
- Employ Microsoft Excel’s solver functionality for solving constrained dynamic optimization problems. 
- Integrate Excel outputs within Microsoft Word to produce quantitative reports of professional standards. 
- Understand the basics of Macro and VBA Basics in order to automate repetitive tasks. 
 

Syllabus

Provisional

Core content area of the course: 
- Excel Fundamentals, e.g. Basic functions and formulas; Data entry, manipulation, and formatting 
- Data Visualisation and Dashboards, e.g., Creating and customizing charts and graphs; Advanced visualization techniques using PivotTables and PivotCharts 
- Advanced Data Analysis Techniques in Excel, e.g., Utilizing advanced functions like VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH; Data sorting, filtering, and conditional formatting; Introduction to statistical analysis in Excel 
- Optimization and Problem Solving, e.g., Solver tool in Excel 
- Automation and Efficiency Tools, e.g., Basics of macros and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)

 

Teaching and learning methods

Synchronous activities (such as Lectures or Review and Q&A sessions, and tutorials), and guided self-study

Employability skills

Other
Students will obtain the practical computing skills identified in the Intended Learning Outcomes.

Assessment methods

35%      Integrated Word/Excel project

35%      Excel solver assignment

30%      Exam

Feedback methods

• Feedback in tutorials.
• Office hours. 
• Revision sessions. 
• Discussion boards. 
 

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Yidi Sun Unit coordinator

Additional notes

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