Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 130

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

International Business and Law
Overview

This new and innovative programme has been
designed to deepen your understanding of the
contemporary global business world and to
enable you to develop the attributes you’ll need to
succeed in this highly competitive market. You will
study the Law modules most relevant to this field
including contract, company and European Union
law, alongside international business, comparative
business cultures, and international business
strategies in an intellectually coherent programme.
In addition, you’ll be supported in pursuing a
‘sandwich’ year placement in industry and will have
the opportunity to engage with the strong alumni
networks enjoyed by Keele Management School and
Keele School of Law. The International Business and
Law programme offers:
• An intellectually, coherent structured
undergraduate programme across two key
disciplines central to global business
• A co-taught module ‘Law in a Business Context’,
engaging students directly with real-world
business concerns

First year
Core modules:
• Legal Skills
• Business Law
• Introduction to International Business
• Global Business Environments
• Legal Systems
Electives include:
• Languages
• Management in Context

• An opportunity to spend a year abroad,
or in industry, as part of your programme.

• Markets and Hierarchies

• Dedicated induction and support for this
distinct cohort.

• Foundations of Human Resource Management

Course content

Second year
Core modules:

International Business and Law is designed by the
two schools to ensure that students develop a critical
understanding of the challenges of global business
activities, located within a clear understanding of
the legal frameworks that shape the operation of
international business at UK, EU and international
levels. In order to support you, we ensure you
develop key legal skills and attributes in relevant
modules and ally them to a thorough exploration
of the ‘nuts and bolts’ of fundamental business skills
and knowledge.
The International Business and Law programme at
Keele offers an authentic blend of management
knowledge and methods designed to give students
leading-edge opportunities in the highly competitive
world of business. It integrates this with a carefully
structured and incremental development of relevant
legal knowledge and methods to support, for
example, the operation of contracts and company
law and ensures that students can locate these issues
within a genuinely international context.

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In order to assist you in your understanding of the
intersection of these issues, you will be supported
by bespoke induction sessions delivered jointly
by Keele Management School and the School of
Law. Link tutors from each school will meet with
you to support your learning across the disciplines.
A centrepiece of the programme will be the
co-taught module Law in a Business Context,
which enables you to apply your learning across
International Business and Law to real world
scenarios with a range of employers.

• Accounting Principles
• Marketing Principles

• Contract Law 1 and 2
• Public International Law
• Managing in the Multi-National Corporations
• International Supply Chain Management
• Law in a Business Context
Electives include:
• Languages
• Organisational Behaviour
• Understanding the Consumer
• Critical Perspectives on Management Research
• Law and WF