Faculty
BLC

Course Coordinator
Birgit Stöber (German), Maribel Blasco (Spanish) and Mette Zølner (French)

The courses build on the 1st and 2nd year courses in French, German and Spanish/Spanish American Studies.

Note: Exchange students must take the full year - both Autumn and Spring semesters. (Exchange students are awarded a maximum of 3.75 ECTS credits, which are Pass/Fail)

French Studies: The French studies takes up the question of internationalisation and regional economic integration in French-speaking parts of the world. In the first module a focal point will be economic, political and cultural relations between French-speaking countries, in particular within the Francophone. The second module raises the question of, how processes of internationalisation and globalisation are perceived from within French- speaking countries.

German Studies: The German studies deals with Germany and Europe. The general focus is on the characteristics of the European integration and European diversity in a global perspective, and on Germany’s role in international institutions. The point of gravity focus of effort, however, is on Germany’ role in Europe and the importance of Europe to Germany, German foreign politics policy and its economic interests, but also on the implications of European integration and institutionalisation to other countries, including Eastern- and Central Europe.

Spanish/Spanish American Studies: Spanish/Spanish American studies focuses on companies' internationalisation challenges and strategies in Spain and Spanish America. The course is divided into two modules. The first module addresses issues and challenges associated with Spanish companies’ internationalisation, with a particular focus on organisational culture, entrepreneurship, diversity management and human resource practices. The second module looks at issues and challenges associated with Latin America companies’ internationalisation, with topics including entrepreneurship, corporate governance, expansion strategies, social entrepreneurship, and organisational culture.

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Content:

Language:

Integration
The courses complement the themes of the parallel course teaching in International Business and Management and Global Economic Governance.

Class teaching involves lectures, student presentations, group work, exercises and discussion. All teaching will take place in French, Spanish or German, and all reading will also be in the foreign language.

The examination is oral and based on the material from the entire fifth semester. Students will write a synopsis on a topic of their choice, which eventually is used as a presentation and discussion. Two grades are given: one for content and one for language. The exam is held at the end of the fifth semester.