General Introduction
B.A. in Business English aims to train professionals with multidisciplinary background and hands-on experience who have a good command of English language and fundamentals of a range of other disciplines including economics, management, and law. The goal is to equip students with strong cross-cultural communicationabilities and humanitarian qualities,and enable them to work effectively in the English environment of international trade, management, finance, and law.
A flexible schooling system is adopted and the standard duration is a period of 4 years. Students can finish the curriculum within 3 to 6 years according to the Management Regulation of Undergraduate Degrees in Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. The curriculum is divided into 5 modules, namely, Common Courses, General Education Courses, Specialized Courses, Laboratory and Practice Courses and Courses for Humanitarian Qualities. The modules of Common Courses, General Education Courses and Specialized Courses are further divided into 2 parts, i.e., compulsorycourses and optionalcourses.The total credits are 175, of which classroom teaching accounts for156, practice accounts for 19, and extracurricular humanitarian education accounts for 12.
This major features the combination of English ability with the learning of business, trade and law. It aims to develop practical, high-level and multidisciplinary English professionals who have basic knowledge of economics, management and law.
Our university became the first university in Central China to offer this major in 2010. Business English belongs to the bachelor program of Foreign Language and Culture.
The Curriculum
Basic Courses
Basic English (1-4) 336 Credit hours 21 Credits
Advanced English (1-2) 128 Credit hours 8 Credits
English Listening (1-4) 128 Credit hours 8 Credits
Oral English (1-4) 128 Credit hours 4 Credits
English Reading (1-2) 64 Credit hours 4 Credits
Business English Reading (1-2) 64 Credit hours 4 Credits
Basic English Writing 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Business English Writing 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
A Brief History and Selected Readingsof English Literature 32 Credit Hours 2 Credits
A Brief History and Selected ReadingsofAmerican Literature 32 Credit Hours 2 Credits
English Movies and Western Culture 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Core Specialized Courses
Advanced Business English 32 Credit hours 2 credits
An Introduction to Linguistics 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Translation Theories and Techniques 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Business Interpretation 64 Credit hours 4 Credits
Principles of Economics 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Fundamentals of Business 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Marketing 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
Intercultural Business Communication 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
HR Management(in English) 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
International Trade Law (in English) 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
International Commercial Arbitration Law (in English) 32 Credit hours 2 Credits
