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