Foundation business courses

Last update: 10-28-2010

Year 1

The fundation courses include:

General Culture:

• History of world religions
• Professional synthesis
• Personal and professional communication
• Introduction to Chinese philosophy and thought (only for BCom Asia students)
• The Chinese political system (only for BCom Asia students)

Business Administration:

• General and financial accounting
• Financial mathematics

Economics applied to global markets:

• Micro and macro economics

Law:

• Business law

ICT - Information and Communication Technologies :

• IT for managers

Commercial language courses:

• English, Italian, Spanish, German or Standard Mandarin (only for BCom Asia students)

Business projects:

• Alpha project – discovery the company
• Lao tseu project: Asian markets

Year 2: operational skills

General Culture:

• Major "Business cultures and behaviours"
• Plagiarism / information protection and copyright
• Informative writing
• Writing reports
• Geopolitics
• Chinese Economic Policy (only for BCom Asia students)

Business Administration:

• International trade
• Sales and negotiation techniques
• Marketing
• Statistical methods and decision-making
• Media planning and sales promotion
• General and financial accounting
• Corporate finance (financial diagnostics and cash flow)
• Understanding Asian markets
• Understanding the Chinese market

Law:

• International business law

ICT - Information and Communication Technologies:

• Managing IT systems

Management:

• Introduction to management
• Project management
• Resource management (GB)
• Recruitment techniques

Commercial language courses:

• English, Italian, Spanish, German or Standard Mandarin (only for BCom Asia students)

Business projects:

• International trade
• Alpha 2
• Economic and business trends
• Tsun Tseu project (only for BCom Asia)
• Study of Chinese ethics – (only for BCom Asia)
  

Year 4: Decision-making skills and tools

• In Montpellier  : To be announced
• Overseas : The students attend courses in Trade, Business Administration and Management

Last update: 10-28-2010

A highly original and professional final year

The 4th year programme consists in a trunk course made up of modules and a choice of Elective courses.

What is an Elective?

An elective is based on a system of alternating sessions: theoretical courses taught by a full professor from the EIM and seminars taught by national and international experts. Each elective course represents 60 hours of classes.

Prepare for your future career

Organised in 4 modules, each with 20 hours of classes, electives are based on system of alternating sessions: theoretical courses taught by a full professor from the EIM and seminars taught by national and international experts

The EIM offers a choice of 4 different electives:

• Human Resources
• Finance
• Marketing
• Logistics - Procurement

Students can choose modules within one or more electives, according to their interest in a particular sector or job, for a total of 60 hours of classes.

The student designs his own training programme, according to his personal career path, with the help of his pedagogical advisor.