Exchange – Level 4

Academic calendar
Fall semester: Beginning of September – End of December
Spring semester: Beginning of January – End of April

Academic requirements: 120 ECTS in Business studies or a minimum of 2 years of undergraduate education in Business for UG Level 4

Language requirements: We require a minimum of B2 level in English except for native English speakers.
All or most of the classes at Rennes SB are conducted in English and students must have sufficient command of the English language to be capable of understanding lessons, making oral presentations, writing reports and completing examinations etc.

Check our dedicated Incoming Student Exchange page to know how to apply for an Exchange programme at level 4. Our step-by-step incoming student guide will help you through all the different steps of the application process.

Course selection

Rennes School of Business uses the ECTS (European Transfer Credit System). A standard workload is 30 ECTS per semester. Your course choices will depend on your home institution, your personal career plan, the pre-requisites for the course, the availability of the course and your personal schedule.

Students will be contacted by email in June (fall semester) and November (spring semester) in order to choose their courses.

For this specific programme:

For fall semester:

• minimum 15 ECTS
  1 pack only + at least 1 optional management module
• and up to 32 ECTS with optional management module
• maximum 38 ECTS in total with language modules

For spring semester:

• minimum 15 ECTS
  1 or 2 packs + at least 1 optional management module
• and up to 30 ECTS with optional management module
• maximum 36 ECTS in total with language modules

It is NOT possible to select only optional management modules and mix courses from different packs.
NB: 30 ECTS are usually equivalent to 15 US credits or 60 UK credits

Course offer

FALL SEMESTER

COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT MODULES (Choose 1 pack)
Pack 1 – Sustainable Consumption
Sustainable Consumption; Sustainable Production Systems
Pack 2 – Sustainable & Social Entrepreneurship
Social enterprise and intrapreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship
Pack 3 – Analytics
Strategy Analytics; Marketing Analytics
Pack 4 – Finance & Supply Chain Management
Corporate Finance; Financial markets: fundamentals; Operations Management; Green Purchasing
Pack 5 – Accounting & Information Systems
Financial Accounting; Managerial Accounting; Information and Communication Systems Management
Pack 6 – Geopolitics & International Affairs (FYI: Pack mostly taught in French)
Géopolitique de la transition numérique et écologique; Negotiation in a complex world

OPTIONAL MANAGEMENT MODULES (only available in Fall Semester)

• Advertising
• Business to Business Marketing
• Project Management
• Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

OPTIONAL MANAGEMENT MODULES (also available in Spring semester)

• Managing International Complexity
• Global Sustainability Issues
• Information Technology Management
• Strategic Formulation and Simulation

OPTIONAL LANGUAGE MODULES

• French Language
• French Culture

SPRING SEMESTER

COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT MODULES (Choose 1 or 2 packs)
Pack 1 – Financial Management
Financial Markets & Portfolio Management; Financial Risk Management
Pack 2 – Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Management; Recruiting & Training
Pack 3 – Marketing
New Products & Brand Management; Business to Business Marketing
Pack 4 – Supply Chain
Principles of Purchasing; Logistics management
Pack 5 – Project Management & IS
Project Management; Implementation of Business Information Systems
OPTIONAL MANAGEMENT MODULES
(Do not choose modules already taken in Fall semester)

• Managing International Complexity
• Global Sustainability Issues
• Information Technology Management
• Strategic Formulation and Simulation

OPTIONAL LANGUAGE MODULES

• French Language
• French Culture

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