This course provides a fantastic opportunity to combine Banking with the in-depth study of a language. You will acquire a solid grounding in in the principles of banking and finance and gain advanced skills in Italian.

You will benefit from excellent teaching and student support whilst developing key skills and knowledge that you will need for your year abroad, and later on, for the world of work.  

Banking offers you the opportunity to study the theory and practice of financial services and financial markets, and to analyse the broader role of the financial sector in the national and global economies. Banking and financial services is a highly competitive and rapidly changing sector in every modern economy. In recent years, forces such as globalisation, technological change, deregulation and international integration have transformed the banking and financial services sector.

Italian will give you advanced skills in the Italian language, and a broad range of specialised and detailed insights into the culture, society and history that go with it. You will take core modules developing the key oral, aural and written skills each year.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

• Bangor’s School of Modern Languages consistently ranks amongst the highest rated schools in its subject area in the National Student Survey.
• Top in the UK with 100% student satisfaction in Italian Studies (NSS 2020).
• Our size means that we offer learning on a human scale, in small classes, where you get to know the staff and your fellow students.
• At the same time, our very large and varied range of option modules enables you to tailor your degree to your personal needs.
• Some options are taught through the medium of Italian, others through another modern language depending on your choice of subject combination, others through English.
• Bangor's Modern Language graduates have a very good track record in gaining employment.
• Degree structures are flexible, allowing you to change your degree at the end of year 1 if you wish.

You will have 3-4 hours of language classes each week plus classes in your other chosen modules. Language tuition is mainly in small groups and there are few formal lectures.

Assessment involves coursework and written and oral examinations. You will also complete a dissertation as part of your degree.

What will you study on this course?

In each taught year of this course (Years 1, 2 and 4) you will take an equal number of Banking (50%) and Language (50%) modules. Your third year will be spent abroad.

Opportunities at Bangor

The University’s Skills and Employability Service provides a wide range of resources to help you achieve your graduate ambitions.

The Bangor Employability Award (BEA)

With the BEA, you can gain recognition for your extra-curricular activities (e.g. volunteering, clubs and societies, part-time work, etc.)

Internships

Bangor University runs a paid internship scheme within the university’s academic and service departments.

Student Volunteering

Volunteering widens your experience and improves your employability. Find out more about the volunteering on the Students’ Union’s website.

Our Italian courses have been developed to provide you with advanced skills in the Italian language, together with specialised and detailed insights into the culture, society and history that go with it.