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Business English

Teaching Medium: English
Degree Awarded: Bachelor's Degree
Entry Requirements: High School Graduate
Duration: 4 Years
Starting Date: Sep.2025
Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2025
Tuition Fee:
CNY 16,000 per year
Application Fee:
150 USD (Non-Refundable)
Schools: Other

The School of Foreign Languages and the Discipline of Business English at a Glance

As one of the earliest schools of foreign languages that set up the discipline of business English in China, the School of Foreign Languages of Northeast Normal University stemmed from the Russian Section of the Chinese Department of Northeast University which was founded in 1948. It comprises five departments including the English Department, Russian Department, Business English Department, and the Department of College English for Non-English Majors. It also includes a teaching and research office for second foreign languages and 4 academic research centers. The school now has an enrollment of 1490 undergraduates, 610 master candidates and 84 Ph.D students. Conditions of education are being improved continuously, the School of Foreign Languages now boasts of 2 teaching buildings occupying a usable area of 19,000 square meters, 8 language laboratories, 5 computer rooms, 12 multi-media classrooms and 1 experimental center for network teaching.

The discipline of Business English (International Business Management) started as the discipline of E-commerce which was founded in 2001 with the aim of training specialized personnel with solid English foundation, broad global exposure, specialized knowledge and skills in international business, cross-cultural communicative competence and humanistic literary as well as expertise in more than one discipline so as to qualify them for roles in management, economy and trade, finance in the world arena.


Education Curriculum of Business English

The First Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Ethics and Laws

40

3

Compulsory

Situation and Policy

 

1

Compulsory

Advanced Mathmatics C

 

4

Compulsory

Military Theories

20

1

Compulsory

Military Training

 

1

Compulsory

Information Technology

 

2

Compulsory

Physical Education 1

40

1

Compulsory

(Business) English Listening 1

40

1

Compulsory

Comprehensive (Business) English 1

120

6

Compulsory

English Pronunciation

40

2

Selective

BEC (Preliminary)

80

4

Selective

Business Communication (1)

60

3

Compulsory

The Second Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Outline of Chinese Modern History

 

2

Compulsory

Physical Education 2

40

1

Compulsory

Writing

 

2

Compulsory

(Business) English Listening 2

40

1

Compulsory

English Grammar and Writing

40

2

Compulsory

Comprehensive (Business) English 2

120

6

Compulsory

BEC (Vantage)

80

4

Selective

Computer Programming

60

3

Selective

Introduction to Business 1

40

2

Selective

Western Economics

120

6

Compulsory

The Third Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Marxist Theories

60

3

Compulsory

Physical Education 3

40

1

Compulsory

Comprehensive (Business) English 3

120

6

Compulsory

(Business) English Listening 3

40

1

Compulsory

Survey of English and American Countries

40

2

Selective

BEC (Higher)

80

4

Selective

Introduction to Business 2

40

2

Selective

Construction of E-commerce Website

60

3

Selective

Business Communication 2

60

3

Compulsory

Management

80

4

Compulsory

The Fourth Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Mao's Theory and the Introduction
 to Chinese Socialist Theories

40

4

Compulsory

Physical Education 4

40

1

Compulsory

English Reading and Writing

40

2

Compulsory

Comprehensive (Business) English 4

120

6

Compulsory

(Business) English Listening 4

40

1

Compulsory

E-Commerce Principles

80

4

Selective

E-commerce Website Design

60

3

Selective

International Business Etiquette

40

2

Selective

Introduction to Chinese Culture

40

2

Selective

Selected Reading of Business Classics

40

2

Selective

Business Translation (English-Chinese)

40

2

Compulsory

International Marketing

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge German 1

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge Japanese 1

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge French 1

80

4

Compulsory

Accounting

80

4

Compulsory

The Fifth Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Advanced (Business) English

80

4

Compulsory

English Linguistics

80

4

Selective

Strategic Management

40

2

Selective

Introduction to British and American Literature

80

4

Selective

Socioeconomic Statistics and Software

80

4

Selective

E-Commerce Data Base Technology

60

3

Selective

International Trade Principles and Policy

40

2

Selective

Business Translation (Chinese-English)

40

2

Compulsory

Second Foreign Language German 2

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge Japanese 2

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge French 2

80

4

Compulsory

The Sixth Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Advanced (Business) English

80

4

Compulsory

Business Interpretation 1

40

2

Selective

Business Ethics

40

2

Selective

English Rhetoric and Writing

80

4

Selective

Organizational Behaviour

60

3

Selective

Human Resources Management

40

2

Selective

Internet Technology and Application

60

3

Selective

International Finance Management

80

4

Selective

Second Foreign Language German 3

80

4

Compulsory

International Trade Practice

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge Japanese 3

80

4

Compulsory

Second Foreign Languge French 3

80

4

Compulsory

The Seventh Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

Entrepreneurial Case Analysis

80

4

Selective

Discourse and Academic Writing

80

4

Selective

Online Marketing

40

2

Selective

English Speech

40

2

Selective

Logistics Management

40

2

Selective

Project Management

40

2

Selective

Selected Reading of British
and American Literature

80

4

Selective

Finance Management

80

4

Selective

Business Interpretation 2

40

2

Selective

International Business Law

40

2

Compulsory

The Eighth Semester

Title

Hours

Credits

Note

English Movie Appreciation

40

2

Selective

International Business Research Programme

60

3

Selective

Introduction to European Cultures

40

2

Selective

International Business Negotiation

80

4

Selective

Internship

 

6

Compulsory

Graduation Thesis

 

4

Compulsory




1. Non-Chinese citizens with a valid passport

2. High school graduate or equivalent to a Chinese high school graduate

3. Be in good health


1.  Photocopy of valid passport
With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.

2.  Passport-sized photo
A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.

3.  Graduation certificate of high school
Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.

4.  Academic transcript of high school