Training objectives: This course cultivates advanced composite-based personnel in business, foreign affairs, tourism, journalism, science and technology. Through study, students have a solid foundation and a broad range of English language and cultural knowledge. They will be trained in the listening, speaking, reading, writing, translation and other aspects of good basic skills, and have access to good listening, speaking, reading writing and communication skills in English translation and writing and reading English literature. Students in this major will acquire English language, literature, culture and other aspects of the basic theories and research methods, master the basic theory of international business and professional skills, and use English communication in the context of international business to solve practical problems and conduct business negotiations.
The profession emphasize on language skills and business skills, highlighting the business courses of English-bilingual education and mathematics to enhance student self-learning ability and second language listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Main courses: Basic English, English Reading, English Listening, English Speaking, English Writing, English Grammar, Advanced English, Second Language(German/Japanese), Translation Theory and Practice, English Linguistics, Vocabulary, Rhetorics, Stylistics, Comparative Linguistics, History of American Literature, English Fiction and Poetry, Prose, Drama Readings, the Anglo-American Overview, Introduction to Western Culture, Cross-culture Communication, Business English, Foreign Trade English and Correspondence, Western Economics, International Trade Practice, E-commerce, International Economic Law and so on.
The employment trends: Graduates can engage in import and export trading companies, multinational corporations, foreign-funded enterprises, government departments, overseas agencies, business and other institutions and research institutes, tourism, and other departments engaged in international business, foreign affairs, translation, research and so on.
