BA (Hons) in Business

Key Points

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This level 8 honors degree is a management award that is completed over 3 years. The course will promote academic, intellectual and personal development and enable graduates to work as business professionals who will develop, lead and sustain Irish industry nationally and internationally.

This course will provide you with the opportunity to study a wide range of business-related subjects including accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing, human resource management, and computer science.

Program structure

YEAR 1

Semester 1

→ Administration

→ Quantitative techniques

→ Financial accounting

→ Microeconomics

→ Entrepreneurship

→ Electives: Introduction to Business Informatics // English 1

Semester 2

→ Marketing

→ Quantitative techniques

→ Research and writing skills

→ Financial accounting

→ Macroeconomic

→ Electives: Communication Skills for the Workplace // English 2

YEAR 2

Semester 1

→ Human resource management and employee relations

→ Cross-cultural organizational behavior

→ Business law 1

→ Business intelligence and data analysis 1

→ Financial management

→ Electives: Management Economics // Supply Chain Management, Transportation // Applied Market Research // Well-being and Life Skills of the Resilient Graduate // English 3 Human Resource Management and Employee Relations

Semester 2

→ Cross-cultural organizational behavior

→ Commercial Law 2

→ Business intelligence and data analysis 2

→ Management accounting

→ Electives: Consumer Psychology // Public Finance // Supply Chain Management, Stores and Warehousing // English 4

YEAR 3

Semester 1

→ European law and business

→ Strategic management

→ Applied Economics 1

→ Operations manager

→ Business ethics and corporate citizenship

→ Electives: International Business and Trade // Strategic Human Resource Management // Management Accounting Techniques // Financial Services 1 // Digital Media Author // Marketing Management // Business Planning // English 5

Semester 2

→ European law and business

→ Strategic management

→ Innovation and entrepreneurship

→ Applied Economics 2

→ Digital marketing strategy

→ Electives: Management Control Systems // Multimedia Project // Enterprise Resource Planning // Financial Services 2 // International Human Resource Management // Doing Business in New and Emerging Markets // English 6

Career options

The business knowledge and skills acquired in this course will prepare you to work in a variety of different managerial and business contexts, including small business management and within indigenous and multinational sectors.

Successful graduates of this course can expect to obtain employment at the appropriate level in a wide range of business areas, including management, administration, accounting, banking, retail management, finance, marketing, human resource management, insurance, and information technology / of the information. Career progression based on experience would be expected.

Progress options

Graduates can progress to the MBS in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

Admission requirements

Applicants will require a baccalaureate degree officially translated into English
IELTS 6.0 or higher (or its internationally recognized equivalent).