Bachelor of Business (Hons) ab initio

Bachelor of Business (Honours) ab initio

This honours degree will enable you to develop the conceptual framework, advanced knowledge and practical skills appropriate for careers in different functional areas of business across today’s challenging and changing commercial environment.

Technological, organisational and environmental progress is regarded as the norm in a modern business setting. The curriculum has been designed to develop your ability to cultivate the analytical and advanced business skills required to deal effectively with opportunities and problems likely to be encountered in the workplace. You will learn how to develop a systematic and enlightened approach to the identification, analysis and solution of problems in different types of business organisation. You will study and gain a critical understanding of the interrelationships between the different functions within business management. Expertise in computing and computer applications for business will also be enhanced. Students are also prepared to undertake responsibilities, in both a national and an international business context, and to develop expertise in business research. This Level 8 programme will also allow for possible progression to an appropriate postgraduate qualification, such as the Master of Business at the institute.

Minimum Entry Requirements

Leaving Certificate

Grade C3 at higher level in two subjects, plus Grade D3 at ordinary level in four other subjects in the Leaving Certificate examination. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish).

FETAC

FETAC applicants to this programme must hold one of the following awards: Administration (BBSAX), Business Studies (BBSXX), Marketing (BMXXX), Bilingual Secretarial Studies (BBSBS) or Business and Secretarial Studies (BBSSX).

They are also required to have the module Statistics (B20029) included in their award and have obtained distinctions in three modules.

Modules

Year 1 – Semester 1

Financial Accounting, Business Management, Quantitative Techniques, Computer Applications, Learning to Learn.

Year 1 – Semester 2

Economics, Financial Accounting, Marketing,

plus one module from

Insurance and Banking, European Studies, French, German ab initio, German, Spanish ab initio.

Year 2 – Semester 1

Human Resource Management, IT & Computer Applications,

plus one module from

Applied Economics, Insurance and Banking, Operations Management, Financial Accounting, Services Marketing.

Year 2 – Semester 2

Management Accounting, Marketing Management,

plus one module from

International Economics, Analysis of Financial Institutions, E-business, French, German ab initio, German, Spanish ab initio.

Year 3 – Semester 1

Managerial Finance, Business Information Systems, Business Law,

plus one module from                                                                    

Market Research and Analysis, Taxation, Retail Planning and Design, Logistics and the Supply Chain, Computer Studies.

Year 3 – Semester 2

Business Management and Enterprise Development, Managerial Finance, Company Law,

plus one module from

International Marketing and Sales Management, Corporate Reporting, Decision Making Techniques, Strategic Human Resource Management, Economic Policy & Analysis, Business French, Business German, Business Spanish.

Year 4 – Semester 1

Financial Management, Systems and Project Management, Strategic Analysis,

plus one module from

Integrated Marketing Communications, Enterprise Database Systems, Financial Markets.

Year 4 – Semester 2

Financial Management, Strategic Marketing,

plus one module from

Management Accounting and Decision Making, Customer Relationship Management, Managing People and Organisational Change, Strategic Implementation, Business French, Business German, Business Spanish.

Progression

Several postgraduate opportunities are open to you at AIT. Should you obtain an honours-level degree (minimum grade 2.2) you are eligible to apply for the one-year, full-time Master of Business programme at the institute. You may decide to transfer to full-time professional accountancy studies, also offered by the Business School. A Master’s degree by research represents another potential opportunity for suitability qualified graduates. Alternatively, you may pursue postgraduate studies at another institution. Full details of relevant AIT postgraduate programmes are contained in the postgraduate prospectus.

Professional Recognition

Graduates of this programme are deemed eligible by the Teaching Council to apply for a Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme at Irish universities, to be recognised to teach the subjects Accounting, Economics and Business.

Career Opportunities

As an honours business graduate, you can expect to obtain employment at the appropriate level across a wide range of business areas, including management, administration, accounting, banking, retail management, finance, marketing, human resource management, insurance, and computing/information technology. Rapid career progression may be expected on the basis of expertise, commitment and attitude.

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