Commerce with Gaeilge

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Course Outline
Further Education
Why Choose This Course?
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Entry Points (2017)

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Course Overview

This is a four-year degree programme in Commerce including the study of the Irish Language, allowing students to develop their language skills while gaining valuable insights into business and culture. It is the ideal qualification for students who want to build a career in business or who simply wish to expand their career choices. The greatest advantage that students studying this course have is that in year three the programme is divided between a one semester internship in an Irish-speaking environment and a semester studying at NUI Galway’s Gaeltacht campus in an Cheathrú Rua.

All business subjects are taught through English.

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Who Teaches this Course

Requirements and Assessment

Key Facts

Entry Requirements

Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, including Irish, English, another language, Mathematics, and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

Additional Requirements

For Leaving Certificate - A H4 in Gaeilge is also a requirement.

Duration

4 years

Next start date

September 2018

A Level Grades (2017)

ABC & a (AS) or equivalent combination

Average intake

Closing Date

Next start date

September 2018

NFQ level

Mode of study

ECTS weighting

Award

CAO

GY208

PAC code

Course Outline

Course Outline - Year 1

Principles of Microeconomics/Macroeconomics
Introduction to Management Accounting/Financial Accounting
Business Information Systems and Management
Mathematics and Statistics for Business
Introduction to Marketing
Introduction to Management
Gaeilge

Course Outline - Year 2

Gaeilge
Statistical Methods for Business
Action Marketing
Managerial Economics
Management Accounting I
Organisational Behaviour
Business Finance I or Employment Relations
Macroeconomics or Business Law
Plus one optional subject from the following:
- Accounting
- Economics
- Management
- Marketing
- Management Information Systems
- Mathematics

Course Outline - Year 3

Students spend one semester on work placement and one semester studying through the medium of Irish in Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, An Cheathrú Rua.

Course Outline - Year 4

Ireland in the Global Economy
Strategic Management
Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise
Gaeilge
Plus a number of courses from the following:
- Accounting
- Economics
- Management of Human Resources
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Law
- Operations/Logistics

Further Education

Graduates can take postgraduate programmes in all of the core business disciplines, the Irish language, education or translation. This course satisfies the Irish Requirements for students who want to pursue careers as secondary school teachers. A number of current students have alos expressed an interest in pursuing careers in Conference Interpreting.

Why Choose This Course?

Career Opportunities

Who’s Suited to This Course

Learning Outcomes

Work Placement

The work experience in an Irish speaking environment is central to the programme and is a continuous learning process where the learner aims to use the information and skills acquired in the first two years of the programme. The work experience will give the learner the opportunity to taste life in a real work environment and there will be a correlation between the work experience and the learner's area of study. Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge will organise the work experience in conjunction with Údarás na Gaeltachta. Údarás na Gaeltachta has 400 client companies, in various sectors – including biomedicine and pharmacology, ICT, niche manufacturing, audio visual and digital media, tourism, fish processing and aquaculture, renewable energy, food processing and arts and crafts – the students will be based in the Údarás headquarters or in one of these client companies.

Study Abroad

Students will spend a full semester studying in Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain, a NUI Galway centre in an Cheathrú Rua. They will study six modules in this Gaeltacht environment, and blended learning will form the basis for some of the modules whilst a more traditional approach will be used in other modules. ‘Inniúlachtaí Gairme’ or Professional Competencies is a module that will prepare the students to confidently undertake a period of work experience after the Gaeltacht semester.

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Course Fees

Fees: EU

€5,822 p.a. 2017/18

Fees: Tuition

€2,598 p.a. 2017/18

Fees: Student Contribution

€3,000 p.a. 2017/18

Fees: Student levy

€224 p.a. 2017/18

Fees: Non EU

€12,750 p.a. 2017/18

EU Fees 2017/18:

- Tuition: may be paid by the Irish Government on your behalf if you qualify for free tuition fees see - free fee initiative.
- Student Contribution: €3,000 - payable by all students but may by paid by SUSI if you apply and are deemed eligible for a means tested SUSI grant.
- Student Levy: €224 - payable by all students and is not covered by SUSI.

Find out More

The JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics
T + 353 (0)91 492 612
F + 353 (0)91 494 546
E business@nuigalway.ie

www.nuigalway.ie/commerce

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What Our Students Say

Amy Hardiman | Final Year Student

I chose the course as business and Irish were my favourite subjects in school. This year I spent a semester studying in the Acadamh, an Cheathrú Rua and living in the Connemara Gaeltacht, a unique aspect of B.Comm le Gaeilge. This was very beneficial in improving my Irish as I was learning in a natural environment outside the classroom. I spent second semester on work experience through the medium of Irish. In my opinion the opportunity to do this is the biggest advantage of this course as I learned lots of new skills for the world of work. Another benefit of this course is that it only accepts a small number of students therefore it is easy to make new friends for life.

Hayley Ní Thuathail | Final Year Student

I have enjoyed being immersed in the Irish language and I’ve grown up around successful business people so I wanted to gain a vast amount of information for working within a business and promote and keep the Irish language progressing. I have enjoyed learning about all the aspects of business and found that marketing has a huge role to play in todays business world. My ability has grown regarding with using the Irish language and this will help me going forward in the work place as I am very confident using the language. I was prepared for the working world as I was able to apply a lot of things that I had learned over the course of my studies.

Kayleigh Laffey | Final Year Student

I chose to study the B.Comm le Gaeilge as I’ve always wanted to continue the use of Irish throughout third level education and onto my professional career. Having not attended a Gaelscoil, I was worried that I’d struggle with the Irish aspect of the course, but I found there was a happy medium between both Irish and English modules. Taking classes with the general B.Comm group for business modules gave us the opportunity to mix with others. Immersing our small group in a Irish language environment in third year, both with a semester studying in Connemara and a semester work placement in an Irish business environment, has really prepared me for my final year and the working world.