Business / Commerce (Degree/Dip)

The part time Bachelor of Commerce is a four-year degree programme in business education. A Diploma in Business is awarded upon successful completion of the first two years. The programme will help students to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to adapt to new business methods and contexts throughout their working life. Graduates will have a sound knowledge of the fundamentals of business and management and will have an opportunity to gain a more comprehensive grounding in specialist areas such as Services Marketing, Human Resource Management and E-Commerce.

Who is this course intended for?

The Diploma and Degree are aimed at mature students who may currently work in business or hope to in the future, but who could not avail of third level education immediately following second level. The programme is delivered by blended learning to allow mature students with work and/or family commitments to study at times that suit their needs.

Year 1 : Introduction to Learning, Economics, Accounting, Management Information Systems, Introduction to Management, Mathematics

Year 2: Management Accounting, Business Finance, Managerial Economics, Macroeconomics, Business Law I, Introduction to Marketing, Action Marketing, Management Skills and Organisational Behaviour

Year 3: Business Law II, Ireland in the Global Economy, Information and Operations Management, Statistics, Innovation and Entrepreneurship , Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, Marketing Research and Services Marketing

Year 4: Business Taxation, Strategic Management, Marketing Management, E-Commerce and

Management of Organisational Change.

Year 4 options, choose two from: Financial Reporting, Quantitative Methods, Economic Theory, Information Systems Strategy and Planning, Business Negotiation, Health Economics, and Policy and Marketing Communications

Students receive a resource pack for each module, containing core learning materials. Some modules will require students to purchase a prescribed text. Students communicate with dedicated module lecturers online using Blackboard, a virtual learning tool. E-mail and telephone support is also available.