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Graduates with Finance, Economics and Big Data skills are in high demand here in Ireland and overseas. This four year, Level 8 degree offers graduates a direct pathway into a full-time career working in financial services or economics. This also opens up opportunities in a range of business careers including financial planning and management consulting. Upon completion of the Level 8 degree, graduates can also sit for the following two professional qualifications, based on the core content mastered in their degree programme, giving them a distinct advantage when looking for employment: Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) accredited by the Institute of Banking Claritas Investment Certificate run by the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute Lecturers on this degree are highly qualified accountants, financiers and economists with considerable lecturing experience. Some act as examiners and lecturers for the professional accounting bodies. They maintain very close links with all of the professional bodies, as well as with industry. This degree was designed around the following professional qualifications: Level 7 Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) accredited by the Institute of Banking Level 7 CFA Institute Investment Foundations Program run by the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute On completion of this Level 8 degree, graduates can sit these two qualifications based on the core content mastered in their degree programme. This gives graduates a unique selling point when marketing themselves for their ideal job. Show less

Course Details

Year 1
Academic and Professional Skills (SC:BS)
5 credits

Management Principles and Business Environment
5 credits

Computer Applications
5 credits

World Cultures and Etiquette
5 credits

Cultural Studies: Ireland
5 credits

Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
5 credits

Principles of Marketing
5 credits

Sustainability
5 credits

Principles of Economics
10 credits

Fundamentals in Financial and Management Accounting
10 credits

Academic Writing
10 credits

French Language and Culture 1
10 credits

German Language and Culture 1
10 credits

Spanish Language and Culture 1
10 credits

Gaeilge Language and Culture 1
10 credits

Year 2
Management Information Systems
5 credits

Business Communications
5 credits

Human Resource Management
5 credits

Applied Marketing and Sales
5 credits

Advanced Management Accounting
5 credits

Business Start Up
5 credits

Statistics for Business
5 credits

Applied Macroeconomics
5 credits

Organisational Behaviour
5 credits

Human Resource Development
5 credits

Family Business
5 credits

Advanced Financial Accounting
5 credits

French Language and Culture 2
10 credits

German Language and Culture 2
10 credits

Spanish Language and Culture 2
10 credits

Business Law & Legal Studies
10 credits

Gaeilge Language and Culture 2
10 credits

Year 3
Financial Management 1 Managerial Finance
5 credits

Irish Taxation Environment
5 credits

Business Analytics
5 credits

Quantitative Techniques
5 credits

Professional Practice Project
5 credits

The Next Step - Transitioning to Work
5 credits

Operations Management
5 credits

Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
5 credits

Business Communications and Negotiations
5 credits

Technology, Management and Society
5 credits

New Venture Planning
5 credits

French Language and Culture 3B
5 credits

German Language and Culture 3B
5 credits

Spanish Language and Culture 3B
5 credits

Gaeilge Language and Culture 3B
5 credits

World Cultures and Etiquette
5 credits

Cultural Studies: Ireland
5 credits

Year 4
Financial Management 3 Corporate Finance
5 credits

Ethics and Corporate Governance
5 credits

Decision Theory and Data Visualisation
5 credits

Research Methods and Project
10 credits

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