Bachelor of Business (Honours) Business

Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Business (Ab initio)

Course Overview

  • 4

    Year

  • 8

    Level

  • 298

    Points

  • US840

    CAO Course Code

Why take this course?

This course will open up a range of opportunities in terms of your future career direction. Combining studies within the core business disciplines, with the benefits of practical experience gained through the work placement element of this course, you will be provided with an opportunity to consolidate and apply business skills within a business setting. This will offer you a distinct advantage in securing graduate employment.

What will I experience?

You will have the opportunity to study a wide range of business-related subjects in the early years, while still having the benefit of selecting the key subject options that interest you most during the final two years of the course. In addition, you will benefit from a 20-week industry placement, which will afford you the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge you will have acquired in the classroom. The option to further internationalise your learning experience by undertaking a semester or year abroad at one of our many partner universities is open to you. Furthermore, you will develop your IT skills through the use of a variety of relevant software application packages.

What opportunities might it lead to?

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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Additional Information

You have the opportunity to undertake a semester or a year of your degree at one of AIT’s overseas partner universities. For example, AIT has business links with the VSFS Institute of Finance & Administration, Prague, and Université Paris 13.

Assessment Information

This programme is assessed by a combination of various forms of continuous assessment conducted throughout the semester and final examinations at the end of each semester.

Course Details

Course Duration:
4 Year
CAO Course Code:
US840
Cut Off CAO Points:
298
Course Award:
Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Course NFQ Level:
Level 8
Department:
Dept of Business & Management
Minimum Entry Requirements:

Grade H5 at higher level in two subjects, plus Grade 06/H7 at ordinary level in four other subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish).

OR

QQI (FETAC):

Any QQI level 5 award with a minimum of Distinction grade in three modules.

Lecturer Testimonial

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Dr Marc Cashin

Dr Marc Cashin has worked for several high profile, blue-chip multinationals and has over 25 years’ experience in technical, managerial and senior leadership roles.

Course Structure

Year 1

  • Critical Skills for Learning
  • Microeconomic Principles
  • Introduction to Management
  • Financial Accounting
  • Business Mathematics
  • Entrepreneurial Skills
  • Fundamentals of Marketing
  • Macroeconomic Principles
  • Computer Applications

Elective Subjects:

  • Banking
  • Sales and Selling
  • European Business Studies
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

Elective subjects are offered subject to viable numbers.

Year 2

  • Introduction to HRM
  • Information Technology and Computer Applications
  • Business Law
  • Operations Management
  • Management Accounting
  • Marketing Management in a Digital Age

Elective Subjects:

  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Services Marketing
  • Applied Entrepreneurship
  • Financial Accounting 2
  • International Economics
  • ECommerce
  • Insurance
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

Elective subjects are offered subject to viable numbers.

Year 3

  • ​Managerial Finance
  • Company Law
  • Business Information Systems
  • Industry Placement

Elective Subjects:

  • Decision Making Techniques
  • Taxation
  • Sales Management
  • Market Research and Analysis
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Economic Policy and Analysis
  • Business Modelling & Enterprise
  • Corporate Reporting
  • Computer Studies
  • Personal General Insurance
  • International Marketing
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

Elective subjects are offered subject to viable numbers.

Year 4

  • Financial Management
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Advanced Spreadsheets
  • Applied Business Research
  • Business Capstone Project
  • Professional Skills & Personal Development
  • Applied Strategic Marketing

Elective Subjects:

  • Enterprise Database Systems
  • Management Accounting and Decision Making
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Financial Markets and Derivatives
  • Managing People and Organisational Change
  • Contemporary Issues in Marketing
  • Ethical Decision Making and Leadership
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

Elective subjects are offered subject to viable numbers.

Careers & Opportunities

Career Prospects

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.

Work Placement

You have the opportunity to undertake a semester or a year of your degree at one of AIT’s overseas partner universities. For example, AIT has business links with the VSFS Institute of Finance & Administration, Prague, and Université Paris 13.

Further Study

As a graduate of this programme, you are eligible to be considered for a postgraduate degree at AIT or another institution. Full details of our postgraduate programmes are contained in the AIT Postgraduate Prospectus.

Master of Business

Master of Business

Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Marketing (Online)

Postgraduate Diploma

Master of Science in Digital Marketing

Master of Science

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