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Bachelor of Business Year Four (Hons.) (L8, 60 ECTS)

  • Status: Register Your Interest

  • Campus: Online

  • years: 1

  • Fees: €3,525


Course Overview

If you hold a Bachelor of Business qualification, this honours degree programme provides you with the opportunity to gain a Level 8 qualification after one further year of full-time study. The curriculum includes advanced business knowledge and skills to prepare you for the challenges and opportunities likely to arise in future employment. The overall aim is to provide you with the opportunity to develop the analytical and high-level business skills required to deal effectively with rapid technological, organisational and environmental change in a modern business setting. You will develop a conceptual, systematic and mature approach to the identification, analysis and solution of problems in business/commercial/service organisations. You will also acquire the knowledge and critical understanding of the interrelationships between the different functions within business management.

Contact Details

General Queries

Email:: flexiblelearning.midlands@tus.ie

Telephone:: 0906483050

Entry Requirements

Bachelor of Business (Level 7) qualification is required or Recognition of Prior Learning (APL/APEL)

Course Content

  • Strategic Analysis
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Financial Management 4A
  • Systems and Project Management
  • Strategic Implementation
  • Financial Management 4B
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Managing people and organisational change

More Information

This programme will be delivered online.

Students may have to attend TUS Athlone Campus in person for examinations.

This course will open up a range of opportunities in terms of your future career direction. Combining studies within the core business disciplines, you will be provided with an opportunity to consolidate and apply business skills within a innovative business environment. This will offer you a distinct advantage in securing graduate employment.

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. Furthermore, you will develop your IT skills through the use of a variety of relevant software application packages.

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. 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.

Successful graduates of this programme are eligible for Level 7 undergraduate business programmes within TUS and/or elsewhere.

This courses will prepare you for a successful business career. Areas you can specialise in include accounting, banking, insurance, marketing, human resource management, administration, retail services and computing. Our sought-after graduates have gone on to pursue a wide variety of careers in companies ranging from small indigenous Irish companies to large multinational corporations.

The 2024-2025 programme has not yet opened for applications.


If you would like to receive notification when applications open for the next intake then please submit your details on the Register Your Interest form by clicking the Register your Interest Button on this page.

Two evenings per week (online) Plus selected Saturdays per 9am – 1pm (online).

Lectures will be delivered live online, and recordings of lectures will be available to view in the student’s own time.

TBC for 2024-2025 Academic Year

€3,525