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Higher Certificate in Business Year One (L6, 60 ECTS)
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Status: Apply Now
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Campus: Online
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years: 1
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Fees: €2,500
Course Overview
This programme delivers business knowledge and skills which form the basis for a career in industry, commerce or the public service. You will gain an understanding of the functional areas of business and of the factors which influence business success. On graduation, you should be able to use your knowledge and skills to solve technical and human problems in a business/commercial context. You will also learn how effective interpersonal relations at work contribute to the public image of an organisation and to its progress.
Contact Details
Entry Requirements
Mature applicants (i.e over 23 years)
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Leaving Certificate Grade O6 at ordinary level in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish)
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QQI Level 5 Full award with a minimum of eight modules. or Recognition of Prior Learning (APL/APEL)
Course Content
- Financial Accounting A
- Computer Applications
- Economics
- Learning and Development for Higher Education
- Marketing
- Financial Accounting B
- Business Mathematics
- Business Management
- Entrepreneurial Skills
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
€2,500