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DURATION
This is a one year course.
INTRODUCTION
This course aims to provide students with the necessary skills
to enter the world of business. The main areas of study are combined
with a work placement to enable students to gain valuable and
practical work experience. On successful completion of the course,
students will be in a better position to gain employment or progress
on to further study on other business courses.(see below)
MAIN AREAS OF STUDY
- Marketing
- Business Law
- Business Administration
- Accounting (Manual and computerised)
- Word Processing
- Computer Applications
- Communications
- Languages (choice of French or Italian)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Students attend a work placement one day per week in a business
environment.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Graduates of this course are currently employed in areas as
diverse as publishing, tourism, retailing and the Arts as well
as in the manufacturing and financial services sectors.
SPECIAL FEATURES
This course is designed to give students the skillsto enter areas
such as Marketing, Accounting, Human Resources with experience
in the latest I.T. packages for business.
FURTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Successful students have the option to progress on to other
courses such as Accounting, Marketing, Business Administration,
Office Information Systems, Computer Applications and Financial
Services as well as courses in Business Studies, Business and
Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, in many of the Institutes
of Technology. Links exist also to D.I.T for courses such as Travel,
Auctioneering, Marketing , Management and Retail Marketing. Graduates
of the course can also progress to BA in Accounting and Human
Resource Management in the National College of Ireland. A new
link now exists into the Commerce degree and degree in Government
and Public Policy in UCC.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Leaving Certificate or equivalent. All applicants are interviewed
and places awarded on the basis of suitability for the course.
CERTIFICATION
National Vocational Certificate - FETAC (NCVA) Level
5 (NCVA award code:BBSXX) in Business Studies
COURSE DIRECTOR
- Siobhán McCarthy
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