Higher Certificate in Business Year One
Program Overview
This Higher Certificate in Business Year One program provides a solid foundation in business principles and skills. Delivered online with evening and Saturday sessions, it covers essential areas like accounting, economics, marketing, and business management. Upon completion, graduates can progress to higher education or pursue careers in various business sectors, including accounting, banking, and marketing.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This Higher Certificate in Business Year One (L6, 60 ECTS) program is designed to provide students with a foundation in business knowledge and skills. The program aims to equip students with an understanding of the functional areas of business and the factors that contribute to business success. Upon completion, graduates will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to solve technical and human problems in a business/commercial context.
Outline:
- Modules:
- Financial Accounting A
- Computer Applications
- Economics
- Learning and Development for Higher Education
- Marketing
- Financial Accounting B
- Business Mathematics
- Business Management
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- Delivery:
- The program is delivered online.
- Students may be required to attend TUS Athlone Campus in person for examinations.
- Schedule:
- Two evenings per week (online)
- Selected Saturdays per 9am – 1pm (online).
- Lectures are delivered live online, and recordings are available for students to view at their convenience.
Assessment:
Careers:
- Successful graduates are eligible to progress to the Higher Certificate in Business Year Two.
- The program prepares students for a successful business career in areas such as accounting, banking, insurance, marketing, human resource management, administration, retail services, and computing.
- Graduates have pursued careers in a wide range of companies, from small indigenous Irish companies to large multinational corporations.
Other:
- 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.
