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J. E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Final Year Commerce 2017/18

Welcome Back

Dr. Gerard Turley, BComm Programme Director | September 2017

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3BC1/4BC6/4BC2-5Bachelor of Commerce Degree: Final Year

• Lectures commence on Monday September 4th as per online timetables

• Semester One (12 weeks): Teaching ends 25th November

• Study Week beginning 27th November with Examinations 4 – 15th December.

• Semester Two (12 weeks): Teaching begins 15th January and ends 21st April

• Exams begin 30th April 2018.


Streams in Final Commerce

Students must select one of the streams listed below and pass the required 25 ECTS modules in that stream.

• Accounting

• Economics

• Management of Human Resources

• Business Information Systems

• Marketing

Modules are offered subject to sufficient demand and availability of staff.

NOTE: STUDENTS CAN ONLY REGISTER FOR 60 ECTS

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABLE MODULES VISIT

• http://www.nuigalway.ie/commerce/currentstudents/

http://www.nuigalway.ie/cairnes/currentstudents/


Final Year B. Comm: ECTS & Stream Requirements:

Three Year B. Comm. Degree - Final Year: 60 credits required

• 15 obligatory credits

• 25 credits from one stream

• 20 credits either from the same stream or from the list of electives

Required for graduation:• Pass: 60 ECTS Credits in Final Year• Pass Mark: 40% (But: Allowed To Pass up to 15 ECTS credits at

35% - 39%)

Final Year B. Commerce International: ECTS Requirements:

Four Year B.Comm International Degree: 60 credits required

• 15 obligatory credits

• 20 language credits

• 25 from a single subject stream or the list of electives or both. Please note modules chosen from outside the list of electives must come from a single subject stream.

Required for graduation:• Pass: 60 ECTS Credits in Final Year• Pass Mark: 40% (But: Allowed To Pass up to 15 ECTS credits at 35% -

39%)

BComm - Stream Requirements

• B.Comm students CANNOT graduate without meeting stream requirements i.e. 25 ECTS required for each stream

• Some modules are obligatory. Check and recheck with the relevant discipline.

• It is your responsibility to ensure your registration meets stream requirements before the closing date for registration -September 11th. Semester II - Change of mind dates TBA (mid to late January)


Final Year Commerce/Commerce International/International Experience – Obligatory (15 ECTS)

Semester ECTS

Ireland in the Global Economy I 5

Strategic Management II 5

Innovation, Creativity & Enterprise II 5


Final Year Commerce - Stream and Electives (45 ECTS) You MUST select Stream Credits from the list of modules specified for the stream

B.Comm. Semester ECTS

Single Stream I & II 25

Stream/Electives I & II 20

45

Final Year Commerce International –Language, Stream and Electives (45 ECTS)

B.Comm. International ECTS

Language 20

Single Stream and/or Electives 25

45

Accounting Exemptions

Website link re exemptions from all the professional membership bodies:

http://www.nuigalway.ie/cairnes/currentstudents/exemptions/

Further information from our Careers Development Centre and online from the professional accounting bodies’ websites

It is the responsibility of the student at all times to ensure that they have selected

the appropriate modules and have the necessary modular pre-requisites if they are

seeking exemptions from professional examinations.

http://www.nuigalway.ie/cairnes/currentstudents/exemptions/


Commerce and the LLB Law degree

• BComm students are not permitted to register for any more than 60 ECTS with the exception of students wishing to do the LLB.

• Students wishing to apply for the LLB MUST register for 65 ECTS,which must include at least 25 ECTS of Law (in addition to Business Law I and II from Years One and Two).* These students must also fulfil the stream requirements. Law is not a stream.

• Students who wish apply for the LLB must go to the School Office to seek permission to register for 65 ECTS.

* Tax I (AY308) is eligible as a Law module

Teaching Profession

Regulated by the Teaching Council of Ireland, www.teachingcouncil.ie

• Three Leaving Cert Business Subjects

• To teach Accounting, at a minimum the Accounting stream is required

• To teach Economics, at a minimum the Economics stream is required

• To teach Business, a sufficient amount of Marketing, HRM and Law modules are

required.

More details from from

http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/Publications/Registration/Documents/Curricular-

Subject-Requirments-after-January-2017.pdf


http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/Publications/Registration/Documents/Curricular-Subject-Requirments-after-January-2017.pdf


Module Registration

• Students must register online by 11th Septemberwww.nuigalway.ie/reg

• Change of mind closes on the 18th September.

• Semester II - TBA (mid to late January)


Final Year – B. Comm., B. Comm. International & International Experience

The Pass standard is 40% in each subject. However a student with marks less than 40% in one or more modules will be deemed to have passed provided:

- The aggregate mark for all modules of the year is at least 40%

- No mark is below 35%

- Not more than 15 ECTS have marks in range 35 – 39%

Note: Where one or more of these conditions have not been met, each module

where the mark is below 40% must be repeated. Marks of 40% and above are

carried forward to the next session and are not repeatable.

Note: Capping (max mark is 40%) in Autumn Repeats applies


Example of Student who can compensate - Pass


Example of Student who cannot compensate -

Fail


Overall Degree Result – B. Comm., B.Comm International and B.Comm International Experience

• Based on the combined results of the Second and Final

Commerce years, the overall mark to be derived from adding

together 30% of the Second year aggregate marks and 70%

of the Third year aggregate marks


B. Comm. Overall Degree Award

Degree Average Grade in B. Comm. Degree

H1 70% on the aggregate

H2.1 60% on the aggregate

H2.2 50% on the aggregate

H3 40% on the aggregate

Final Year Repeat Examinations

• Students must present for the initial examination in a module unless permission has been granted from the School Office.

• Medical certificates should be supplied to the School Office if and when seeking permission to defer an exam in advance, contact [email protected] or 091 492612. All medical certs should be submitted to the School Office, and at the time of the student’s illness.

• If exams are deferred, complete degree results will not be available until after Autumn Repeat Exam Boards i.e. September, and from the Exams Office only.

mailto:[email protected]

Innovation, Creativity & Enterprise

Two lecture sessions to be delivered in Semester 1

Wednesday, September 27st from 6-7pm,

Wednesday, October 18th from 6-7pm.

Venue: Kirwan

Doing Business in China: Language and Culture I and II

- Elective modules, in Sem I (CI300) and Sem II (CI301, which cannot be taken unless first module is completed).

- Understanding of Chinese Culture and Business, and Chinese Language Skills

- Lectures have already begun. Check timetable. Class size is limited to 30 students.


Skills and Personal Development

• Information Solutions and Services: computer services advice available: http://www.nuigalway.ie/information-solutions-and-services

• Academic Writing: The AWC offers free one-on-one sessions on academic/essay writing to all NUIG students from October: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/awc/

• SUMS: SUMS offers mathematics support to students across all colleges and courses: http://www.maths.nuigalway.ie/sums/

• Clubs & Societies: http://www.socs.nuigalway.ie and http://www.sports.nuigalway.ie

• Alive Programme: The programme helps students who want to develop tangible and transferable skills while they are gaining practical volunteering experience: http://cki.nuigalway.ie/alive

http://www.nuigalway.ie/information-solutions-and-services

http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/awc/

http://www.maths.nuigalway.ie/sums/

http://www.socs.nuigalway.ie/

http://www.sports.nuigalway.ie/

http://cki.nuigalway.ie/alive


Notices / Announcements:

For all your information on timetables, requirements,

academic calendar, etc. our website is:

http://www.nuigalway.ie/commerce

http://www.nuigalway.ie/commerce


Class Representatives

The Students Union organise elections for class reps.

For more information, contact the SU office

There will be a meeting of programme director and class reps in the

middle of both semesters

B.Comm. Programme Director

Dr. Gerard Turley

Room 205, first floor St. Anthony’s (old part of Cairnes Building)

Tel: 091-493095

[email protected]

(If you wish to meet – send me an e-mail to make an appointment)



School Office

If you have any queries please contact the School Office, located

on the top floor, Cairnes Building.

Room 355, Top Floor, Cairnes Building

Tel: 091-492612

Email: [email protected]

There is also a new Student Advisor for Commerce students. Details are [email protected]



Streams

• Advice and Guidance from lecturers

follows

Economics and final year• Dr Aidan Kane [email protected] Head of economics

• Student handbook for undergraduate economics at www.nuigalway.ie/economics

• Module choices , career paths, and economics electives when not majoring in economics:

– macro policy: public affairs focus: money and banking, international trade, economics and

philosophy, development economics

– micro policy: health, environmental economics (incl. marine + energy), public economics

– business sectors/functions: social marketing, health promotion/environmental campaigns, data

analytics, econometrics

• Specialist route to economist role: stream now then 1 year masters

– M.Econ.Sc. (International Finance)

– M.Sc. (Health Economics)

– M.Econ.Sc. (Natural Resource Economics & Policy)

[email protected]

http://www.nuigalway.ie/economics

Economics stream

Semester I Semester II

EC3101 Microeconomics & Public Policy

(obligatory for economics stream)

EC3102 Macroeconomics & Public Policy

(obligatory for economics stream)

EC3105 Econometrics EC362 Economics of Financial Markets

EC369 Money & Banking EC382 International Economics

EC345 Health Economics EC386 Public Economics

EC357 Development Economics EC3100 Economics & Philosophy

EC388 Environmental & Natural Resource

Economics

The 25 credits in economics modules required for this stream does not include

EC423 Ireland in the Global Economy

All modules listed are 5 credits:

Accounting Stream 2017-2018

• Specifically designed for students with a strong interest in pursuing a career in accounting (or a related area such as tax, auditing).

• 30% of ALL graduate jobs were in Accounting and Financial Services (Gradireland report 2016/17)

• Top 4 Accounting firms largest employers in the state.

• Excellent career opportunities for students with good degrees with large, medium and small accounting firms.

• Many of our students train in Industry with large companies.

• M. Acc programme available at NUI Galway.

• Exemption details (on a subject-by-subject basis) are available at www.nuigalway.ie/careers/students/faq/accountancy.html

http://www.nuigalway.ie/careers/students/faq/accountancy.html

Our Graduates and Where They Go…

Final year accounting stream 2017 - 2018

• Obligatory modules

– International Financial Reporting II* & III*

– Management Accounting II* and III*

– Taxation I

• Optional Accounting stream courses

– Business Finance II*

– Taxation II ##

• Final Year Accounting modules build on, and are more demanding than 1st / 2nd year Accounting modules.

* These electives are also available to students of other streams

## Taxation II is necessary for Chartered Accountants Ireland exemption

Note on Law Modules

LW190 & 290 are prerequisites for:

LW423 Advanced Business Law

(Semester1)

(Required for Chartered Accountants Ireland

Exemption)

Recent Marketing Graduates & Where They Are Now

Marketing, NUI Galway.


Final Year MARKETING COURSES

UNDERGRADUATE

Semester 1

• Qualitative Marketing Research (MK3100) [5 ects] Stream

• Cases in Marketing Strategy (MK3101) [5 ects] Stream

• The Marketing Of Services (MK311)

• Media & Marketing Communications (MK314)

Semester 2

• Marketing Analytics & Research (MK3102) [5 ects] Stream

• Digital Marketing Planning (MK3103) [5 ects] Stream

• Global Marketing (MK303) [5 ects] Stream

• Brand Management (MK341)


MARKETING COURSESPOSTGRADUATE TAUGHT

MSc MARKETING PROGRAMMES

Programme Director: Dr. Declan Fleming

MSc. MARKETING PRACTICE

Programme Director: Ms. Ann Walsh

Why Choose the HRM Stream?

.... ‘I think most employees—are very cynical about their employers’.

Margaret Heffernan

For organisations to be successful, employees must work outside of their comfort zone.

Martin Conroy, Director Continuous Improvement, Global Vascular Operations at Medtronic

Human Resource Management Stream

Semester 1 Semester 2

Human Resource

Management*

Human Resource Practice

Contemporary Issues in

Work & Organisations

Work in a Global Context*

Employee Relations:

Rights & Obligations


*Open to non-stream students

How do you choose?

• Work to your strengths and interests

• Commit yourself to your choice

• Think about your stream and your options

– HR & accounting

– HR & BIS

– HR & marketing

– HR & economics

• Think about your next step


Business Information Systems in Final Year

BIS Stream Compulsory Subjects•Semester 1

– Contemporary Project Management– Database Technologies– Business Intelligence & Analytics

•Semester 2– Cloud Computing– E-Business Strategy & Planning

•Why BIS?– Interested in business coupled with an interest in technologies and how

business can best leverage information?– Still excellent job prospects as Data Scientist, Technology Consultant,

Web Developer, Business Analyst, Project Manager…….


Plus IS Stream options

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Final Years - Have a Wonderful Year

Any Questions?