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Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Information Technology

CAO code: BN103 Entry Route into programme:
  • Leaving Certificate
  • Mature grounds
  • Special circumstances
  • FETAC graduates

 
Duration: 4 years
NFQ level: 8
Method of application: CAO
2012 Points : 200
Award title: Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Credits for Full Award: 120 @ NFQ Level 6; 60 @ NFQ Level 7; 60 @ NFQ Level 8
Awarding Body: ITB  

Minimum Entry Requirements

The minimum entry requirements for standard entrants are a pass in six subjects with two higher C3 grades and four ordinary D3 grades, including Mathematics and either English or Irish or an equivalent qualification. Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Foundation Level (at grade B2 or higher) counts as a subject towards the six passes. The points awarded for Foundation Level Mathematics (at grade B2 or higher) are as follows:

A1 = 20 points A2 = 15 points
B1 = 10 points B2 = 5 points

A grade E in Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Higher Level counts as a subject towards the five passes, however no points will be awarded for this grade.

Mature students may be admitted without meeting these formal requirements.

The minimum entry requirements for graduates of FETAC Level 5 or 6 awards is any full award in a course in a cognate area and including a distinction grade in at least 3 modules.

The courses considered as cognate areas for progression include BBSXX, 5M2102, BBSAX, 5M2468, BMXXX, 5M2069, BIPXX, 5M2067, BEBXX, 5M0828, BBSSX, 5M1997, BALBX, ELESX, 5M2073, CITXX, BITSX, CNSSX.

Course Content

Year 1
Semester 1
  • Accounting 1
  • Business Mathematics and Statistics 1
  • Business Administration
  • Business Information Systems
  • Economics 1
  • Exploring Web Design
Semester 2
  • Accounting 2
  • Business Mathematics and Statistic 2
  • Business Management
  • Communication Skills
  • Economics 2
  • Skills for Problem Solving
Year 2
Semester 3
  • Financial Accounting
  • Systems Analysis
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Interactive Web Site Design
  • Object Oriented Programming 1
  • Operations Management
Semester 4
  • Management Accounting 1
  • Systems Design
  • Marketing Communications
  • Information Management
  • Databases for Business
  • Object Oriented Programming 2
Year 3
Semester 5
  • Financial Management
  • Object Oriented Analysis & Design
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Interactive Multimedia
  • Global Business Environment
  • Server Side Web Development
Semester 6
  • Management Accounting 2
  • Advanced interactive multimedia
  • Human Resource Management
  • Electronic Business
  • Business Law
  • Enterprise Development
Year 4
Semester 7
  • Strategic Management 1
  • Financial Information Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Business Research Methods
  • Advanced Databases for Business
  • IT Project Part 1 - Analysis and Design
Semester 8
  • Strategic Management 2
  • Strategic Management of Information Systems
  • Process Analysis
  • Managing Customer Relationships
  • Project Management Methodology
  • IT Project Part 2 - Implementation

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What our students say...

Niall Quinn

"It's a new and modern course. The lecturers are young enough so it's all up to date, a lot of them have worked in the business sector. Compared to other colleges, from what i hear the lecturers here are much more accessible, and you can email them anytime, which makes it more one-to-one than being in a big class. There are not too many lectures but there are a lot of projects and some subjects are 100% continuous assessment."

Niall Quinn,,
Bachelor of Business (Honours)

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