Independent College

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Studies

Can't attend the event, but want to know more about your Pathway to English language and Higher-level education in Ireland?

Register here to join us on our FREE Ireland education Pathway even on April 18th 2024: href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/IndependentColleges/IndependentCollegeInternationalHousePathwayWebinar

The BA (Hons) Business Studies program provides each student with comprehensive knowledge and understanding of modern business studies subjects and establishes a firm foundation for the development of a career in the business profession.

The program is structured in a way that provides each student with the opportunity to study for either a general or a specialist Honours degree in Business Studies. The program offers students the choice of four options for the completion of their Honours Degree.

These Pathway study options are:

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Studies – ( without specialism )
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Studies – (with Accounting and Finance specialism)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Studies – (with Marketing specialism)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Studies – (with Management – Human Resource Management specialism)

Importantly each student has the opportunity to emphasise their choice of study as they progress from the first to the second and to the third year of studies. Individuals, therefore, have great flexibility in their choice of business studies subjects and in planning the development of their own individual undergraduate business education.

As they progress through the program each student is able to make informed decisions about their growing personal areas of business interest and business expertise and is able to match these to their selection of business studies subjects and to their professional career intentions.

Additional Pathways of specialist study are being regularly added to the program framework in order to meet the future needs of different types of business organizations and the particular career needs of our students.

Protection of Enrolled Learners

Independent College has the approval to offer students learner protection insurance. Learner Protection insurance is only in place when each student receives their Insurance Policy.’ Each learner should ensure that they receive a Learner Protection Insurance Policy in their name. Learner Protection insurance is provided by O’Driscoll O’Neil and underwritten by Hiscox Insurance Company Limited. The learner protection policy provides for a refund of fees as specified in the 2012 Act. In some circumstances, it may be possible for a learner to transfer to a similar program in another provider. In such circumstances, the learner may opt to receive the cost of an alternative similar academic program. Transferring to another program is always only a second option. The learner protection insurance policy is governed by s. 65(4)(b) of the 2012 Act.’

Aims & Objectives

The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Studies (BABS) is a three academic year full-time level 8 program providing theory, knowledge, research skills, and practical skills to those who wish to develop their knowledge in and around the areas of business, management, IT, accounting and finance, and marketing. Business studies as a field of learning continues to grow in the educational sector. One in every eight 2019 applicants for a level 8 degree in Ireland preferred business over any other subject area.

The general program aims are as follows:

• To provide learners with a strong base of contemporary business knowledge through theory, concepts, and methods constituting academic grounding in the core disciplines and skills required for a career in general business
• To provide learners with the environment in which to develop and confirm expertise in the major business disciplines
• To develop in learners a methodical and rational approach to business problem solving and decision making, with the capability to apply acquired knowledge and skills to practical business situations
• To develop in learners a range of intellectual skills, encompassing reasoning and evaluative skills and communication skills that develop as fully as possible their interpersonal abilities.
• To develop the learner's capacity to organize information, argue, negotiate, and defend conclusions, and to present them in a clear and coherent fashion
• To encourage learners to deal with knowledge in a critical and analytical way, with the capacity and confidence to evaluate ideas and opinions underpinned by qualitative and quantitative research findings
• To provide learners with the opportunity to also specialize in a sub-field of business learning and to increase their knowledge and skills in this specialized area of Management, Accounting and Finance, Marketing, and IT
• To provide learners with the knowledge and foundation to pursue further postgraduate study

Accreditation

This is a three-year honors degree program that is QQI accredited. Students will graduate with an internationally recognized Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Business Studies.