School of Business1st December 2016

School of Business

Department of Accounting and Information Systems• Head of Department – Catherine Murphy

Department of Management and Enterprise• Head of Department – Caroline O’Reilly

Department of Marketing and International Business• Head of Department – Dr Pio Fenton

Department of Organisation and Professional Development• Head of Department – Don Crowley

School Of Business

New Programmes Developed in Last 5 YearsStaff: 124Students: 2737FT Programmes: 22PT Programmes: 20FT Student Numbers: 1993PT Student Numbers: 744

• BSc(Hons) in Agriculture• BSc(Hons) in Horticulture• BBus (Hons) in International Business

with Language• BBus (Hons) in Business Administration• BBus (Hons) in Human Resource

Management• MA in Human Resource Management• MSc in Marketing Practice• Master of Science in International

Business• MA in Global Business• Certificate in Digital Marketing• Certificate in Enterprise Potential• Higher Diploma in Business in Sales

Management

Department Of Management and Enterprise

CR021 – Business Common EntryNew Title

Bachelor of Business – Level 7 Award (previously Bachelor of Business in Business and Management)Bachelor of Business (Honours) - One year add–on Level 8

Second Year Elective option streamsBusinessMarketing Accounting

Third Year Programme Award OptionsBachelor of Business – open to all second year elective streamsBachelor of Business in Marketing – second year Marketing streamBachelor of Business (Honours) in Accounting – second year Accounting stream

Fourth YearAll options lead to a level 8 Honours Award

Department Of Management and Enterprise

CR021 – Business Common Entry

Third Year (as for all School of Business programmes)

– Experiential Options Semester TwoWork placement – min. of 15 weeks commencing January 2018External Study in a partner Erasmus UniversityInternational Market Exploration project based on 30 credits of learning

Week Long Study in Utrecht

Work Placements

Work Placement is currently part of the following programmes:

We are extending Work Placement to the following programmes:

• Bachelor of Business in Business Administration• Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Information Systems• Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International

Business with Language• Bachelor of Science in Agriculture• Bachelor of Science in Horticulture• MSc in Marketing Practice

• Bachelor of Business, in the Department of Management and Enterprise• Bachelor of Business in Accounting and the Bachelor of Business (Honours) in

Accounting, in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems• Bachelor of Business in Marketing, and the Bachelor of Business (Honours) in

Marketing, in the Department of Marketing and International Business

Work Placements

Work Placement in Third-Level Programmes (REAP)

• Work placements afford opportunities for more collaboration between third-level institutions and employers, in order to maximise resources and prepare graduates with required competences for the workplace.

• Competences acquired from non-formal and informal situations are essential parts of individual learning.

• Work placements provide a unique and valuable learning experience for students to enable them to gain the transferable generic skills that employers seek.

• The main benefits students gained from placements, include opportunities to develop interpersonal and generic skills, the ability to put theoretical knowledge into practice thereby enhancing their future employability prospects.

Work Placements

Work Placement in Third-Level Programmes (REAP)

• All students represented in the REAP research found work placement to be a positive unique learning experience, which was a good fit with their third-level programme, and helped prepare them for their future careers.

• The main benefits of work placements, identified by the students, include

opportunities to develop independence and self-confidence, networking, and ability to put their theoretical knowledge into practice.

• The main benefits of work placements for HEIs, identified by the research

conducted with higher education staff, include opportunities to enhance networking and mutual understanding with workplaces, integrating employability skills into the curriculum, and applying theoretical knowledge in practice.

Internationalisation

Department of Marketing and International Business

• Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International Business with Language• Master of Science in International Business• Master of Science in Global Business (proposed)

European Parliament, Irish Embassy & the Audi factory Visit in Brussels

Department of Accounting and Information Systems

CR011 - Horticulture• Bachelor of Science

• Level 7

• 3 Years

• Work Placement

• Full Employment

• Small Class Sizes

• Clonakilty\Bishopstown Dual Campus

http://www.cit.ie/course/CR011

CR400 -Accounting• Bachelor of Business• Level 8• 4 Years•Work Placement • Excellent Exemptions• College Exit Options at

level 6 and level 7• http://www.cit.ie/course/CR400