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LC519 Business (Clonmel) - Higher Certificate

Business (Clonmel) - Higher Certificate in Business (Level 6)
Programme Code:
LC519
Course Level:
Level 6
Department:
Business
CAO Points:
N/A
Duration:
2 years
Campus:
Clonmel
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What is the programme about?
The aim of the Higher Certificate in Business Programme is to offer students an opportunity to gain knowledge of and to acquire relevant skills and competences in primary business functions. Key areas of study include management, marketing and finance with an additional focus on personal development skills and computer skills. This broad foundation in key business disciplines gives students a broad based business education.

Graduates can benefit from further education by using their Higher Certificate in Business as a pathway to study at ordinary degree, honours degree and postgraduate level. To this end the programme facilitates the promotion of life-long learning to students who wish to undertake further education and self-development.

The certificate is a 120 credit programme at level 6. Students may progress onto the Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Business in Marketing. These programmes offer a business qualification from which graduates may exit to the commercial world or transfer or progress to other programmes

Class Contact Hours
Year 1: 24 hours per week
Year 2: 18 hours per week

Other Information
Good reasons to choose a Higher Certificate in Business at LIT-Tipperary

1 Get your Degree your way. The ‘ladder style’ of this programme gives you the opportunity to study at your own pace. Complete two years and obtain a Higher Certificate, add a further year for a Bachelor Degree and another for an Honous Degree.

2 Graduates of the Higher Certificate in Business will be proficient in a wide range of practical business functions supported by a high level of personal effectiveness and transferable skills.

Year 1
Business Maths, Business Statistics, Interpersonal Communication (E), Work & Society (E), Management Principles, Organisational Studies, Marketing Principles, Marketing Practice, Fundamental Accounting, Accounting Principles, Communication Methods, Business Applications, Language & Culture (E).

Year 2
Integrated Marketing Communications, Selling & Sales Management, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Project Management, Human Resources Management, Buyer Behaviour (E), Business Law, Accounting for Costs, Accounting for Management Control (E), Management Information Systems, Professional & Personal Development & Career Planning, Language & Culture(E), Work Placement.

Entry Requirement
Leaving Certificate: A minimum of Five Passes in Leaving Certificate subjects, including Mathematics and English/Irish.

FETAC: A full FETAC Level 5 award or FETAC Level 6 award.

Mature: Refer to the admissions section.

Entry Procedure
Click Application Form button below for Direct Entry Application Form 2016/2017

Admissions
Please visit our Admissions page for further information on how to apply to this course.

Further Studies
Graduates of the Higher Certificate in Business are eligible to progress to Year 3 of the Bachelor of Business Degree at LIT Tipperary.

The Higher Certificate in Business enables students to progress to a career within a wide and diverse range of industries where a sound knowledge of relevant business and specialist disciplines such as marketing, finance and information technology is seen as an asset.

Course Contact

Email: tippadmissions@lit.ie

Tel: +353 504 28072

Head of Department
Mr. Eoghan Sadlier

Head of School/Faculty
Ms. Marian Duggan, BBS, FCA, AITI, ACMA, HDPES
Mr Colin McLean BSc (Hons), TQ, PGCert Man, PGDip Ed Tech, MTech

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