Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2023 - 2024, BA in Global Business (USA)

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Explanation of Terms/Frequently Asked Questions

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
AC116	Financial Accounting for Decision Making	5	Semester 2	80	20	1
EF113	Introduction to Microeconomics	5	Year long	0	100	1
EF114	Introduction to Macroeconomics	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EF216A	Principles of Finance 1	5	Semester 2	70	30	1
HR101A	Psychology in Organisations	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG113	Introduction to US History and Politics	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MG101	Introduction to Marketing	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
MS136	Mathematics for Economics and Business	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
MT119	The Global Business Environment	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT120	Business Analytics 1	5	Year long	0	100	1
SB102	Critical Thinking for Business	5	Year long	0	100	1
SB104	Life	10	Year long	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	CA %	Resit Category
FR103	Intermediate French Language Skills 1	5	Semester 1	100	1
FR104	Intermediate French Language Skills 2	5	Semester 2	100	1
GE103	Intermediate German Language Skills 1	5	Semester 1	100	1
GE104	Intermediate German Language Skills 2	5	Semester 2	100	1
MT121	Being a Manager	5	Year long	100	1
PS130	Modern Technology	5	Semester 2	100	1
SP103	Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 1	5	Semester 1	100	1
SP104	Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 2	5	Semester 2	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
AC115	Management Accounting for Decision Making	5	Semester 1	80	20	1
EF217	Principles of Finance 2	5	Semester 1	80	20	1
EF302	Macroeconomic Policy	5	Semester 1	90	10	1
MG208	Marketing Research and Customer Exp in Action	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT225	Analytics for Business 2	10	Year long	0	100	1

Year 2 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	CA %	Resit Category
FR213	Intermediate French Language Skills 3	5	Semester 1	100	1
GE213	Intermediate German Language Skills 3	5	Semester 1	100	1
LC208	The Making of Contemporary Europe	5	Semester 1	100	1
MT213	Intra	10	Semester 2	100	2
SP213	Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 3	5	Semester 1	100	1

Year 3 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
AC402A	Business and Professional Ethics	5	Semester 2	70	30	1
EF301	Industrial Economics	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EF307	Financial Markets	5	Semester 1	90	10	1
EF308A	Econometrics and Forecasting	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EF309A	Risk Management	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
EF321	Development Economics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EF333A	Urban and Regional Economics	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
EF338A	Innovation Economics	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
FR213A	Intermediate French Language Skills 3	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GE213A	Intermediate German Language Skills 3	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HR301A	Organisational Psychology	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HR308	People Management	5	Semester 1	75	25	1
HR310A	Cross-cultural Management	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
LC103	Introduction to Contemporary Irish Society	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG112	Introduction To Modern Ireland	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT201	Operations Management	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT310	Intra	30	Semester 2	0	100	2
MT311	Year Abroad (EB)	60	Autumn Semester	0	100	2
MT313A	International Service Management	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT319	Advanced Operational Modelling for Business	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT327	Aviation Business Management	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT338A	Business Processes and Lean Thinking	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT341	Digital Disruption & Sustainable Innovation	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
SP213A	Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 3	5	Semester 1	0	100	1

Year 4 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CA259	Data Analytics for Marketing Applications	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
EF303	Economic Estimation and Inference	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
EF305	International Finance	5	Semester 1	75	25	1
EF306	Financial Theory	5	Semester 1	70	30	1
EF307A	Financial Markets	5	Semester 1	90	10	1
EF308	Econometrics and Forecasting	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EF309	Risk Management	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
EF310	International Economics	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
EF317	New Enterprise Development Project	10	Year long	0	100	1
EF321A	Development Economics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EF336	Intermediate Microeconomics 1	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
EF338	Innovation Economics	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
EF499	Level Three Coursework	0	Year long	0	100	2
FR214	Intermediate French Language Skills 4	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GE214	Intermediate German Language Skills 4	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HR301	Organisational Psychology	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HR302	Talent Management	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HR306	Employee Relations Procedures	5	Semester 1	50	50	1
HR308A	People Management	5	Semester 1	75	25	1
HR310	Cross-cultural Management	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MG341	Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategy	10	Year long	0	100	1
MG342	Marketing Communications	10	Year long	0	100	1
MG499	Business Project	10	Year long	0	100	1
MT201A	Operations Management	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT301	Business Strategy	10	Year long	0	100	1
MT307	Supply Chain Management	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT313	International Service Management	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT314	Project Management	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT338	Business Processes & Lean Thinking	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT341A	Digital Disruption & Sustainable Innovation	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT410	Year Abroad (EB Level 4)	60	Autumn Semester	0	100	2
MT412	Professional Business Analytics Portfolio	10	Year long	0	100	1
MT413	Data Mining and Predictive Analytics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT414	Workflow and Data Management	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MT430	Ethics for Business and Technology	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SP214	Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 4	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	100	1