Course details
Programme Aims:
This is a two-year programme with four elective streams - Accounting, Marketing, Human Resource Management and Information Systems Management. This programme is a good choice for those who want to further their understanding of the fundamentals of business and obtain specialised knowledge about a particular area in which they are interested or involved. It will be of interest to those, who do not want, initially, to commit themselves to a four-year programme.
Entry Requirement
Leaving Certificate with minimum of grade C in two Higher Level (Honours) papers, and grade D (Higher or Ordinary) in four other subjects. Subjects passed must include Irish, English, Mathematics and a Third Language. Learners of mature years, that is, learners who are 21 years of age on the 1st January of the calendar year of entry may be matriculated by the IPA for the purpose of entering a programme of study. Learners attending lectures at LIT should apply to the IPA and then register with LIT.
Examinations
Learners are assessed by means of assignments given through the year and final examinations. Examinations are held twice yearly in April and August (Supplementary).
Course Content
Year One
- Financial Accounting
- Quantitative Methods
- Managing Human Resources / Managing IT
- Business Administration & Marketing
Year Two – Core Subjects
- Cost Accounting
- Economics
- Business and Company Law
Year Two – Streams
- Accounting Stream – Financial Accounting
- Marketing Stream – Marketing Information Analysis
- Human Resource Management Stream – Organisational Behaviour (Subject to viable numbers)
- Information Systems Management Stream –Information Systems Design & Development (By distance education only)
The subjects studied are the same as those studied by learners in the first two years of the Bachelor of Business Studies. This means that participants take and are examined in eight subjects - four in year one and four in year two. The Diploma programme takes two years to complete. After first year there are four elective streams: Accounting, Marketing, Human Resource Management and Information Systems Management. In 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 the Core Subjects for all streams will be available in the Department of Business Management at Limerick Institute of Technology. The Elective Subjects in the Accounting Stream and the Marketing Stream will also be available. The Elective Subjects in the Human Resource Management Stream will be available subject to viable class numbers (Minimum number 12 learners). The Elective Subjects in the Information Systems Management stream will not be provided. Where lectures are not provided by LIT in any given stream learners can pursue their elective subjects through Distance Education directly with the Institute of Public Administration.
Exemptions
Graduates and those with other relevant awards may apply for an exemption from a subject in the first year of the Diploma Programme. Only those who have studied relevant disciplines will be considered. Learners must take all subjects in year two of the Programme if they wish to avail of the Diploma Award. Application forms for exemptions, which should be completed and returned no later than early-October 2014, are available from the IPA (01) 240 3600 or by emailing undergrad@ipa.ie. Applications must be accompanied by proof of qualifications (transcripts of results for each year of previous 3rd level studies)
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About Limerick Institute of Technology - Tipperary
About LIT
Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is an institute of higher education in Limerick, a modern urban city in the Mid-theyst region of Ireland and is one of 13 institutes that are members of the Institutes of Technology, Ireland (IOTI). LIT is the ftheirth largest IOT in Ireland, with more than 6000 full time and part time students and 500 staff.
The Institute has five campuses and a learning centre across Limerick city, Tipperary and Clare. The main campus is located at Moylish Park, with two city centre campuses in Clare Street and Georges Quay in Limerick city. LIT in Tipperary is based in two campuses -Thurles and Clonmel. The LIT Ennis Learning Centre is based in the museum in Ennis town centre.
LIT offers ctheirses at Level 6 (certificate) through to Level 10 (PhD) whilst also catering for craft apprentices and adult and continuing education. LIT was awarded the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year in 2008 and 2013 by the Sunday Times University Guide. The guide is the definitive guide to higher education in Ireland and the UK.
Educational Philosophy
LIT has a distinctive approach to Teaching and Learning known as the Active Learning philosophy. Whatever discipline area is offered the core methodology is active and practical; lab work, studio work, case studies, field visits, group assignments and more.
This approach to teaching and learning is embedded in assessment strategies and campus development so that the learning environment reflects the identity of LIT. It is also underpinned by staff developments, e.g. workshops and an online repository of active learning strategies.\
History
The genesis of LIT was the Limerick School of Ornamental Art set up in 1852 when the Athenaeum Society started a School of Arts and Fine Crafts in Limerick. In 1963 a series of technical colleges, to be known as Regional Technical Colleges (RTCs) was announced by the then Minister for Education, Patrick Hillery and the first of the RTCs theyre opened in Athlone, Carlow, Dundalk, Sligo and Waterford in 1970.
A regional technical college for Limerick follotheyd in 1974, initially under the name Limerick College of Art, Commerce and Technology (CoACT). CoACT was upgraded to Institute of Technology status in 1997, along with the restof the RTCs. In 1999 LIT was awarded delegated authority by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, which allows the institute to award its own bachelors, masters and doctorates degrees.
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