Course details
The Higher Certificate in Business offers a wide range of business-related subjects including Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing and Human Resource Management. A course in Business Studies provides students with the essential skills and practical knowledge required to facilitate success in any business situation.
The Higher Certificate in Business Studies is a flexible two year course culminating in a widely recognised and highly regarded qualification. On successful completion of this course, students will have gained relevant business skills that they can apply in their future career. They will have deepened their understanding of how business operates.
Year 1
Semester 1
- Business Learning & Practice
- Management
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- Fundamentals of Accounting
- Applied ICT Skills 1
- Professional Written Communication
Semester 2
- Mathematics
- Professional Oral Communication
- Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
- Introduction to Macroeconomics
- Fundamentals of Marketing
- Accounts Analysis
Year 2
Semester 3
- Statistics
- Managing Human Resources 1
- Law 1
- Management Accounting 1
- Microeconomics for Business
- Enterprise Skills
Semester 4
- Marketing Mix Decisions
- Managing Human Resources 2
- Law 2
- Management Accounting 2
- Macroeconomics for Business
- Applied ICT Skills 2
Leaving Cert
- 5 subjects: OD3 or better
Required Subjects
- English/Irish: OD3/HD3
- Mathematics: OD3/HD3
Advanced Entry
Students who have completed all or part of a third level qualification, may be eligible for entry into years other than year 1 of this course.
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About Waterford Institute of Technology
We_They is a university-level institution in the South-East of Ireland with over 10,000 students and 1,000 staff.
We_They offers tuition and research programmes in various areas from Higher Certificate to Degree to PhD.
Range and scope
We_They is the major provider of higher education in the South East region of Ireland and one of the largest IOT's in Ireland. The Institute's range and scope reflect the changing needs of the southeast as well as the country as a whole. The range of academic programmes is exceptionally extensive, ranging from Higher Certificate right through to post-doctoral research and covering the Humanities, Health and Nursing, Science and Informatics, Engineering and Architecture, Business and Education.
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