Higher Diploma Business (Management)

Course details

What is this course about?

Learners on the MBA will be guided through key subjects to equip them with skill development and career progression in the management and business of the arts. The course will enable and engage learners in attaining an advanced understanding of arts management from marketing, to human resources, to fi nance, to communication, to arts policy, philosophy and leadership. This new MBA course is designed for experienced professionals who seek to renew, relearn, re-encounter and re-evaluate the current cultural climate in all its facets. The course involves lectures, group projects, case studies practice based learning and a range of dynamic invited lectures. The course has been developed in the nationally recognised creative learning environment of the Wexford Campus of IT Carlow that includes Honours Degree courses in art and visual communications. The course will be available in the towns of Wexford and Carlow which boast the Wexford Opera House and Visual: The Centre for Contemporary Art, two of Irelands most advanced arts facilities.

Aim

The course will prepare graduates for lifelong learning so that they will be able to further develop, consolidate and synthesize their knowledge and skills through experience, professional and/or academic education.

Progression routes from this programme

This course will give graduates the basis and maturity to proceed to the MBA or MB taught part-time programmes depending on their general business experience.

What are the minimum entry requirements?

• Graduates with Level 8 qualifi cations.
• Other applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis through completion of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) application form available through LLL. The RPL policy of the Institute allows applicants without a level 8 qualifi cation in a recognised area to be afforded the opportunity of submitting a portfolio to support their application. This portfolio should detail applicant’s work and education experience to determine their suitability for the programme.

Lifelong Learning reserves the right to require applicants to attend for an interview to determine their suitability for the programme.

• International Business
• Management Accounting
• Corporate Governance, Business & Ethics
• Strategic HR Management
• Work based research project
• Marketing or International Business
• Strategic Management