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Entry Points (2015)
460

Course Overview

The B Comm (Accounting) degree at NUI Galway combines a broad-based business education with the advantage of a specialized programme for those interested in a career in accounting or a related discipline. Students on the programme particularly like the small class size, which really helps them to settle in. This programme offers significant exemptions from professional accounting examinations.

Applications and Selections

Who Teaches this Course

Requirements and Assessment

Key Facts

Entry Requirements

Minimum Grade HC3 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at H or O level in the Leaving Certificate, including Irish, English, another language, Mathematics and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes. A HC1 in Accounting is also a requirement.


Additional Requirements

For Leaving Certificate - HC1 in Accounting
For A-Levels - Grade C in A-Level Accounting
Duration

3 years (4 year with 'International Experience Year' option)

Next start date

September 2017

A Level Grades (2015)

AAB (A-Level) & b(AS) or equivalent combination

Average intake

30

Closing Date

Next start date

September 2017

NFQ level

8

Mode of study

ECTS weighting

Award

CAO

GY207

PAC code

Course Outline

Course Outline - Year 1

  • Principles of Microeconomics/Macroeconomics
  • Introduction to Management Accounting/ Financial Accounting
  • Business Information Systems and Management
  • Mathematics and Statistics for Business
  • Business Law I and Skills for Success
  • Introduction to Management
  • Introduction to Marketing

Course Outline - Year 2

  • Statistical Methods for Business
  • Managerial Economics
  • Audition, Assurance and Governance
  • Management Accounting
  • Skills for Work Life
  • Financial Accounting
  • Business Finance I
  • Macroeconomics
  • Information and Operations Management
  • Plus one optional subject from the following:
    • Information Systems Management
    • Employment Relations
    • Introduction to Financial Economics
    • Consumer Behaviour
    • Economics of Public Policy
    • Quality Management
    • Advanced Statistical Methods for Business
Optional International Experience Year
  • One semester studying abroad in the USA or Europe
  • One semester on work placement
Course Outline - Final Year
  • Advanced Financial Accounting
  • Management Accounting
  • Taxation
  • Business Finance II
  • Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise
  • Strategic Management Accounting
  • Law
  • Plus three optional subjects from the following areas:

Further Education

Many graduates of the B Comm (Accounting) go on to study on Master of Accounting programmes at NUI Galway and, depending on their choice of optional subjects during their degree, may also choose to study a Master of Economic Science, Master of Finance, Postgraduate Diploma in Education, an LLB or other postgraduate programmes across business disciplines.

Why Choose This Course?

Career Opportunities

Our graduates have had excellent success in securing employment as trainee accountants in all types of accountancy practices. Graduates may also find employment in financial services, taxation, banking, manufacturing and other industries.

Who’s Suited to This Course

Learning Outcomes

Work Placement

The Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) at NUI Galway incorporates work placements in two ways.  Firstly, students can participate in summer internships at the end of 2nd year and  this counts for one of their subjects in final year.  Secondly, students have the option to apply for International Experience and extend their degree by one year to facilitate international study and work placement.

“The placement programme in NUI Galway has terrific benefits to both employers and students. From an employer’s perspective, we have an opportunity to measure the student’s suitability for future graduate positions, as well as benefiting from their contribution during the placement. The students have a unique opportunity to add valuable practical work experience to their resume. They also hone key competencies in areas such as team work, relationship, communication, problem solving and leadership skills and these attributes are highly sought after by employers.  These students, with relevant work experience, have a higher propensity to be successful when interviewing for graduate positions.”

Paul Vance, Head of Resourcing, KPMG

Study Abroad

Students on this programme have the opportunity to add an international experience dimension to their degree at the end of second year, when they may apply on a competitive basis to transfer from the three-year B Comm (Accounting) degree to a four-year B Comm (Accounting) with international experience. Successful applicants will spend one semester of their third year at an international university studying business through English, either in Europe, North America or further afield and a second semester in a work placement. The students will then return to NUI Galway for fourth year to complete their degree.

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Course Fees

Fees: EU

€5,822 p.a. 2016/17

Fees: Tuition

€2,598 p.a. 2016/17

Fees: Student Contribution

€3,000 p.a. 2016/17

Fees: Student levy

€224 p.a. 2016/17

Fees: Non EU

€12,750 p.a. 2016/17
EU Fees 2016/17:
- Tuition: may be paid by the Irish Government on your behalf if you qualify for free tuition fees see - free fee initiative.
- Student Contribution: €3,000 - payable by all students but may by paid by SUSI if you apply and are deemed eligible for a means tested SUSI grant.
- Student Levy:  €224 - payable by all students and is not covered by SUSI.

Find out More

The J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
T 353 91 492 308
F 353 91 494 565
E business@nuigalway.ie 
www.nuigalway.ie/commerce  

What Our Students Say

Orlaith

Orlaith Sherlock |   Year Three B Comm (Accounting)

...I am enjoying the B Commerce (Accounting) course. I find the subjects interesting and the focus on accounting is particularly beneficial as I want to be an Accountant. I really enjoyed this year as I went to SUNY University in Albany, New York for a semester. This was an experience of a lifetime. I am currently working with KPMG Galway for the second semester which is a great opportunity to gain work experience in accounting....

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