Junior Sophister - BESS

Students must take six modules, the programme requirements, as outlined below, for their chosen degree programme and sufficient optional modules to make up this number. Students may only register for a module if they have taken the pre-requisite modules specified and if the module is a valid option for their chosen degree type. View Module Outlines.

Students are required to complete an independent research project, or dissertation, in either their Junior or Senior Sophister year. Modules identified as IRP, across the two years, qualify as meeting this requirement. Students are only requirement to choose one such module, whether from the Junior or Sophister years and it may be chosen from across any discipline.

Programme Requirements and Prerequisites

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Module Outlines

Module Code	JS Module Title	ECTS Credits	Pre-requisites	Department/School	IRP
BU3520	Management Accounting for Business Decisions	10	BU2530	Business
BU3530	Financial Accounting	10	BU2530	Business
BU3571	Human Resource Management	5	BU2510	Business	IRP
BU3591	Business in Society	5	None	Business
BU3601	Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Modelling	5	None	Business
BU3620	Introduction to Fixed-Income Securities and Alternative Investments	5	BU2550	Business
BU3631	Corporate Finance and Equity Valuation	5	BU2550	Business
BU3640	Services Management	5	None	Business	IRP
BU3650	Digital Technology in Operations	5	None	Business	IRP
BU3660	Organisation Theory and Organisational Analysis	5	None	Business
BU3680	Investments	5	BU2550	Business	IRP
BU3690	Social Entrepreneurship	5	None	Business	IRP
BU3700	Contemporary Marketing Management	5	BU2520	Business	IRP
BU3710	Marketing for Different Organisational and Business Contexts	5	BU2520	Business
EC3010	Economic Analysis	10	EC2010	Economics
EC3021	Money and Banking	10	EC2010	Economics
EC3030	The European Economy	10	EC2010	Economics
EC3040	Economics of Less Developed Countries	10	None	Economics
EC3050	Investment Analysis	10	EC2010 & EC2040	Economics
EC3060	Economics of Policy Issues	10	None	Economics
EC3071	Industrial Economics: Competition, Strategy and Policy	10	EC2010	Economics
EC3080	Mathematical Economics	10	EC2040	Economics
EC3090	Econometrics	10	EC2040	Economics	IRP
PO3600	Research Methods for Political Scientists	10	None	Political Science	IRP
PO3630	Irish Politics	10	None	Political Science
PO3650	Government and Politics of the USA	10	None	Political Science
PO3670	Democracy and Development	10	None	Political Science
PO3680	European Union Politics	10	None	Political Science
SO3230	Globalisation and Development	10	None	Sociology
SO3240	Researching Society	10	SO2310 &SO2360	Sociology
SO3250	Race, Ethnicity and Identity	10	None	Sociology
SO3270	Social Stratification and Inequalities	10	None	Sociology
SO3280	Comparative Sociology of Europe	10	None	Sociology
SS3383	Life Courses and Evolving Welfare States (HT only)	10	None	Social Work and Social Policy
LA3446	Company Law	10	LA1240 & LA2012	Law
LA3439	Public International Law	10	LA1240	Law
LA3445	Commercial Law	10	LA1240 & LA2012	Law

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