TR080: Global Business Programme Structure
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This Global Business Programme is a specialised business degree with an emphasis on developing the skillset for the global market. This distinct, direct entry programme integrates learning from eight key business themes to provide a comprehensive understanding of what is required for businesses operating globally.
The key pillars of the Global Business programme are a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, and relevant real-life business experience which will open up doors to the fascinating world of business. The course is designed for students who wish to establish a successful international business career or manage in a global business context.
Programme at a Glance
- Start Date: September
- Duration: 4 years
- Features: Focus on Global/International Business, Inter-Cultural Management, Organisations and People, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Economics, Marketing and Strategy, Experiential Learning and Personal Development
Year 1: Junior Fresh
IMMERSING YOURSELF IN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS
In your first year, you will learn about the history and evolution of business, organisation and management, in order to establish and reinforce the principle that the pursuit of business is embedded in - and a central driver of - our complex global economy. Furthermore, you will start your self-development journey with the key quantitative and qualitative skills required for business in the 21st Century.
- BUU11552 - Foundations for Digital Transformation (5 ECTS)
- BUU11520 Economics for Management (10 ECTS) or ECU11021 Mathematics & Statistics A and ECU11022 Mathematics and statistics B
- BUU11530 Quantitative Methods for Business (10 ECTS)
- BUU11540 Fundamentals of Philosophy, Ethics and Social Science (10 ECTS)
- BUU11550 Information Systems & Data Management (5 ECTS)
- BUU11560 Work & Wellbeing (5 ECTS)
In addition to the six mandatory Business modules, you will choose one module from the list below. Students wishing to spend all or part of their third year studying abroad in a non-English speaking country should take a language module during their Fresh years.
Optional module list:
- LAU12410 - Introduction to Law (A) and Introduction to Law (B)
- FRU11511 - French Language & Civilisation 1 MT (5 ECTS) (Prior knowledge required)
- FRU11512 - French Language & Civilisation 1 (5 ECTS) (Prior knowledge required)
- SPU11521 - First Year Spanish 1
- SPU11522 - First Year Spanish 2
- RUU11061 - Russian Language for Beginners MT
- RUU11062 - Russian Language for Beginners HT
- PLU11051 - Polish Language 1 for Beginners MT
- PLU11052 - Polish Language 2 for Beginners HT
- RUU1100Y Russian Language 1 (10 ECTS)
- RUU1200Y Russian Language 2 (10 ECTS)
- RUU1101Y Russian for Academic Purposes 1 (10 ECTS)
Year 2: Senior Fresh
BROADEN YOUR BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE TO INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS
Your second year gives you a thorough grounding in every core discipline of business theory and practice, from marketing to finance. You will benefit from the full resources of a globally networked institution. By taking a significant number of credits from other disciplines – from Law and Linguistics, to Geology or Psychology – you will have the unique opportunity to see how your thinking interacts with and is influenced by others, cultivating new insights that can only come through such interdisciplinarity.
- BUU22510 Organisational Behaviour (5 ECTS)
- BUU22520 Principles of Marketing (5 ECTS)
- BUU22530 Introduction to Accounting (5 ECTS)
- BUU22550 Introduction to Finance (5 ECTS)
- BUU22560 Introduction to Operations Management (5 ECTS)
- BUU22570 Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Action (5 ECTS)
- BU22591 - Personal and Professional Development (5 ECTS)
- BUU22580 Business Ethics (5 ECTS)
- BUU22592 Managing Climate Change
- BUU22593 Qualitative Research Methods
Optional Module List:
- BUU22592 Managing Climate Change (5 ECTS) Semester 1
- BUU22593 Qualitative Research Methods (5 ECTS) Semester 2
- ECU22011 Intermediate Economics A (5 ECTS) Semester 1
- ECU22012 Intermediate Economics B (5 ECTS) Semester 2
- S0U22401 Power, State and Social Movements A (5 ECTS) Semester 1
- S0U22052 Power, State and Social Movements B (5 ECTS) Semester 2
- FRU2251Y Language – French Language & Civilisation 2 (10 ECTS)
- PLU22051 Polish Language 2 (cont. Beginners - MT)
- PLU22052 Polish Language 2 (cont. Beginners - HT)
- RUU1200Y Language – Russian (10 ECTS)
- SPU22501 Second Year Spanish 1
- SPU22502 Second Year Spanish 1
- Trinity Electives - (2 x 5 ECTS)
Year 3: Junior Sophister
LEARN BY DOING
While building on your portfolio of skills and knowledge, you are awarded credit for experience that transforms your learning – whether through a semester or year abroad at one of our partner institutions or by reflecting on the internship that you undertook during the summer months. This experiential learning is highly valued by employers and is a unique opportunity for students to develop business skills. During your third year you will also decide if you wish to pursue an internship during your summer break.
- BUU33521 Management Accounting for Business Decisions I (5 ECTS)
- BUU33522 Management Accounting for Business Decisions 2 (5 ECTS)
- BUU33531 Financial Accounting I (5 ECTS)
- BUU33532 Financial Accounting II (5 ECTS)
- BUU33590 Business in Society (5 ECTS Semester 1)
- BUU33603 Ecological Innovation (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU33620 Introduction to Fixed Income Securities and Alternative Investments (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU33630 Corporate Finance and Equity Valuation (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU33660 Organisational Theory and Organisational Analysis (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU33680 Investments (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU33690 Social Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU33700 Contemporary Marketing Management (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU33710 Consumer Behaviour (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU33720 Taxation I (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU33730 Taxation II (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU33740 Financial Management (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU33801 Intercultural Management I
- BUU33802 Intercultural Management II
Year 4: Senior Sophister
DEEPEN YOUR EXPERTISE
In your Senior Sophister year, you will focus on at least one area of business expertise: studying your chosen subject in depth, taking advanced modules in the subject and undertaking a significant research project (Capstone) guided by one of our faculty or industry experts. Your work leads you into your chosen career path, be it finance, accounting, strategy or marketing.
- BUU44501 Strategic Management: Theory and Practice (10 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44502 Strategic Management: Independent Research Project
- BUU44611 Management Experience and Reflection (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU44510 International Business & The Global Economy (10 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44520 Exploring Organisational Experiences (20 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44531 Financial Reporting and Analysis I (5 ECTS)
- BUU44532 Financial Reporting and Analysis II (5 ECTS)
- BUU44540 Grand Challenges (Semester I & II - 20 ECTS)
- BUU44551 Advances in Marketing Theory and Practice (10 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44552 Digital Marketing (5 ECTS - Sem 2)
- BUU44560 Managing People & Leading Change (10 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44570 Operations Strategy and Improvement (5 ECTS - Sem 1)
- BUU44590 Business Dissertation (20 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44620 Social Innovation and Social Impact (20 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44621 Designing Social Innovation (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU44622 Delivering Social Impact (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU44630 Economic Policy and Business History (20 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44640 International Finance (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU44650 Derivatives (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU44660 Company & Business Law (5 ECTS - Semester 2)
- BUU44670 Audit and Assurance (5 ECTS - Semester 1)
- BUU44680 Global Supply Chain Management (10 ECTS - Semester 1 & 2)
- BUU44692 Intercultural Management (Mandatory for GB - Semester II)