On completion, the student will achieve the following:

• Devise foreign market entry strategies for firms looking to expand their operations outside of Ireland
• Apply knowledge of international trade patterns in manufacturing and services to identify locations for doing business globally
• Conduct comparative analyses of foreign markets
• Advise on how to do business in and with the UK post-Brexit and the EU
• Use management skills to develop an internationalisation strategy

Business permeates through every industry sector and to progress in any organisation will demand graduates to have not only skills in their relevant fields but also the business skills to operate in a commercial business environment. This programme covers the key principles of business, management but with a strong emphasis on the international aspects of operating a business.

Online

• Strategic Management Concepts
• Microeconomics
• Enterprise and Innovation
• International Marketing Strategies
• People Management Concepts & Practice
• Doing Business in the UK and EU
• Strategic Management Practice
• Macroeconomics
• New Venture Planning
• Global Business Management
• Essentials of Organisational Behaviour
• The Evolving World Economy

An honours degree (level 8) in a non-business or a non-cognate discipline or approved equivalent qualification. Priority of entry will be given to applicants with a higher classification of award.

OR

Special Case Registration:  Prospective participants who do not meet the entry requirements for the programme detailed above, but who may qualify for admission by meeting certain other equivalent criteria, should apply to the Department of Flexible Learning office for consideration.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Applicants who do not have English as their first language must ensure they satisfy English Language requirements. For entry to undergraduate courses, a minimum score of 5.5 in an IELTS exam is required. For postgraduate courses, a minimum of 6.0 is required. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure their English proficiency meets these requirements.

Online – 7.00pm Monday 21 September 2023

€5,700* This programme is Springboard funded in 2022. Employed applicants will receive 90%, a fee of €570 will be paid by applicants.  Springboard will fund 100% for unemployed applicants.

Level 08 

NFQ Level 6
(60 Credits)