Advisory Session The purpose of this second year advisory session - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Second Year Commerce - Welcome Back and Happy New Year

S d S Second Semester Presentation by: Gerard Turley and Eilis O Regan.

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Advisory Session

• The purpose of this second year advisory session on day one
• f semester two is to inform you of the requirements of your

BComm degree programme BComm degree programme.

• It is your responsibility to now familiarise yourself with these.

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B.Comm. (Three Year Degree) Second Year

Required Credits: 60 ECTS => 50 Obligatory + 10 Optional

Semester One 30 ECTS Semester Two 30 ECTS Business Finance I 5 Business Finance I 5 Employment Relations 5 Macroeconomics 5 Information & Operations Management 5 Total Obligatory 20 Two Optional Modules 10 Two Optional Modules 10

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B.Comm.(International) (Four Year Degree) Second Year

Required Credits: 60 ECTS Credits => 55 Obligatory + 5 Optional

Semester One 30 ECTS Semester Two 30 ECTS Language 15 g g Macroeconomics

• r Business Law I

5 Business Finance I

• r Employment Relations

5 Total Obligatory 25 g y One Optional Module 5

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Second Year Commerce (Three and Four Year Degree) Optional Modules

Second Year Options Final Year Stream AY209 I i l Fi i l R i 1 A i AY209 International Financial Reporting 1 Accounting MG206 Management of Organisational Change Human Resource Management EC247 Introduction to Financial Economics EC259 Economics of Public Policy Economics MK206 C B h i M k ti MK206 Consumer Behaviour Marketing MS203 Information Systems Management B I S

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Second Year Commerce (Three and Four Year Degree)

Other Options Available

• IE226 Quality Management
• MA218 Advanced Statistical Methods for Business
• B.Comm. students choose 2 options (10 ECTS) options must

have a different module prefix

• B.Comm. International students choose 1 option (5 ECTS)

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Note

• Optional courses are not formal prerequisites for Final Year

Streams but are strongly recommended.

• Students wishing to apply for the Master of Accounting

Programme must take Business Finance I and International Financial Reporting I to avail of maximum exemptions from the Financial Reporting I to avail of maximum exemptions from the professional accounting examinations.

• Choose options with a view towards your interests aptitude and

Choose options with a view towards your interests, aptitude and abilities, and final year stream.

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Look ahead- Final Year Commerce

B.Comm. Three Year Degree

• Required Total Credits: 60 ECTS Credits derived as follows:
• 15 ECTS Obligatory Modules
• 25 ECTS modules from One stream/specialisation
• 20 ECTS selected from additional modules listed within the

t f th li t f l ti same stream or from the list of electives.

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Look ahead - Final Year Commerce

• B. Comm. (International) Four Year Degree with Language
• Required Credits: 60 ECTS Credits derived as follows:
• 15 Obligatory (Commerce)
• 20 Obligatory (Language)
• 25 additional optional credits from the list of electives or from

a single stream.

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Progression to Final Year: B. Comm. (B.Comm. & B.Comm. International)

Students must pass all the requirements of second year before progressing to final year.

• B. Comm. (Three Year Degree)
• Pass: 60 ECTS in Second Year (50 Obligatory + 10 Optional)

B Comm (International) (Four Year Degree)

• B. Comm. (International) (Four Year Degree)
• Pass: 60 ECTS in Second Year (55 Obligatory + 5 Optional)

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Progression to Final Year: B. Comm. (B C & B C I i l) (B.Comm. & B.Comm. International)

Pass Mark

• 40% to obtain Course Credit
• But: Allowed to Pass up to 10 ECTS at 35% (Compensatable)
• Students who obtain 35-39% in up to 10 ECTS will pass these modules by

compensation and will not be permitted to repeat, see example on next slide.

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Example of Student who can compensate - Pass

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Excess Compensatable Credits h 10 bl di i Y 2

• more than 10 compensatable credits in Year 2:
• Students may pass up to 10 ECTS by compensation at 35-39%.
• If you have marks between 35 – 39% in more than 10 ECTS, you must

choose which module/s to repeat AND inform the exams office staff.

• You will not be permitted to repeat compensatable credits up to 10 ECTS

as these will be regarded as ‘pass by compensation’.

• If you have eg. 15 ECTS with marks between 35 – 39%, you must choose

C S d l h h i ‘ bl ’

• ne 5 ECTS module to repeat, even though it may say ‘compensatable’ on

your transcript

• Please see next slide, student has 15 ECTS compensatable,

t t f th t bl ONLY l ith f il d – must repeat one of the compensatables ONLY along with failed modules.

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Example of Student who has to choose which subjects to compensate - Fail

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Progression to Third Year: B C (I i l) (F Y ) D

• B. Comm.(International) (Four Year) Degree
• To progress to third year (year abroad) B.Comm.

International Students must accumulate 50 of the 60 ECTS specified for Second Commerce International including at specified for Second Commerce International, including at least 15 ECTS in the relevant language.

• All requirements of second year must be passed, before

progressing to final year.

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When will Coursework Marks be included?

Year’s Work: A student must obtain 35% or more in the written end of semester i ti b f k f Y ’ W k b dd d f hi /h examination before marks for Year’s Work may be added for his/her benefit in determining the overall mark in the module. Where the mark in the final written exam is lower than 35%, the grade for the module will be determined by the LOWER of (i) the mark in the final written exam out of 100%, and (ii) the weighted combination

• f the final written exam and coursework marks.

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• B. Comm. Degree: Marks and Standards

Degree Average: The overall degree mark to be derived from adding together 30% of the Second Year marks and 70% of the Final Year aggregate marks.

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Overall Grade in the Degree Overall Grade in the Degree

Degree Average Grade in B. Comm. Degree 70% First Class Honours (H1) 60% S d Cl H G d 1 (H2 1) 60% Second Class Honours Grade 1 (H2.1) 50% Second Class Honours Grade 2 (H2.2) 40% Third Class Honours (H3) ( ) Second Year Examinations

• Medical certificates etc should be left with a School Administrator in
• Medical certificates, etc. should be left with a School Administrator in

Room 355 or 359 in the School Office (top floor of Cairnes building) if and when seeking permission to defer an examination.

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Change of Mind for Semester II Options

• You can change your Semester II Options up to 3rd February online at

www.nuigalway.ie/registration. Feb 3rd is the end of week 4 of semester.

• Check your registration statement online, and if necessary change your Semester II

Options between these dates Options between these dates.

• There will be NO CHANGES ALLOWED to modules after 3rd February so

please ensure you check your module registration carefully. This is your responsibility. p y

• Some optional modules have coursework requirements. For these you must

register earlier – information will be provided for each module on individual g p blackboard sites. If you think you might like to take a module ensure you comply with the coursework requirements of that module even before Feb 3rd. Otherwise you may forfeit some marks for the module.

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Option to Transfer to B C (I i l E i ) D B.Comm. (International Experience) Degree 4 Year Degree

• Two models:

1) Internship for one semester + One semester study abroad (USA or Europe or Hong Kong) 2) Study Abroad - Erasmus full year, or possibly other alternatives (subject to availability) All h h G S

• All courses through ENGLISH
• Must successfully complete internship and pass all courses before

progressing to final year T l Fi t f 55% S d f 55% S 1

• To apply: First year average of 55%, Second year average of 55% Sem 1
• Invitation to apply in Feb/March. Advisory session in February.

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Global Management Summer School University of Applied Sciences, Steyr, Austria

• July 2013 for 3 weeks
• 4/5 places

S d Y BC t d t

• Second Year BComm students
• Tuition cost waived.
• Accommodation and travel to be paid by student.

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• MAN trucks Company Visit or other company visit
• Global Sales Management and Supply Chain Management & Logistics
• http://www.fh-ooe.at/en/steyr-campus/international/summerschool/
• More details to follow, in an email. Closing date is soon, in mid February.
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Career Planning – start now….

• B. Comm. students are now half way through your degree

programme.

• It is never too early to think about your career plan and to

seek advice and guidance seek advice and guidance.

• Have you got involved in extracurricular activities? If not, do

so this semester.

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Career Planning

• Register with Careers Service NOW
• Work on CV development
• Attend career events
• UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS this semester

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Diary Dates

Accounting and Tax - for all of the professional accounting organisations to present to students - ACCA, CAI, CPA, CIMA and ITI. Monday Feb 25th, 3pm - present to students ACCA, CAI, CPA, CIMA and ITI. Monday Feb 25 , 3pm 4pm in the Siobhan McKenna Theatre. Internship fair on Feb 6th – of interest to Business students seeking a summer internship before starting their final year. CV/Interview/Personal Statement Workshops throughout Jan/Feb 2013. See Careers Office for details

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Careers Office for details

If you have any queries/questions, who do you contact?

B.Comm. Programme Manager Eilis O Regan, at eilis.oregan@nuigalway.ie, Ext 3104 Room 330, top floor of St. Anthony’s building School Office (Top floor of Cairnes Building) Mairead McKeon, Room 355 at mairead.mckeon@nuigalway.ie,Ext. 2612 Martina Huban, Room 359 at suzann.murray@nuigalway.ie,Ext. 3617

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Advice on Optional Modules this Semester…..

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Economics in 2nd Commerce

• Semester I:

– EC209 Managerial Economics (oblig)

• Semester II:

– EC213 Macroeconomics (oblig) + – EC247 Introduction to Financial Economics – or – EC259 Economics of Public Policy

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Economics in Final Commerce

Sem I: EC423 Ireland in the Global Economy (oblig) + for stream: EC425 Topics in Microeconomic Theory and EC422 A li d E i (b h S I) f h EC422 Applied Econometrics (both Semester I) + further

• ptions to total 25 credits:
• Semester I: EC345 Health Economics, EC369 Money and

Semester I: EC345 Health Economics, EC369 Money and Banking (Sem I)

• Semester II: EC325 History of Economic Thought, EC357

Development Economics EC362 Economics of Financial Development Economics, EC362 Economics of Financial Markets, EC382 International Economics, EC386 Public Economics, EC388 Environmental & Natural Resource Economics EC424 Topics in Macroeconomic Theory

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Economics, EC424 Topics in Macroeconomic Theory

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Why Accounting? W y ccou g

• For those with an interest and aptitude for accounting, it
• ffers a varied and rewarding career path with lots of
• pportunity to progress to top management level
• pportunity to progress to top management level
• The demand for accounting graduates is very high; in 2011,

48.4% of ALL graduate jobs were recruited in the area of g j accountancy and financial management (Grad Ireland Graduate Recruitment Trends Survey, 2012) Th Bi 4 A ti fi h t k h d t fi d h

• The Big 4 Accounting firms have to work hard to find enough

high quality graduates each year

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AY209 International Financial Reporting I

• Completes the study of basic accounting
• Moves on to considering financial reporting: how do we present

a true and fair view of a complex organisation in a set of a true and fair view of a complex organisation in a set of financial statements?

• Addressing this question has given rise to entire industry

g q g y devoted to preparing, auditing, regulating and analysing financial information AY209 i d b i i f Ch d

• AY209 equired to obtain exemptions from Chartered

Accountants Ireland, ACCA, CIMA and CPA

• Not required for stream in 3rd year however strongly advised

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Not required for stream in 3rd year, however strongly advised

Business Information Systems in 2nd Year Business Information Systems in 2nd Year

• Compulsory: MS217 - Information and Operations

Management O ti l MS203 I f i S M

• Optional: MS203 - Information Systems Management

– How to effectively manage an IS function within an

• rganisation to create and appropriate business value for
• rganisation to create and appropriate business value for

the organisation and how to sustain it over time – Topics such as: Aligning IS and the rest of the

• rganisation, IS Governance, measuring the value of IS,

how IS is funded, systems security and ethics

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Business Information Systems in 3rd Year Business Information Systems in 3 Year

• MIS Stream Compulsory Subjects
• Semester 1

IS Project Management – IS Project Management – Database Technologies – Management Decision Systems

• Semester 2

Plus IS Stream options

– IS Innovation – E-Business

• Why BIS?

Interested in business coupled with an interest in technologies and how – Interested in business coupled with an interest in technologies and how business can best leverage information? – Still excellent job prospects as Web Developer, Business Analyst, Project Manager, E-Business Consultant, IT Trainer or IT Support

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Management in 2nd Commerce

• MG325 Employment Relations 5ECTS

(obligatory)

• MG206 Management of Organisational Change

5ECTS (optional)

• Thinking ahead to 3rd year & beyond…
• The HR Stream – next event 21 February
• Postgraduate study & career prospects

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Management in 3rd Commerce Management in 3 Commerce

• Human Resource Management Sem 1(5 ECTS)
• Global Employment Relations Sem 1(5 ECTS:

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• Rights & Obligations Sem 1 (5 ECTS : Exclusive to

Stream)

• Cross Cultural Management Sem 2 (5ECTS)
• Work and Organisations Sem 2 (5 ECTS : Exclusive

to Stream)

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• 1. Marketing 2nd Year

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Semester One Compulsory - Action Marketing 5 ECTS Compulsory Action Marketing 5 ECTS S T Semester Two Optional - Consumer Behaviour 5 ECTS

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Marketing Stream in 3rd Year . Marketing Stream in 3 d Year S t 1 S t 2 Semester 1

Compulsory @ 10 ECTS M k i R h

Semester 2

Compulsory @ 15 ECTS (10+5)

• Marketing Policy & Strategy
• Marketing Research

Marketing Policy & Strategy

• Global Marketing

Electives @ 5 ECTS Th M k ti f S i Electives @ 5 ECTS

• Brand Management
• The Marketing of Services
• Media & Marketing

Communications Brand Management

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Communications

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Any Questions?

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