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Erasmus / Visiting Student Orientation 2014/2015

Welcome to the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics ‘Study Business in Ireland’

• Dr. Ann M. Torres

Vice Dean of Internationalisation College of Business, Public Policy & Law 9 January 2015

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University Structure

NUI Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies College of Business, Public Policy, & Law College of Engineering & Informatics College of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences College of Science J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics http://www.nuigalway.ie/cairnes / School of Law J.E Cairnes School of Business & Economics Accountancy & Finance Business Information Systems Economics Management Marketing

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J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

• 150 year tradition of business

education

• 2000 undergraduate and

postgraduate students

• 62 permanent faculty
• 5 research centres
• Administration & Support

Services

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J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

 Highly rated in the business world, as shown by  The list of top companies who come to recruit our graduates, for example:  Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bank of Scotland, IBM, Johnson &

Johnson, Intel, Bank of Ireland, and many more.

 The range of companies who present prizes and awards to our students

f t f i i bj t i f

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every year for top performance in various subjects in our courses, for example:

 Ernst and Young (Accounting), Glaxo SmithKline (Human Resource

Management & Marketing), PWC (BIS)

 The number and range of our graduates in jobs, including top jobs, all over

the country and internationally

 As examples, Irial Finan, Executive VP (Coca Cola), Adrian Jones

(Goldman Sachs, NYC), Danny McCoy (IBEC)

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J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Five Disciplines:

• Accountancy & Finance
• Business Information Systems
• Economics

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• Management
• Marketing
• Note: Information on Law modules is available

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The School has a page for Visiting Students

www.nuigalway.ie/cairnes/currentstuden ts/visitingstudents/

Information for North American and

European Students about the Courses in p the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics.

Provisional Timetables for Semester II

(Spring) are here

Hard copies are available today

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‘Like’ us on Facebook and you will get other updates

https://www.facebook.com/JECairnes

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General Information: Semester 1

Teaching begins Monday, 12th January, 2015 Teaching ends Saturday, 18th April, 2015 Study Week Monday, 20th April, 2015 Examinations begin Monday, 27th April, 2015 Easter break Thursday 2nd –Tuesday 7th April 2015 Examinations end Wednesday, 13th May, 2015

 Students should be available for the entire examination period as

amendments to the timetable will be made.

 Do not take subjects that clash in the timetable as examination times

will clash as well.

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Assessment

 Assessment is mainly by a written final examination of two

hours

 Some courses may combine final examination with assessment

by course work such as projects or essays carrying up to 50%

• f the available marks

 Marks are awarded out of 100%

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 Examination Standards:

40% or above: Pass 50% or above: Second class honours, grade 2 60% or above: Second class honours, grade 1 (‘B’) 70% or above: First class honours (‘A’ or top grade)

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Course Selection

 Courses are available from the second and final years of

full-time B.Comm. undergraduate programme and BSc Business Information Systems programme.

 Lecturers are available to assist the incoming students

regarding choice of courses.

 Each course is assigned a weight (5 or 10 ECTS), which

generally corresponds to the number of lecture hours per week.

 The normal weight of courses taken by NUI Galway

students is 30 ECTS per semester.

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Course Selection

Please note the following Courses offered on a year-long basis can only be

taken by students visiting for the full academic year. Th l t ti t bl ill t i l h

 The lecture timetable will contain course clashes. Timetable:

http://www.nuigalway.ie/cairnes/currentstudents /visitingstudents/

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Course Selection Forms

 This form must be completed in addition to the Registration Form  Erasmus Students must have courses listed approved by their NUI

Galway School Coordinator to be signed before Friday, 23rd January, 2015 by 2.00 p.m.

 Course selection will take place on Monday, 26th January, 2015 in Aras

Ui Chathail (1st floor) between 9.30 am. – 1.00 p.m. and 2.00p.m. – 3 30 3.30p.m.

 Results will only be provided when the regular examinations are taken.  Change of course selection will take place on or before Monday, 2nd

February, 2015. Changes to be approved by the International Affairs Office (Visiting students) or Erasmus Co-ordinator (Erasmus students)

 Please do not book flights home until after the examination timetables

have been issued in March.

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Important Notice

MK203 Buyer Behaviour On Monday 12th of January this

module will begin at 4pm in IT250 on Monday (i.e., one hour later)

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Contact

 Erasmus School Administrator  Room 355, Top Floor, Cairnes

Building

 Tel: 091 493620  Vice Dean of

Internationalisation, College of Business, Public Policy & Law

 Room 303, Marketing, Floor,

• Ms. Raphael McLoughlin
• Dr. Ann M. Torres

 Tel: 091 493620  email: raphael.mcloughlin@

nuigalway.ie

 Hours: Wednesday-Thursday

9.00a.m.-2.20p.m. &

 Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.30p.m.

g Cairnes Building (old section)

 Tel: 091 492710  email:

ann.torres@nuigalway.ie

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