Mr Brian McGrath, Head of School of Business. Brief explanation of the development and expansion of the Work Experience Options & update on other programmes.

1. School of
Business
1st December 2016

2. School of Business
Department of Accounting and Information Systems
• Head of Department – Catherine Murphy
Department of Management and Enterprise
• Head of Department – Caroline O’Reilly
Department of Marketing and International Business
• Head of Department – Dr Pio Fenton
Department of Organisation and Professional Development
• Head of Department – Don Crowley

3. School Of Business
New Programmes Developed in Last 5 YearsStaff: 124
Students: 2737
FT Programmes: 22
PT Programmes: 20
FT Student Numbers: 1993
PT Student Numbers: 744
• BSc(Hons) in Agriculture
• BSc(Hons) in Horticulture
• BBus (Hons) in International Business
with Language
• BBus (Hons) in Business Administration
• BBus (Hons) in Human Resource
Management
• MA in Human Resource Management
• MSc in Marketing Practice
• Master of Science in International
Business
• MA in Global Business
• Certificate in Digital Marketing
• Certificate in Enterprise Potential
• Higher Diploma in Business in Sales
Management

4. Department Of Management and Enterprise
CR021 – Business Common Entry
New Title
Bachelor of Business – Level 7 Award (previously Bachelor of
Business in Business and Management)
Bachelor of Business (Honours) - One year add–on Level 8
Second Year Elective option streams
Business
Marketing
Accounting
Third Year Programme Award Options
Bachelor of Business – open to all second year elective streams
Bachelor of Business in Marketing – second year Marketing
stream
Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Accounting – second year
Accounting stream
Fourth Year
All options lead to a level 8 Honours Award

5. Department Of Management and Enterprise
CR021 – Business Common Entry
Third Year (as for all School of Business programmes)
– Experiential Options Semester Two
Work placement – min. of 15 weeks commencing January 2018
External Study in a partner Erasmus University
International Market Exploration project based on 30 credits of
learning
Week Long Study in Utrecht

6. Work Placements
Work Placement is currently part of the following programmes:
We are extending Work Placement to the following programmes:
• Bachelor of Business in Business Administration
• Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Information Systems
• Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International
Business with Language
• Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
• Bachelor of Science in Horticulture
• MSc in Marketing Practice
• Bachelor of Business, in the Department of Management and Enterprise
• Bachelor of Business in Accounting and the Bachelor of Business (Honours) in
Accounting, in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems
• Bachelor of Business in Marketing, and the Bachelor of Business (Honours) in
Marketing, in the Department of Marketing and International Business

7. Work Placements
Work Placement in Third-Level Programmes (REAP)
• Work placements afford opportunities for more collaboration between third-level
institutions and employers, in order to maximise resources and prepare graduates
with required competences for the workplace.
• Competences acquired from non-formal and informal situations are essential parts
of individual learning.
• Work placements provide a unique and valuable learning experience for students
to enable them to gain the transferable generic skills that employers seek.
• The main benefits students gained from placements, include opportunities to
develop interpersonal and generic skills, the ability to put theoretical knowledge
into practice thereby enhancing their future employability prospects.

8. Work Placements
Work Placement in Third-Level Programmes (REAP)
• All students represented in the REAP research found work placement to be a
positive unique learning experience, which was a good fit with their third-level
programme, and helped prepare them for their future careers.
• The main benefits of work placements, identified by the students, include
opportunities to develop independence and self-confidence, networking, and
ability to put their theoretical knowledge into practice.
• The main benefits of work placements for HEIs, identified by the research
conducted with higher education staff, include opportunities to enhance
networking and mutual understanding with workplaces, integrating employability
skills into the curriculum, and applying theoretical knowledge in practice.

9. Internationalisation
Department of Marketing and International Business
• Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International Business with Language
• Master of Science in International Business
• Master of Science in Global Business (proposed)
European Parliament, Irish Embassy & the Audi factory Visit in
Brussels

10. Department of Accounting and Information Systems
CR011 - Horticulture
• Bachelor of Science
• Level 7
• 3 Years
• Work Placement
• Full Employment
• Small Class Sizes
• ClonakiltyBishopstown Dual
Campus
http://www.cit.ie/course/CR011

12. CR400 -
Accounting
• Bachelor of Business
• Level 8
• 4 Years
• Work Placement
• Excellent Exemptions
• College Exit Options at
level 6 and level 7
• http://www.cit.ie/course/CR400