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Programme details for the BComm (Hons) International with French/German/Italian/Hispanic Studies/Irish may be found below. Programme details for the BComm (Hons) International with Chinese Studies can be found here.
To be admitted to the Faculty of Commerce for the programme of study leading to the degree of BComm (Hons) (International), an applicant must have met the specified Language requirements as detailed here. Students opting for one of the first four BComm (Hons) (International) Degrees listed above will spend a year abroad pursuing an appropriate course of study or, in the case of BComm (Hons) (International) with Irish, some students will spend a period in internship and complete a series of projects/reports.
First Year - First University Examination in Commerce (International)
To be admitted to the First University Examination in Commerce (International) a student must have satisfactorily attended, for at least a full academic year, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
45 credits to be taken as follows:
AC1102 Introduction to Accounting (5 credits)
EC1202 Business Economics I (5 credits)
GV1102 Introduction to Government and Politics (5 credits)
IS1105 Introduction to Management Information Systems (5
credits)
LW1100 Introduction to Business Law (10 credits)
MA1100 Introductory Mathematics for Business I (5 credits)
MG1004 Introduction to Management and Organisation (5
credits)
MG1903 Introduction to Marketing (5 credits)
and modules to the value of 15 credits to be taken from the chosen Language:
French [CK205]
FR1103 Foundation Course in Written and Oral French and
Introduction to French for Business (10 credits)
FR1201 Introduction to French Studies (5 credits)
or
German [CK206]
Beginners':
Note: Only students with no prior German or Junior
Certificate German who have a minimum of Grade HC1 in another
modern continental language or in Irish, Latin, or Greek in the
Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent) can take German
for Beginners.
GE1103 Integrated Written and Oral Language Course for
Beginners (10 credits)
GE1104 Introduction to German Culture and Literature
for Beginners (5 credits)
or
Non Beginners':
Note: Students wishing to select GE1101
must have obtained a minimum grade HC3 in German in the Leaving
Certificate Examination (or equivalent).
GE1101 Integrated Written and Oral Language Course
(10 credits)
GE1102 Introduction to Literature (5 credits)
or
Italian [CK207]
Beginners':
IT1101 Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian (10
credits)
IT1201 Post-Unification Italian Culture and Society (5
credits)
or
Non Beginners':
IT1102 Non-Beginners' Written and Spoken Italian (10
credits)
IT1201 Post-Unification Italian Culture and Society (5
credits)
Hispanic Studies [CK208]
Note regarding selection of Spanish language modules: Students wishing to take HS1101 must have obtained a minimum Grade HC3 in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent) in another modern continental language or Irish, Latin or Greek. Students who have studied Spanish at second level and obtained a Grade below HB3 can also join the Beginners' Spanish course. (Note for School Leavers: School Leavers must satisfy the minimum entry requirements for CK208 as well as satisfying the additional requirement of obtaining a HC1 in one of French, German, Gaeilge/Irish, Italian, Spanish, Latin or Greek for admission to CK208).
Beginners':
HS1101 First Year Spanish Language for Beginners (15
credits)
or
Non-Beginners':
Note: Students wishing to take HS1102 must have
obtained a minimum Grade HB3 in the Leaving Certificate
Examination (or equivalent) in Spanish.
HS1102 First Year Spanish Language for Non-Beginners (10
credits)
HS1030 Literature in Spanish (5 credits)
or
Irish [CK209]
GA1003 Bunstaidéar ar Theanga agus ar
Chultúr na Gaeilge (15 credits)
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the First University Examination in Commerce (International) within three academic years from the date of first registration for First Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the Faculty of Commerce, only for very serious reasons.
In addition to the General Regulations for passing the year, the following Special Requirements for Languages apply:
Second Year - Second University Examination in Commerce (International)
No student may register for the Second Year programme of study until the First University Examination in Commerce (International) has been passed. Second Year consists of core modules to the value of 35 credits and Language modules to the value of 25 credits from one of the Language subjects. To be admitted to the Second University Examination in Commerce (International) a student must have satisfactorily attended, for at least a full academic year, the following modules to the value of 60 credits:
35 credits to be taken from the following:
AC2200 Introduction to Management Accounting (5
credits)
EC1203 Business Economics II (5 credits)
FE2401 Principles of Food Marketing (5 credits)
GV2218 European Government and Politics (5 credits)
IS2201 Management Information Systems (5 credits)
MG2005 International Management and Organisation (5
credits)
ST1023 Introduction to Business Statistics (5 credits)
and 25 credits to be taken from the chosen Language as follows:
French
FR2103 Advanced French Language III (10 credits)
FR2901 French Society and Institutions (5 credits)
and modules to the value of 10 credits to be taken from
the following:
FR2202 Literary Seminar I (5 credits)
FR2204 Topics in Literature and Culture (5 credits)
FR2305 Cultural Studies:
Francophone Postcolonial Literature (5 credits)
FR2306 Literary Studies:
The Theatre of the Absurd (5 credits)
FR2403 Introduction to
Specialist Translation (5 credits)
FR2404 The French Language
Today (5 credits)
FR2405 Topics in French
Applied Linguistics (5 credits)
FR2602 Cultural Studies:
Modern French Culture (5 credits)
FR2702 French Society and Institutions:
Women in French Society and Culture (5 credits)
or
German
GE2801 Integrated Language Course (10 credits)
GE2808 German Cultural Seminar for Year Abroad (5 credits)
and modules to the value of 10 credits to be taken from
the following:
GE2113 Novelle und Kurzprosa (5 credits)
GE2126 German Literature from 18th to 21st Century (5
credits)
GE2128 German Irish Relations: Present and Past (5
credits)
GE2129 Drama and Theatre of the 20th and 21st Century (5
credits)
GE2130 Constructing and Deconstructing German
National Identity: Key Texts in the Development, Expression and
Modification of an idea (5 credits)
or
Italian
IT2101 Intermediate Italian Language (10 credits)
IT2102 The Language of the Italian Media (5 credits)
and modules to the value of 10 credits to be taken from the following:
IT2302 The Spectacle of Reality: Neorealismo in Film (5
credits)
IT2304 Primo Levi: the Survivor and His Work (5 credits)
IT2305 The Italian Short Story (5 credits)
IT2306 Italo Calvino and the Interpretation of Reality (5
credits)
IT2308 Fascism and its Legacy (5 credits)
or
Hispanic Studies
¹HS2101 Second Year Spanish Language Course
(Ex-Beginners) (10 credits)
or
¹HS2102 Second Year Spanish Language Course
(Ex-Non-Beginners) (10 credits)
HS2007 Dissertation (5 credits)
HS2008 Business, Culture and Society in Spain and Portugal
(5 credits)
and modules to the value of 5 credits to be taken from the following:
HS2006 Culture and Society in the Spanish Golden Age: An
Introduction (5 credits)
HS2009 Contemporary Writing from Spain (5 credits)
HS2011 Contemporary Hispanic Theatre (5 credits)
HS2022 Catalonia and the Catalan Language I (5 credits)
HS2023 Catalan Cultural Studies I (5 credits)
HS2024 Galician Language I (5 credits)
HS2025 Galician Cultural Studies I (5 credits)
HS2026 Linguistic Aspects of Spanish (5 credits)
HS2044 Art and Visual Culture of the Spanish Golden Age (5
credits)
HS2046 US Hispanic Fiction: Latino Writers in Focus (5
credits)
PU2020 Portuguese Beginners Language (5 credits)
PU2203 Cultural Identity in the Lusophone (Portuguese
Speaking) World (5 credits)
Note:
or
Irish
GA2001 Úsáid agus Cruinneas na Gaeilge I (10 credits)
and modules to the value of 15 credits to be taken from
the following:
GA2003 Filíocht na hOchtú hAoise Déag
(5 credits)
GA2012 Prós na Seachtú hAoise Déag (5
credits)
GA2014 Logainmníocht na Gaeilge (5
credits)
GA2016 Dialanna na Gaeilge (5 credits)
GA2017 Litríocht na Naoú hAoise Déag
(5 credits)
GA2019 Cineálacha Scéalaíochta: An
Litríocht Bhéil agus an Gearrscéal Liteartha
(5 credits)
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Second University Examination in Commerce (International) within three academic years from the date of first registration for Second Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the Faculty of Commerce, only for very serious reasons.
In addition to the General Regulations for passing Second Year the following Special Requirements for Languages apply: French: To progress to Year Three of the BComm (Hons) (International) with French, students must pass module FR2103 (10 credits); German: To progress to Year Three of the BComm (Hons) (International) with German, students must pass module GE2801 (10 credits); Italian: To progress to Year Three of the BComm (Hons) (International) with Italian, students must pass module IT2101 (10 credits); Hispanic Studies: To progress to Year Three of the BComm (Hons) (International) with Hispanic Studies, students must pass module HS2101 or HS2102 (10 credits); Irish: To progress to Year Three of the BComm (Hons) (International) with Irish, students must pass module GA2001 (10 credits).
Third Year - Third University Examination in Commerce (International)
Year Abroad Students (i.e. students taking French or German or Italian or Hispanic Studies or Irish language students who opt to spend the year at the University of Aberdeen or University of Edinburgh):
This year is spent pursuing approved programmes of study in a country of the student's major continental language. Programmes taken will be validated by the host institution. To fulfil requirements for the successful completion of this year, a student must achieve a pass standard, as applied by the host institution, on a set of courses approved by the Faculty of Commerce, UCC. Marks shall be submitted to the Autumn Examination Board, UCC with a Supplemental Board in Winter. Failed elements of continuous assessment must be re-submitted. Where failed elements are re-submitted, a student will continue his or her studies subject to passing the winter examination board.
German Language Students
Students must spend the third year abroad. This typically consists
of two semesters, or one academic year at a partner university in
Germany or Austria (60 credits). In some cases students may be
able to opt for a work placement at the discretion of the
programme directors. In this case the year abroad would consist of
one academic semester at a partner university (30 credits) and one
placement (12-24 weeks, minimum 12 weeks and assessed by UCC) in a
designated company in Germany (30 credits, i.e. GE3309
German Work Placement (20 credits) and GE3310
German Work Placement Oral Presentation (10 credits).
In either case above, the year abroad must amount to 60 credits overall and marks shall be submitted to the Autumn Examination Board, UCC.
Irish Language Students
Students will be required to spend a period in internship and
complete modules. These modules, amounting to a total value of 60
credits are:
GA3040 Placement I (20 credits)
GA3041 Oral Presentation (10 credits)
GA3042 Work Placement Project (20 credits)
GA3043 Tionscnamh Gaeilge (10 credits)
Irish language students may spend this year pursuing approved programmes of study at the University of Aberdeen or the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is important to note that a maximum of four places are available under this option. Students interested in availing the Scottish option will indicate their interest by the last Friday in February of their Second Year. Should more than four students indicate an interest, the places will be allocated by random selection.
Spanish Language Students
Students may opt to:
1. Attend a full academic year in a host university;
OR
2. Attend university and undertake a work placement.
Option 1
Students taking option 1 (full academic year) may:
take an academic placement worth 60 credits at the host
institution
OR
take an academic placement worth 50 credits at the host
institution and the online Spanish module HS3012 (10
credits).
Option 2
Students taking option 2 (attend university and undertake a work
placement) must complete the International Work Placement module HS3011
(15 credits) and the online Spanish module HS3012 (10
credits), combined with an academic placement at university worth
35 credits.
In both cases, modules amounting to a total value of 60 credits must be taken.
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Marks will be submitted to the Autumn Examination Board, UCC with a Supplemental Board in Winter. In the case of students of Irish who opt for internship, marks are submitted to the Summer Examination Board. Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Third University Examination in Commerce (International) within three academic years from the date of first registration for Third Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the Faculty of Commerce, only for very serious reasons.
Fourth Year - BComm (Hons) (International) Degree Examination
No student may register for the Fourth Year programme of study until they have successfully completed the Third Year of the programme. To be admitted to the BComm (Hons) (International) Degree Examination, a student must have satisfactorily attended, for at least a full academic year, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
Modules of not less than 25 credits to be taken from the chosen Language as follows:
French
¹FR4101 Advanced Use of French (10 credits)
and modules to the value of 15 credits to be taken from the following:
FR4201 Literary Seminar II (5 credits)
FR4202 Structure and Varieties of Contemporary French (5
credits)
FR4306 Cultural Studies: France and Algeria: Fictions and
Histories (5 credits)
FR4307 Literary Studies: The Contemporary French Theatre (5
credits)
FR4308 Literary Studies: Modern French Fiction (5 credits)
FR4403 Linguistics: The Acquisition of French as a Second
Language (5 credits)
FR4404 Linguistics: French in Canada (5 credits)
FR4407 Advanced Specialist Translation (5 credits)
FR4505 French Thought and the Contemporary World (5
credits)
FR4604 Contemporary Visual Culture (5 credits)
FR4702 Contemporary French Society and Politics (5 credits)
Note: ¹Students must pass FR4101 (10 credits)
or
German
¹GE3801 Advanced Integrated Language Course (10
credits)
GE3804 Advanced Grammar (5 credits)
and modules to the value of 10 credits to be taken from
the following:
GE3126 German Film in Focus: A thematic Approach (5
credits)
GE3136 Berlin in Literature, Theatre, Film and
Visual Art (5 credits)
GE3137 Interpreting Heinrich von Kleist's Prose Fiction (5
credits)
GE3142 Nietzsche für Alle und Keinen: The
Philosopher as Artist (5 credits)
GE3904 The Double Face of Germany: Representing the
Holocaust (5 credits)
LL3101 Ideas of Europe: Imagining European
Identity (5 credits)
LL3102 European Cultural Identities 2: Cultural
Capitals (5 credits)
Note: ¹Students must pass GE3801 Advanced Integrated Language Course.
Italian
¹IT3101 Advanced Italian Language (10 credits)
IT3103 Business Italian (5 credits)
IT3204 Post-War Italian Society (5 credits)
and one module to the value of 5 credits to be taken from the following:
IT3307 Italian Women Writers (5 credits)
IT3309 Introduction to Modern Italian Cinema (5 credits)
IT3310 Futurism: Word and Image (5 credits)
IT3312 Italian Contributions to European Culture (5
credits)
IT3314 Imagined Histories: The Historical Novel
in Italian (5 credits)
Note: ¹Students must pass IT3101 (10 credits)
or
Hispanic Studies
¹HS3001 Final Year Spanish Language (10 credits)
HS3004 Culture and Society in the Hispanic World (5
credits)
and modules to the value of 10 credits to be taken from
the following:
HS3005 History and Society in Spanish Literature (5
credits)
HS3007 Aspects of Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (5
credits)
HS3008 Linguistic Aspects of Spanish as a Global Language
(5 credits)
HS3010 Stages of Exile in Hispanic Theatre (5 credits)
²HS3022 Catalonia and the Catalan Language II
(5 credits)
²HS3023 Catalan Cultural Studies II (5 credits)
²HS3024 Galician Language II (5 credits)
²HS3025 Galician Cultural Studies II (5 credits)
HS3031 Truth and Fiction in Cervantes' Novelas
Ejemplares (5 credits)
HS3044 Golden Age Drama (5 credits)
HS3054 Gender, Writing and Politics in Mexico (5 credits)
LL3001 Postmodern and Contemporary European
Cinema (5 credits)
LL3002 Travel Writing (5 credits)
LL3101 Ideas of Europe: Imagining European
Identity (5 credits)
LL3102 European Cultural Identities 2: Cultural
Capitals (5 credits)
²PU3020 Portuguese Language II (5 credits)
²PU3303 Contemporary Brazilian Culture (5 credits)
Note:
or
Irish
¹GA3001 Úsáid agus Cruinneas na
Gaeilge (10 credits)
GA3019 Scéal agus Saíocht na Gaeilge (5
credits)
and modules to the value of 10 credits to be taken from
the following:
GA3002 Litríocht na Gaeltachta i gCúige
Mumhan (5 credits)
GA3003 Filíocht na Seachtú hAoise
Déag (5 credits)
GA3004 Nua-fhilíocht na Gaeilge (5 credits)
GA3007 Scéalaíocht na Nua-Ghaeilge (5
credits)
GA3008 An tÚrscéal sa Ghaeilge (5 credits)
GA3016 Filíocht na Nua-Ghaeilge Luaithe (5 credits)
GA3017 Léamh agus Litriú na Gaeilge (5
credits)
GA3018 An tAistriú Liteartha (5 credits)
Note: ¹Students must pass GA3001 (10 credits)
and modules to the value of 35 credits to be taken from any of the following modules:
Elective Subject Groups
Accounting, Finance and Information Systems Subject Group
AC4400 Financial Reporting (10 credits)
AC4406 Accounting in Business (5 credits)
IS3317 Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business (10
credits)
IS4428 Web Development for Business (10 credits)
Business Economics Subject Group
¹EC2204 Business Microeconomics I (5 credits)
¹EC2205 Business Microeconomics II (5 credits)
²EC2207 The Macroeconomic Environment (10 credits)
EC4171 Economic Integration in Europe (5 credits)
EC4201 Industry Structure and Competition (10 credits)
EC4202 Government and Business (10 credits)
EC4203 Economics of Human Resources (10 credits)
EC4208 Law and Economics of Competition (10 credits)
EC4221 Business Econometrics (10 credits)
EC4222 Financial Economics (10 credits)
EC4223 Corporate Strategy Economics (10 credits)
Note:
Food Business and Development Subject Group
FE4002 Global Food Policy (5 credits)
FE4008 Food Security and the Developing World (5
credits)
FE4009 Co-operative Business and the Rural Economy (5
credits)
FE4205 Consumer Behaviour in Food Markets (5 credits)
FE4206 Food Retail Marketing (5 credits)
FE4207 Food Supply Chain Management (5 credits)
FE4405 Food Choice Analysis (5 credits)
FE4412 Sustainable Development: Food, Natural Resources
and Gender (10 credits)
FE4414 Co-operative Banking (5 credits)
FE4415 Research Project and Analytical Skills (10 credits)
FE4416 Rural Development Policy (5 credits)
FE4450 European Food Business (5 credits)
Government Subject Group
GV4202 Research Project (10 credits)
GV4300 European Framework (10 credits)
GV4400 Global Governance (10 credits)
GV4404 Theories and Origins of Democracy and Ideology (10
credits)
Management and Marketing Subject Group
MG2007 Enterprise Planning and Processes (5 credits)
MG2011 People and Organisation (5 credits)
MG3919 Business Ethics (5 credits)
MG3920 Marketing Communications and Social Media Marketing
(10 credits)
MG4032 Creative Design and Innovation (10 credits)
MG4008 Entrepreneurship and Business Start-ups (10 credits)
MG4010 Strategic Management/Marketing (10
credits)
MG4012 International Marketing (10 credits)
MG4013 Business Networks and Relationship Marketing (10
credits)
MG4015 Current Issues in Marketing (10 credits)
MG4018 Management/Marketing Research Project (10 credits)
MG4028 Family Business Enterprise (10 credits)
MG4029 Operations and Project Management (10 credits)
Mathematics and Statistics Subject Group
MA2200 Introductory Mathematics for Business II (5
credits)
or
MA3901 Multivariable Calculus and Optimisation (5 credits)
MA4402 Game Theory and Linear Algebra (5 credits)
ST2200 Methods of Business Statistics (5 credits)
ST3300 Data Analysis I (5 credits)
ST4400 Data Analysis II (5 credits)
ST4401 Introduction to Operations Research (5 credits)
ST4402 Modelling and Systems for Decision Making (5
credits)
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the BComm (Hons) (International) Degree Examination within three academic years from the date of first registration for Fourth Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the Faculty of Commerce, only for very serious reasons.
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