Business & Law

BSc Business and Law (TU904) is an attractive degree in both business and law. Graduates of the programme have a combination of business acumen and legal knowledge, and this skill set offers great career flexibility, opening up a wide array of career opportunities in business and in the legal profession.

Our graduates are uniquely equipped with the analytical and advocacy skills developed through legal training, combined with the numeracy and financial literacy of a business degree. The first two years are designed to provide a solid foundation in the fundamental disciplines of business – accounting, economics, quantitative methods, management, marketing, human resources, and operations – as well as a rigorous grounding in core aspects of the law. This approach allows students to get a taste of the different aspects of both business and law in the first half of their degree.

Using the core knowledge acquired in the first two years of study, in Years 3 and 4, students can choose from a wide range of optional advanced modules in both business and law. At this point, students can continue to study both disciplines, or they can choose to primarily specialise in either business or law, depending on their personal interests or career aspirations.

Lectures and tutorials on BSc Business and Law (TU904) are delivered in small class sizes to facilitate greater interaction and active learning. A diverse range of teaching approaches are adopted, including formal lectures with tutorial support, business case study analysis, debates, role play, industry project work, charity events, simulation exercises, and networking events. Of particular note is the opportunity for students to take part in both national and international business strategy case study competitions in the final year of the programme.

In Year 3 all students on BSc Business and Law (TU904) have the opportunity to study abroad for the entire year at one of our more than 50 partner universities around the world. BSc Business and Law (TU904) is recognised by the professional accounting bodies-Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)-and exemptions are available from these bodies for graduates who pursue the specialist accounting stream.

This programme is accredited by King’s Inns as a qualifying law degree for the purposes of admission to the Barrister at Law Degree. It also offers all of the modules examined by the Law Society of Ireland in their Final Examination First Part.BSc Business and Law (TU904) is designed to equip graduates for an increasingly diverse and changing economy and as such the content and structure of the programme evolve over time. In addition to taking advantage of immediate employment opportunities or further professional qualifications, graduates are also equipped to proceed to postgraduate studies leading to the award of MSc, MPhil or PhD at research institutes and universities worldwide.