Bachelor of Business - BB in Accounting and Finance - Level 7 Technological University Dublin Tallaght Campus

This three-year programme aims to prepare students for middle-level responsibility in an accounting environment and enter the world of employment with a solid qualification.

You don’t need to have studied any Leaving Certificate Accounting, Business or Economics subjects. We start at an introductory level, which will prepare you for the more complex concepts you’ll meet at a later stage of your studies. Modules are divided into 6 pillars including: Financial Accounting and reporting; Decision Making and Risk Analysis; Economics and Finance; Compliance: Law & Taxation; Business Management & Communications (Corporate Dynamics); Data Management and Business Intelligence.

As you progress, you build up credits and generous Accountancy Body Professional Examination exemptions including ACCA, CPA and CIMA. You will also be given the opportunity to obtain Microsoft Office Accreditation during your studies on this programme.

One of the core goals of our department is to enrich the development of our graduates to maximise their employment potential and we embrace the 'T Graduate' concept as a model to achieve this.

Our core disciplinary skills, as exemplified in the 'T Graduate' concept, are evidenced in the exemptions awarded by professional bodies. We compliment these skills with strong interpersonal and computer skills. Along with obtaining skills on accounting packages, the management of big data and an understanding of the digital enablers for accountants, students will also have the opportunity to obtain Microsoft Professional Accreditation.

Each year of the programme is designed for the student to build on accounting skills they have gained in the previous year. In year 1 the student learns the basic foundation skills in both business an accounting areas. In year 2 the student will begin to exploit these skills and in year 3 they will begin to apply the knowledge and skills they have learnt from previous years in time for their work placement.

Career Planning & Preparation The programme is complimented with a Professional Communication & Work Place Preparation module. This provides the students with broader professional communication skills through detailed CV and ‘linked in’ preparation and simulated professional mock interviews. This module is also supported by a series of guest speakers from the Professional bodies, firms and Industry including. The opportunities afforded to the students in meeting these guest speakers is very valuable in building their professional network and career opportunities.

Work Placement is core to this programme. It takes place in the second semester of year 3 when the student will have gained competencies in some accounting and business modules. Our goal is to provide you with practical focused skillset you need for the work place. The work placement/work based project takes place in the second semester of year 3 in an accounting/finance work environment when the student has gained competencies in some accounting modules.

Professional Accreditation: On successful completion of this programme, graduates qualify for generous exemptions from the professional accountancy bodies, including ACCA, CIMA, CPA. You may also progress to year 4, where you will also obtain exemptions from ACA and The Irish Tax Institute.

Progression and Exit Awards: On successful completion, you will be eligible to progress to the final year of Level 8 in Accounting & Finance.

Should your circumstances change, you can postpone your studies or continue them part-time in the evening or you can exit the programme at Level 6 (exiting with a Level 6 Higher Certificate in Accounting)

Advanced Entry: The programme welcomes advanced entry with specific recognition of the 2 year ATI Diploma and the ACCA Diploma, both of which will provide for advanced entry to year 3, of this 3 year programme.

Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) is Ireland’s first Technological University, offering a unique range of programmes and disciplines, with pathways to graduation from foundation and apprenticeship to undergraduate and doctoral levels. TU Dublin is the University where the arts, business, sciences, engineering and technology converge, and its 28,500 students and researchers come from all over Ireland and from all parts of the globe. TU Dublin has well-developed campuses in Dublin City and in the two largest areas of population growth in the Greater Dublin Region – Blanchardstown and Tallaght. Now, a new campus is being developed on a spectacular 73-acre site at Grangegorman in central Dublin. This is the largest higher education development project in Europe. The campus will provide an exceptional learning environment that supports research, innovation, and the advancement of knowledge and will welcome more than 10,000 students in September 2020. A further 5,000 students will relocate to the campus by 2022.

With an international outlook, TU Dublin welcome students and staff from around the world while TU’s strong international partnerships provide opportunities for student and staff exchange programmes, major cross-collaboration research projects, and employment opportunities. TU Dublin is immensely proud of its network of 100,000+ TU Dublin graduates who are making their careers here in Ireland and in 70 countries worldwide.

Tallaght campus is situated on the southwest side of the city and has over 5,000 students. The campus is located on an 18-hectare site between Old Blessington Road, Belgard Road and Greenhills Road in Tallaght Dublin 24.

The campus is fully equipped with lecture theatres comprising of the latest audio-visual equipment and learning aids, science, electronic and computer labs, state-of-the-art culinary kitchens, restaurant, library, canteen, coffee shop, Students' Union, automated banking facilities and a soccer pitch. The campus also offers free parking for cars and bikes.