Business & Law (DN610/BSJ4)

Undergraduate (Level 8 NFQ, Credits 240)
Academic Year 2024/2025

Study Abroad

Scholarships Available

Duration:

4 Year(s)

Next Intake:

2024/2025 September

General Entry Requirements (A-Level)

AAA / ABBB / AAB + D AS Level

Subject Requirements (Mathematics)

GCSE Level A / AS Level C / A Level D

IB SL 6 / HL 4

General Entry Requirements (IB)

Country Specific Entry Requirements:

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Curricular information is subject to change.

The BBL degree combines law and business into a single degree, providing you with an ideal skill-set for the commercial world and offering valuable career flexibility. BBL graduates are uniquely equipped with the analytical and advocacy skills that arise from a legal training, combined with the numeracy and financial literacy of a business degree.

About this Course

First, Second & Third Year
During your first three years you will study both business and law modules in equal measure and you will learn how these two disciplines interrelate. In addition to studying core Law degree subjects, such as Contract Law, Tort Law and EU Law, you may also choose from a large variety of other law modules including:

Revenue Law
Commercial Law
Intellectual Property Law
Employment Law

The range of business modules includes:

Accountancy
Management
Finance
Economics
Marketing

Fourth Year

According to your preference and career plans, you can choose to specialise in Law or Business.BBL students may choose clinical legal education modules offered at the Clinical Legal Education Centre (CLEC), including Competition Law in Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Advocacy & Mooting.

Note: The intensive nature of the BBL degree means that you will not have time to take extra modules as part of UCD Horizons.

You will attend lectures and tutorials, in addition to engaging in study and preparatory work.

Assessment is through a combination of end-of-semester examinations, essays and group work projects.

Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.

Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules Business
ACC10730	Business in Society	Autumn	5
BMGT10170	Inside Organisations	Autumn	5
MATH10030	Mathematics for Business	Autumn	5
ECON10720	Microeconomics for Business	Spring	5
MIS10050	Digital Technologies in Business	Spring	5
MIS10090	Data Analysis for Decision Makers	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules Business
Stage 2 Core Modules Business
FIN20010	Principles of Finance	Autumn	5
MIS20070	Digital Society	Autumn	5
MKT20020	Marketing: Firms, Customers & Society	Autumn	5
ACC10040	Financial Accounting 1	Spring	5
MIS20010	Business Analytics	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules Business
Stage 2 Options - Business
BMGT20050	Business Across Borders	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ACC20040	Business, Media & Corporate Communications	Spring	5
BMGT20100	Developing Future Leaders	Spring	5
BMGT20130	Managing Business Ethics	Spring	5
BMGT20160	Business and Social Enterprise	Spring	5
BMGT20210	Business and the European Union	Spring	5
MATH20320	Quantitative Methods in Business	Spring	5
MIS10040	Web Design and Analytics	Spring	5
MIS20040	Digital Business and Social Media Strategy	Spring	5
MIS20090	Design Thinking	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - Business
Stage 3 Core Modules Business
ACC20010	Financial Accounting 2	Autumn	5
BMGT30300	Business Strategy	Autumn	5
ACC20020	Management Accounting	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
BMGT20140	Global Business	Spring	5
BMGT20150	Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules Business
Stage 3 Options - Business
ACC30010	Tax in Society	Autumn	5
ACC30030	Cost Management	Autumn	5
BMGT30100	Leadership and Change Management	Autumn	5
BMGT30330	Governing International Trade, Finance, Climate and the Internet	Autumn	5
BMGT30430	Doing Business in the Global South	Autumn	5
FIN30030	International Financial Management	Autumn	5
FIN30170	Corporate Financial Management	Autumn	5
FIN30200	Econometrics of Financial Markets	Autumn	5
HRM30020	European IR and HRM	Autumn	5
HRM30070	HRM in Multinationals	Autumn	5
MIS30150	Strategic Decision Making in the Digital World	Autumn	5
MKT30040	Consumer Psychology	Autumn	5
MKT30050	Consumer Insight: Research and Data Planning	Autumn	5
MKT30060	Building Effective Marketing Plans	Autumn	5
MKT30150	Responsible Marketing	Autumn	5
BMGT30440	Cultural Intelligence in Management	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
Stage 3 Options - Business
Stage 4 Core Modules Business
HRM30120	People at Work	Autumn	5
BMGT30340	New Venture Creation & Development	Spring	5
Stage 4 Core Modules Business
Stage 4 Options - Business
ACC30010	Tax in Society	Autumn	5
ACC30030	Cost Management	Autumn	5
BMGT30100	Leadership and Change Management	Autumn	5
BMGT30330	Governing International Trade, Finance, Climate and the Internet	Autumn	5
BMGT30430	Doing Business in the Global South	Autumn	5
ECON30100	The Economics of Health and Health Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30270	Behavioural Economics and Public Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30290	Advanced Microeconomics	Autumn	5
FIN30030	International Financial Management	Autumn	5
FIN30170	Corporate Financial Management	Autumn	5
FIN30200	Econometrics of Financial Markets	Autumn	5
FIN30530	Sustainable Finance	Autumn	5
HRM30020	European IR and HRM	Autumn	5
HRM30070	HRM in Multinationals	Autumn	5
MIS30150	Strategic Decision Making in the Digital World	Autumn	5
MKT30040	Consumer Psychology	Autumn	5
MKT30050	Consumer Insight: Research and Data Planning	Autumn	5
MKT30060	Building Effective Marketing Plans	Autumn	5
MKT30150	Responsible Marketing	Autumn	5
MKT30170	Brand Management	Autumn	5
BMGT30440	Cultural Intelligence in Management	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ECON30130	Econometrics: Applying Statistics to Economic Data	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
MKT30140	Consultative Selling and Negotiations	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ACC30020	Financial Accounting 3	Spring	5
ACC30060	Financial Statement Analysis	Spring	5
ACC30070	Business & Personal Taxes	Spring	5
BMGT30090	Entrepreneurship in Action	Spring	5
BMGT30130	Global Industry Analysis	Spring	5
BMGT30210	Service and Customer Experience Management	Spring	5
BMGT30220	Supply Chain Management	Spring	5
BMGT30290	Developing International Market Entry Strategies	Spring	5
BMGT30350	The Human Side of Innovation	Spring	5
BMGT30450	Groups and Teams	Spring	5
ECON30160	International Trade Economics	Spring	5
ECON30170	Financial Economics: Asset Pricing	Spring	5
ECON30190	Public Economics: Government Spending, Taxation and Public Choice	Spring	5
FIN30080	Financial Institution Management	Spring	5
FIN30090	Treasury and Risk Management	Spring	5
FIN30100	Investment and Portfolio Management	Spring	5
HRM30010	Human Resource Management	Spring	5
HRM30060	An Introduction to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion	Spring	5
HRM30100	International HRM	Spring	5
HRM30140	Climate Change & Business Sustainability	Spring	5
MIS30010	Decision Analytics	Spring	5
MIS30070	Digital Innovation: Managing and working in the Information Age	Spring	5
MKT30080	Global Marketing	Spring	5
MKT30090	Marketing Communications: Content and Campaigns in the Digital Age	Spring	5
MKT30120	Digital Marketing	Spring	5

BBL students can apply to spend a semester of third year on exchange in overseas universities including:

University of New South Wales, Sydney

Leopold-Franzens- Universität Innsbruck

Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

BBL students can select the modules necessary for legal professional recognition, which will allow you to go on to qualify as a solicitor and barrister, and work in legal practices in Ireland or abroad. Graduates can also pursue careers in:

Accountancy

Finance

Tax consultancy

Corporate banking

Business analysis

BBL graduates also have the option of pursuing postgraduate qualifications in either Law or Business.

Non-EU Undergraduate Fee information can be found here.

UCD offers a number of competitive undergraduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD undergraduate degree programme. For information on Undergraduate Scholarships, please see the UCD International Scholarships webpage.

The following advice is for Non-EU applicants. For Irish/EU/UK students, please apply via MyUCD.

The following entry route(s) are available:

Business and Law (BSJ4) Undergraduate Degree (Non EU)	Entry in Sep 2024	Full Time - 4 Year(s)	Apply from Oct 2023	Apply

"I chose Business and Law because I wanted to keep my options open and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. UCD's Business and Law is ideal for those who are unsure of their future career path, as the flexible programme allows students to experience both areas in depth. We get access to two world-class schools, fascinating lectures and engaging assignments and reading. The dual exposure gives students a unique multidisciplinary perspective, which is highly valued by employers."

Rory Clarke, Bachelor of Business and Law, Year 3