Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Finance and Economics

Graduates with Finance, Economics and Big Data skills are in high demand here in Ireland and overseas. This four year, Level 8 degree offers graduates a direct pathway into a full-time career working in financial services or economics. This also opens up opportunities in a range of business careers including financial planning and management consulting.

Upon completion of the Level 8 degree, graduates can also sit for the following two professional qualifications, based on the core content mastered in their degree programme, giving them a distinct advantage when looking for employment:

• Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) accredited by the Institute of Banking
• Claritas Investment Certificate run by the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute

Lecturers on this degree are highly qualified accountants, financiers and economists with considerable lecturing experience. Some act as examiners and lecturers for the professional accounting bodies. They maintain very close links with all of the professional bodies, as well as with industry.

This degree was designed around the following professional qualifications:
Level 7 Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) accredited by the Institute of Banking
Level 7 CFA Institute Investment Foundations Program run by the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute
On completion of this Level 8 degree, graduates can sit these two qualifications based on the core content mastered in their degree programme. This gives graduates a unique selling point when marketing themselves for  their ideal job.

Graduates should be suitable for employment in a wide range of careers in the private, community, voluntary and public sectors including but not limited to: 

• Potentially creating, leading, and directing your own new for-profit or non-profit enterprise or social enterprise
• Contributing to guiding an established private enterprise or non-profit enterprise including family business or social enterprise
• Working in an administration or executive position for a private or non-profit or public sector or social enterprise organisation
• Operating effectively in traditional business roles

Prior knowledge of business, accounting, economics or entrepreneurship is not needed to complete this programme. 

It is also not necessary that you come from a family business. 

All students will complete the same first year where a blend of modules in business fundamentals will be learned.  Focus on Entrepreneurship will commence in year 2.   

You can find more indepth detail of this course, and all our other courses, at GMIT School of Businees by downloading a copy of our online brochure.

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Marie Finnegan lectures on this course. She will be happy to help you.

You can contact her on:

Tel: +353 (0)91 742473 

Email: Marie Finnegan

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