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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Business, economic and
social studies (BESS)
common entry programme
leading to 10 degree options
COURSE CODE:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR081
236
480
B.A. or Bachelor in
Business Studies (B.B.S.))
Special Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
OC3/HD3
Mathematics
GCSE
Grade B
Mathematics
See also:
TR001: TSM, page 36
TR005: Philosophy, page 98
TR012: History and political science, page 75
TR015: Philosophy, political science, economics and
sociology, page 99
TR017: Law and business, page 92
TR020: Law and political science, page 94
TR029: Political science and geography, page 102
TR034: Management science and information systems
studies (MSISS), page 124
TR085, TR086, TR087, TR089, TR090: Business studies
and a language, page 41
TR082: Computer science and business, page 118
TR083: Sociology and social policy, page 113
Political science: page 101
Course overview
BESS is a uniquely flexible programme offering 10 different
degree options: Business (B.B.S.) and nine other (single honor
and joint honor) possibilities, in the disciplines of Business,
Economics, Political science and Sociology (see Degree options,
below). It provides students with a broadly-based education,
offering a high level of flexibility in two very important ways from
the second year onwards: (a) in choosing the specific degree
you wish to read; and, (b) in choosing individual modules.
Is this the right course for you?
The common first year of BESS introduces you to a broad range
of disciplines that will help you make sense of the complex world
in which we live today. It gives you the freedom to discover and
develop interests that you may not be aware you have until you
enter university. From the second year onwards, the flexible
structure of the BESS programme allows you to pursue these
specific interests in greater breadth and depth while still retaining
considerable freedom over the selection of individual modules.
Graduates of former years invariably tell us that it is this broad
flexible approach that allowed them build the knowledge and
insights that they rely on progressively as they advance to more
senior positions in their careers.
Course content
The common first year
Students take six modules:
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Economics
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Political science
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Organisation and management
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Sociology
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Mathematics and statistics
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Law OR Social policy OR Introduction to Central, East
European and Russian Area studies OR a language*
* French, German, Spanish, Russian or Polish
Lectures are complemented by smaller tutorial/seminar groups
in which you will work throughout the academic year. In this
way BESS students are provided with the best of both worlds:
lectures deliver authoritative summaries of material which is then
analysed in detail in small groups.
Degree options
After the common first year, BESS leads to the following 10
degree options.
Single honor degrees
Business
(B.B.S.)
Economics Political
science
Sociology
Joint honor degrees (combining any two of the above
four disciplines)
Business and
Economics
Economics and
Political science
Political science
and Sociology
Sociology
and Business
Business and
Political science
Economics
and Sociology
Features of the BESS degree structure:
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Access to all 10 degree options is completely open and
unrestricted at the end of the common first year.
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Through judicious choice of subjects and associated
modules after the common first year, it is possible to keep
open up to three of the ten BESS degree options throughout
the second year, thus facilitating the postponement of a
final choice until the beginning of the third year. Students
therefore have an opportunity to adjust their study
programmes in accordance with their academic results,
interests, aptitudes and emerging career aspirations.
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Consultations with your personal tutor, lecturers and the
Careers Advisory Service help to ensure that informed
choices are made.