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Bachelor in International Business (BA) - UL (Limerick)
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Bachelor in International Business (BA) - UL (Limerick)

University of Limerick
LimerickIreland
On campus
Full-time
Free
Duration
4 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2025

Program Description

The Bachelor in International Business (BA) will provide you with a distinctive and challenging undergraduate experience. The program is structured around a broad and flexible curriculum with subject choices that will help you to understand how business decisions are undertaken in a globalised world shaped by political, social and legal issues.

Choice and flexibility are central to the Bachelor in International Business (BA). You will select modules from business, finance, economics, law, sociology and languages in several possible combinations that reflect your interests, and help your understanding of international business. You will have the option of either choosing a language elective stream (selecting from Spanish - beginners or advanced French, German, and Japanese for beginners), or business/humanities elective stream.

Students spend years 1, 2 and 4 in UL. International study and work placements in Year 3 are a core part of the programme.  This international experience will allow you to attend university in Europe, the US, Latin America, Africa, Asia or Australia.

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Dual Degree Opportunity

Students can avail of an amazing opportunity to earn a second degree from a leading international business school. Under this alternative ‘dual degree’ pathway, BA in International Business students spend their first two years studying in Limerick and their last two years studying at another Business School (while retaining an international work placement). Upon successful completion of their four years of study, students will receive both UL’s BA in International Business degree and an equivalent degree from the other business school.
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Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Principles of International Business


Choose 2 to 4 from the following

Principles of Accounting

Microeconomics

Principles of Risk Management

Management Principles

Business Information Management

Communications


Choose 0 to 2 from the following

Principles of Law

Introduction to Politics and International Relations 1

Introduction to Sociology

Doing History: Past, Present and Practice


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

French for Business 1A

German for Business 1A

Japanese for Business 1

Spanish for Business 1 (Beginners)

Spanish for Business 1

Semester 2

Choose 3 to 4 from the following

Managerial Accounting

Macroeconomics

Insurance Law & Claims

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Principles of Organisational Behaviour

Marketing


Choose 0 to 2 from the following

Comparative Legal Systems

Introduction to Politics and International Relations 2

Global Political Economy


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

French for Business 2A

German for Business 2A

Japanese for Business 2

Spanish for Business 2 (Beginners)

Spanish for Business 2


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

Broadening: Social and Civic Engagement

Broadening by Understanding and Controlling Crisis and Risk

Broadening: Social Media for Social Good

Broadening: Through Awareness, Activism and the Arts

Broadening: Exploring the Brain and Understanding Behaviour

Broadening: Active Body, Active Mind

Year 2

Semester 3

Choose 3 to 4 from the following

Financial Information Analysis

Economics for Business

Finance

Risk and Insurance

Principles of Human Resource Management

International Management

Applied Business Mathematics


Choose 0 to 2 from the following

Sociology of Work

Comparative European Politics

Commercial Law

Psychology and Everyday Life


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

French for Business 3A

German for Business 3A

Japanese for Business 3

Spanish for Business 3 (Beginners)

Spanish for Business 3

Semester 4

Choose 3 to 4 from the following

Auditing & Accounting Frameworks

Financial Accounting and Reporting

Life Insurance

Marketing Communications

Employment Relations

Applied Organisational Behaviour

Applied Business Statistics


Choose 0 to 2 from the following

Sociology of Globalisation

Consumption and Consumer Culture

Human Resource Development

International Economics


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

French for Business 4A

German for Business 4A

Japanese for Business 4

Spanish for Business 4 (Beginners)

Spanish for Business 4

Year 3

Semester 5

International Academic Placement

Semester 6

International Work Placement

Year 4

Semester 7

International Business

Confirmation Paper 1


Choose 2 to 4 from the following

Management Accounting 1

Advanced Financial Reporting

Taxation Theory and Practice

International Political Economy

Managerial Economics

Investments: Analysis and Management

Insurance Organisations and Markets

Project Management Theory and Practice

Marketing Intelligence

Strategic Brand Management

Social Psychology of Organisations


Choose 0 to 2 from the following

Governance and Risk

The European Economy

Legal Environment of Business

Enterprise Management and Growth


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

French for Business 7A

German for Business 7A

Japanese for Business 7

Spanish for Business 6

Semester 8

International Business

Confirmation Paper 2


Choose 2 to 4 from the following

Management Accounting 2

Corporate Taxation

Public Finance

Monetary Economics

Empirical Finance

Reinsurance and Alternative Markets

Strategic Management

Marketing Leadership

Marketing Relationships and Networks

Contemporary Human Resource Management: Context and Strategy


Choose 0 to 2 from the following

Issues in World Politics

Contemporary Issues in the Global Economy

Company & Partnership Law

Management Consulting


Choose 0 to 1 from the following

French for Business 8A

German for Business 8A

Japanese for Business 8

Spanish for Business 7

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  • Trainee Chartered Tax Advisor
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