Commerce with Gaeilge

Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, including Irish, English, another language, Mathematics, and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

The work experience in an Irish speaking environment is central to the programme and is a continuous learning process where the learner aims to use the information and skills acquired in the first two years of the programme. The work experience will give the learner the opportunity to taste life in a real work environment and there will be a correlation between the work experience and the learner's area of study. Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge will organise the work experience in conjunction with Údarás na Gaeltachta. Údarás na Gaeltachta has 400 client companies, in various sectors – including biomedicine and pharmacology, ICT, niche manufacturing, audio visual and digital media, tourism, fish processing and aquaculture, renewable energy, food processing and arts and crafts – the students will be based in the Údarás headquarters or in one of these client companies.

Gaeltacht Semester

Students will spend a full semester studying in Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain, a University of Galway centre in an Cheathrú Rua. They will study six modules in this Gaeltacht environment, and blended learning will form the basis for some of the modules whilst a more traditional approach will be used in other modules. ‘Inniúlachtaí Gairme’ or Professional Competencies is a module that will prepare the students to confidently undertake a period of work experience after the Gaeltacht semester.

Students of the BComm le Gaeilge will be entitled to the accommodation allowance provided by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and this, along with a contribution from Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, will allow them to stay with host families (full accommodation and meals) for the 12 weeks of the semester at a cost of just €420 per student.

Irish Teaching Council Requirements

This degree is designed to allow graduates to teach both business related subjects and Gaeilge at second level once they have acquired a teaching qualification and meet the Teaching Council’s subject specific requirements.

Where the BComm (Gaeilge) can take you:

Graduates of the BComm (Gaeilge) at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics will be highly sought after in all areas of Business. Graduates can go on to work in a variety of careers including:

• Accounting - both professional practice and industry
• Management Consultancy
• Taxation
• Commercial Advisory Services
• Economic Policy Advisory Services
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Information Systems Management
• Finance (including Banking & Insurance)
• Entrepreneurship
• Teaching

EU Fees are comprised of Tuition + Student Contribution Charge + Student Levy* €140. *Payable by all students and is not covered by SUSI.  Further detail here.

For 25/26 entrants, where the course duration is greater than 1 year, there is an inflationary increase approved of 3.4% per annum for continuing years fees**.
**Excludes Full-Time EU Undergraduate fees.  These are fixed and do not change.

• J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway
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