Business and a Language Degree

Trinity Business School, in conjunction with the School of Languages, Literatures and Culture, offers five BBS & Language degrees which involve the integrated study of business with a language (either French, German, Russian, Polish or Spanish) throughout all four years of the programme. The third year is spent abroad in a French, German, Spanish, Polish or Russian speaking university.

The degree is an exciting way of learning about business concepts, theories and models in a variety of subject areas as well as getting to grips in an in-depth and comprehensive manner with another country's language, its society, culture and business environment.

Over its four years, a quarter of which is spent studying and working abroad, the Business and a Language programme simultaneously broadens and deepens your command of business theories and practices and develops your linguistic competence. At the same time, you will be developing a wide range of generic and transferable skills that are increasingly required in a variety of careers and employment situations.

Both the Business School and the Language Departments believe in complementing lectures with smaller tutorial groups where individual members of staff work with students in small group discussions throughout the year.

Junior Freshman

Year one introduces you to a thorough grounding in the world of business and management, with modules in Organisation and Management, Mathematics and Statistics and Economic Policy. Your language skills will be enhanced by small group and lecture classes in written, oral and aural skills. As well as this, you have the opportunity to pursue a module of interest in Law, Politics, Sociology, German Literature or Russian Culture Studies.

Senior Freshman

Year two establishes your introduction to the specific specialisms of Business theory and practice, where you will be immersed in the fundamentals of marketing, accounting, finance, organisational behaviour, entrepreneurship and operations management. Side by side, you will advance in your language and culture skills, including advanced speaking and writing, the history and culture and economy of your country specialism. You also have the chance to pursue your interests in other disicplines, including Law and Mathematics.

Junior Sophister

This year is spent abroad following approved courses in business studies and language for special purposes at a French, German, Polish, Russian or Spanish speaking university or recognised third level business school.  During the year abroad, you will normally be required to undertake a relevant work placement of 3 months in an approved organisation or institution.  The placements, where possible will be organised in conjunction with the local Chamber of Commerce or equivalent body.
You will during this time also select a business/commercial organization for your final year case study and begin to collect relevant primary data and material during their year abroad. Please see our Study Abroad pages for further details:http://www.tcd.ie/business/undergraduate/study-abroad.php

Senior Sophister

Your final year is spent advancing and specialising in the area of business you are most interested in, with modules offered in everything from social entrepreneurship to strategic management. You will solidify your skills in your chosen language, including much desired presentation skills and fluency.  

Junior Freshman (1st Year) 

• BU1510 Introduction to Organisation and Management

Senior Freshman (2nd Year)

• BU2510 Organisational Behaviour (1st semester)

• BU2520 Introduction to Marketing Principles (2nd semester)

• BU2530 Introduction to Accounting (1st semester)

• BU2550 Introduction to Finance (2nd semester)

• BU2560 Introduction to Operations Management (1st semester)

• BU2570 Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Action (2nd semester)

Junior Sophister (3rd Year)

• BU3510 Marketing Management

• BU3520 Management Accounting for Business Decisions

• BU3530 Financial Accounting

• BU3570 Human Resource Management

• BU3590 Business in Society

• BU3600 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development

• BU3610 BBS Personal and Professional Development (2nd semester)

• BU3620 Introduction to Fixed-Income Securities and Alternative Investments (1st semester)

• BU3630 Surveying Finance (2nd semester)

• BU3640 Services Management (1st semester)

• BU3650 Digital Technology and Organisational Analysis (2nd semester)

• BU3660 Organisation Theory and Organisational Analysis (1st semester)

• BU3670 Advanced Topics in Organisation and Analysis (2nd semester)

Senior Sophister (4th Year)

• BU4501 Strategic Management: Theory and Practice

• BU4511 International Business & The Global Economy

• BU4522 Exploring Organisational Experience

• BU4530 Financial Reporting and Analysis

• BU4541 Financial Markets and the Corporate Sector

• BU4550 Advances in Marketing Theory and Practice

• BU4580 Managing New Product Development

• BU4590 Business Dissertation

• BU4620 Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation: Organisation and Management

• BU4630 Economic Policy and Business History

As part of the online application, applicants will also need to submit original or certified true* copies of:

• Final second level qualification results
• IELTS, Cambridge Advanced/Proficiency, TOEFL scores, for applicants whose first language is not English
• Academic transcripts for each year of third level study and all third level qualifications awarded
• SAT, AP or ACT scores (US and Canadian applicants only)
• Two letters of recommendation
• Passport
• Application fee (non-refundable) and application fee payment form

Please note that where the statement of examination results is in a language other than English, applicants should submit a certified true translation of the statement along with a certified true copy of their original results with the application.

*A certified true copy is a photocopy of an original document that has been signed and stamped by a school principal or other official.

The following are some examples of awards, scholarships and prizes in the School of Business:

Foundation Scholarship

Foundation scholarship is a College institution with a long history and high prestige. The examination for the award of scholarship is set and assessed so as to select students of outstanding ability. Foundation Scholarship is a College institution with a long history and high prestige. Some of our greatest alumni – such as Edmund Burke, Samuel Beckett, and Mary Robinson - were Scholars.  It is a distinctive feature of student life here at Trinity and now is the opportunity for Senior Freshman students to join the ranks of Trinity Scholars.

The objective of the Foundation Scholarship examination is to identify students who, at a level of evaluation appropriate to the Senior Freshman year, can consistently demonstrate exceptional knowledge and understanding of their subjects. 
Scholars enjoy significant benefits including Commons free of charge, rooms free of charge for up to nine months of the year and, where a student is not in receipt of outside scholarships or grants, fee remission for up to five years to the value of the EU fee level.
Foundation scholars are elected annually on the result of an examination held in the week before the start of Hilary term with the results announced on Trinity Monday.

Trinity Business Student of the Year

The Trinity Business Alumni/Bank of Ireland Business Student of the year award is presented annually to the student who not only excels academically but has also ‘given more than they have taken’ from the economy and society.

David Feldman Prize

This prize was founded in 1985 by a gift from David Feldman, a Business graduate.  The purpose of the prize is to encourage business students to adopt a broad philosophical attitude to issues and challenges in the business world.  The prize will be awarded annually to a Sophister or postgraduate student in business studies.  It will be based on a dissertation or project judged by the examiners to demonstrate the application of philosophical thought, logical argument, as well as metaphysical and perhaps ethical approach to the understanding of business. 

Patrick O'Sullivan Prize

This prize was founded in 2009 by a gift from Patrick O'Sullivan's family. Patrick is a graduate of the Business School and retired in 2009 as Vice Chairman and Chief Growth Officer of Zurich Financial Services. The prize is awarded annually, on the recommendation of Trinity Business School, to the candidate who performs at the highest level in the Senior Sophister course inExploring Organisational Experiences.

Abd El-Motaal Book Prize

This prize was founded in 1965 by a gift from Mostafa H.B. Abd El-Motaal, our former Lecturer in Accounting. It is awarded annually to the best student in financial and management accounting and financial reporting and analysis.

Price Waterhouse Coopers Prize

The award was founded in 1966 by Craig, Gardner & Co., Chartered Accountants. Two prizes are awarded to the Senior Sophister students who obtain first class honors at the annual degree examination, provided they obtain at least a second class (first division) mark in financial reporting and analysis. The prizewinners are invited to apply to the firm for Articles.

Trinity Business Alumni Prize

This prize was founded in 1993 by the Trinity Business Alumni. It is awarded to the student whose project, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the final B.B.S. degree examination, is ranked by the court of examiners as the best overall project submitted by a B.B.S. candidate, conditional upon a minimum second class (first division) grade having been achieved overall and in the project.

Careers

On graduation you will have a strong academic knowledge of international business and management, together with a high-level of competence in the language you have studied. Recent graduates are employed in Ireland and abroad by leading international companies such as Google, Whirlpool, KPMG, AIB Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs, as well as by consultancy organisations, embassies and public sector bodies. Many are working in marketing or international management roles while others occupy more specialist positions (e.g. as analysts or researchers). Several proceed to undertake further study and research in international business at postgraduate level.