RETAIL & SERVICES MANAGEMENT / BAINISTÍOCHT MHIONDÍOLA & SEIRBHÍSÍ DT343

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Qualification awarded: BSc (RETAIL & SERVICES MANAGEMENT) Level 8 / BSc (BAINISTÍOCHT MHIONDÍOLA & SEIRBHÍSÍ) Leibhéal 8
Duration of programme: 4 years
Type of programme: Honours Degree
Number of places: 50 approx.

What is Retail & Services Management?

This is a broadly based honours degree in business management with a strong focus on the important retail and service sectors of the economy. The services sector is one of the most complex and dynamic sectors of our economy, driven by globalisation, information and telecommunications technology and increasingly diverse and sophisticated consumers. The retail sector, in particular, represents a fast-moving and rapidly expanding area of opportunity for business graduates where high performers achieve rapid advancement and excellent rewards. This honours degree programme is an ideal foundation for anyone considering a career in the retail or services sectors or in organisations supplying these important sectors.

What will I study on this programme?

Students take a broad range of management subjects such as marketing, entrepreneurship, law, economics, finance, with retail and services specific subjects such as retail management, services management, premises location, retail buying and retail design. There is a strong emphasis throughout on e-business and information technology. Students acquire excellent communication and entrepreneurial skills and familiarity with a range of analytical tools.

Scholarship

First year students enrolling on this programme who have obtained 500 points or more in their Leaving Certificate, will be awarded a first year entrance scholarship of €2,000 in recognition of their outstanding performance in the Leaving Certificate Examination

What are my career opportunities?

This degree would be ideal for anyone considering a career in the services or retail sectors or in organisations supplying these sectors. Previous graduates have been in demand by financial services organisations such as banks and insurance companies as well as by major retail companies. The degree is broad enough in structure to give graduates a sound base for a career in business management in a wide range of industries and sectors.

What other options do I have after completion?

Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard may have access to a wide range of Masters Degrees in DIT and elsewhere in Higher Education.

What other options do I have after completion?

Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard may have access to a wide range of Masters Degrees in DIT and elsewhere in Higher Education.

Module listing

Are there study abroad opportunities?

For the second semester of the third year students are offered two choices:

(a) a six-month period of structured (paid) work placement in a retail or services sector company where students have the opportunity to experience, in a real business setting, the application of many of the concepts, methodologies and issues they have previously studied and to evaluate how the theory matches the practice. The activities and learning experiences on the work placement are formally logged and evaluated and the student is also visited in the workplace by academic mentors from the College of Business.

(b) a semester of study in one of the College’s partner universities in the EU or in North America where modules are delivered in the English language. Here the student takes suitable modules from the courses on offer in that partner institution and takes examinations and other assessments there.

Entry Requirements

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