The Bachelor of Business in Management is a four-year Level 7 part-time degree designed for individuals looking to build a career in business and step into management roles. Structured with a comprehensive curriculum, the programme provides a thorough grounding in core business disciplines before progressing into applied management, organizational leadership, and operational strategy. Delivered in a flexible format, this degree equips students with the practical skills, strategic mindset, and commercial competencies needed to excel across diverse industries, including finance, public service, manufacturing, and service management. The programme is also approved for SUSI grant funding for eligible applicants under part-time undergraduate funding schemes.
Practical Learning & Flexible Delivery
Designed to support working professionals and adult learners, the degree emphasizes practical business skills and flexible learning formats:
Flexible Learning Format: Blended delivery combines online learning with targeted on-campus contact blocks, allowing students to balance their studies alongside work and personal commitments.
Applied Business Practice: Real-world case studies, group projects, and industry scenario analysis allow students to solve practical organizational and operational challenges.
Professional Skill Development: Ongoing cultivation of key workplace capabilities, including managerial communication, critical thinking, data analysis, and team leadership.
Coursework
The four-year curriculum progresses systematically from fundamental commercial subjects to specialized management execution:
Core Business Foundations: Financial accounting, micro- and macroeconomics, business technology, digital skills, and quantitative methods for business.
Management & Organizational Behaviour: Management principles, organizational dynamics, leadership development, and human resource management.
Operational & Marketing Execution: Marketing strategy, supply chain management, customer relations, and business law.
Applied Strategy & Financial Performance: Management accounting, data analytics for business, enterprise development, and operational performance management.
Career Opportunities
Graduates earn a Level 7 degree that opens pathways to supervisory and management roles across a wide range of business sectors, alongside clear options for further academic study:
Business Administrator & Operations Manager
Departmental Supervisor & Team Leader
Human Resource Coordinator & Specialist
Marketing Executive & Business Development Assistant
Accounts & Financial Services Analyst
Progression to Level 8 Honours Degree Add-on Programmes in Business and Management
Upon completion of the four-year degree, graduates possess the practical business expertise, operational leadership skills, and recognized Level 7 qualification required to advance their careers across modern enterprises.
Entry Requirements
Applicants under the age of 23 will be admitted to this course on the basis of their results in the Leaving Certificate. Minimum entry requirements are Grade C3 or higher in two Higher level subjects and Grade A to D in four Ordinary Level Leaving Certificate subjects to include English and Mathematics.
All applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Lifelong Learning reserves the right to require applicants to attend for an interview to determine their suitability for the programme.
There is no defined entry criteria for over 23s however, applicants may be asked to provide additional information and/or may be called for interview as part of the application process.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
All programmes are mapped to the SETU's Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy and applicants who wish to apply using this route can request the specific RPL for this programme.
SETU's RPL Policy offers clear pathways to the learner for recognition of previous learning undertaken and offer every credit to the learner in completing such learning.
The Programme Board will be responsible for the assessment of entry standards and applications as part of any RPL Process.
