Law and Business

at National University of Ireland Galway

Year 1 (60 credits)

This year focuses on building skills with strong foundational teaching. The module ‘Understanding the Law’ builds a platform of essential skills and helps students to transition to the expectations of a university degree. In addition to the core law modules, students gain a good basic foundation of accounting by completing two introductory accounting modules. Students do not need to have previously studied accounting and the accounting modules are optional in year two.  Students also choose optional modules in Digital Business, Economics or a Language.

 

Compulsory Core Modules (50 credits)

• Introduction to Financial Accounting (5 credits)
• Introduction to Management Accounting (5 credits)
• Understanding the Law (10 credits)
• Constitutional Law (10 credits)
• Contract Law (10 credits)
• Tort Law (10 credits)

 

Optional Modules (10 credits)

 

Digital Business

• Information Management for Business (5 credits)
• Business Information Systems (5 credits)

 

Economics

• Principles of Microeconomics (5 credits)
• Principles of Macroeconomics (5 credits)

 

Language

• Spanish, Legal German, Legal French or Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)

 

 

Year 2 (60 credits)

 

In second year students develop their skills further with modules such as ‘Mooting’ which helps develop communication and advocacy skills. In addition to core law modules students can choose from a wide range of optional modules in Accounting, Economics, Digital Business, Management and a Language.

 

Compulsory Core Modules (35 credits)

• Criminal Law I & II (10 credits)
• European Union Law I & II (10 credits)
• Company Law I & II (10 credits)
• Mooting (5 credits)

 

Optional Modules (25 credits)

 

Accounting

• Management Accounting I (5 credits)
• Business Finance I (5 credits)
• International Financial Reporting I (5 credits)

 

 Economics

• Applied Microeconomics for Business (5 credits)
• Macroeconomics and the Business Environment (5 credits)
• Principles of Microeconomics (5 credits)
• Principles of Macroeconomics (5 credits)

 

Digital Business

• Business Information Systems (5 credits)
• Information Management for Business (5 credits)
• Cybersecurity (5 credits)

 

Management

• Employment Relations (5 credits)
• Management (5 credits)

 

 Language

• Spanish, Legal French, Legal German or Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits each)

 

 

Year 3 (60 credits)

 

Customise your experience by choosing either professional work placement or study abroad.

 

Caithfidh na mic léinn a dhéanann Teanga an Dlí seimeastar amháin ag staidéar ar champas Gaeltachta Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh ar an gCeathrú Rua agus seimeastar amháin eile ar shocrúchán oibre i dtimpeallacht lán-Ghaeilge. (Students who study Legal Irish will spend one semester studying at NUI Galway’s Gaeltacht campus in An Cheathrú Rua and one semester of professional work placement in an Irish-speaking environment.)

 

 

Year 4 (60 credits)

Students will have the opportunity to shape their degree by choosing a specialist stream. Students will also complete a ‘Guided Research Essay’ on a topic of their choice and will be supported by an academic mentor.

 

Compulsory Modules (35 credits)

• Equity Law (10 credits)
• Land Law (10 credits)
• Commercial Law (5 credits)
• Legal Business & Ethics (5 credits)
• Guided Research Essay (5 credits)

 

Optional Specialist Streams (25 credits)

Students will have the opportunity to shape their degree by choosing a specialist stream. Students may choose one of the following specialist streams including the ‘General’ stream which allows students to choose modules from multiple streams. Certain specialist streams have prerequisite modules which must be passed before choosing the stream in the final year.

 

Economics

 

Compulsory modules for this stream:

• Microeconomics and Public Policy (5 credits)
• Macroeconomics and Public Policy (5 credits)

 

Optional Modules for this stream:

• Econometrics (5 credits)
• Health Economics (5 credits)
• Money & Banking (5 credits)
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (5 credits)
• Development Economics (5 credits)
• Economics and Philosophy (5 credits)
• International Economics (5 credits)
• Economics of Financial Markets (5 credits)
• Public Economics (5 credits)
• Marine Economics (5 credits)

 

Accounting

• Management Accounting II (5 credits)
• Management Accounting III (5 credits)
• International Financial Reporting II (5 credits)
• International Financial Reporting III (5 credits)
• Business Finance I (5 credits)
• Business Finance II (5 credits)

 

The Legal Professions

• Administrative Law I (5 credits)
• Jurisprudence I (5 credits)
• Evidence I & II (10 credits)
• Choose a module from another stream (5 credits)

 

Management

• Labour Law I (5 credits)
• Labour Law II (5 credits)
• Human Resource Management (5 credits)
• Work in a Global Context (5 credits)
• Business Strategy (5 credits)

 

Digital Business and Analytics

• Database Technologies (5 credits)
• Decision Modelling and Analytics (5 credits)
• Business Intelligence & Analytics (5 credits)
• Implementing Digital Innovation (5 credits)
• Advanced Research Topics in Information Systems (5 credits)
• Law and Innovation (5 credits)

 

Language

Students who choose a language must also choose 15 credits worth of modules on other streams to meet credit requirements.

• Spanish/ Legal German/ Legal French/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)

Undergraduate and mature students can satisfy matriculation registration requirements for NUI Galway by achieving certain grades in the following examinations. 
 

Leaving certificate (for EU and non-EU)

You need a pass in at least six subjects in the Leaving Certificate in accordance with College requirements with:

• Minimum Grade H5 (Higher Level) in two subjects 

• Passes in the remaining four subjects at O6/ H7 
   

You should pick your subjects based on the requirements for entry to your desired course.
 

All subjects of the Leaving Certificate are accepted for matriculation registration purposes, with the exception of Gaeilge Bonnleibhéal (Irish Foundation Level), Mathematics (Ordinary Alternative/Foundation Level and; Home Economics (General), which is recognised only for St. Angela's College, Sligo.
 

GCE and GSCE
 

You need a pass in at least six subjects in accordance with College requirements with at least:

• GCE Advanced Level: Grade C in two recognised subjects and

• GCSE Level: Grade C in four recognised subjects.
   

You should pick your subjects based on the requirements for entry to your desired course.

English Language Requirement:

IELTS :- 6.5

TOEFL :- 88

Fees: EU
€6,733 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Tuition
€3,593 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Student Contribution
€3,000 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Student levy
€140 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Non EU
€17,040 p.a. 2022/23

 

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

Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Law and Business programme will have a variety of career paths open to them, depending on the specialism they select in their degrees. All graduates will be well equipped to work in a corporate legal environment.

 

Graduates of this degree will be ready to sit the professional entrance exams for the Law Society of Ireland (solicitor). Graduates who completed the Legal Professions specialised stream will be eligible to sit the professional entrance exams for the Honourable Society of King’s Inns (barrister).

 

 

Work Placement
Our students will have the opportunity to gain a professional focus and real world experience through professional work placement. Students gain invaluable experience by putting theory into practice and developing new skills which can support and influence career direction. Students will have a range of CV and interview preparation supports available in advance of their work placement. Some of our current work placement partners include: Matheson, A & L Goodbody, Arthur Cox, William Fry, Maples Group, Damien Tansey Solicitors, Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ), AMOSS Solicitors, CIE, LK Shields, IBM, Irish Water and Coffey Group, Philip Lee, Alastair Purdy & Co., Telegael Teoranta and BSP Luxembourg.