Core Modules

1. Strategic Performance Management

   • Description: This module focuses on the tools and techniques used to evaluate and enhance organizational performance. Topics include performance measurement, balanced scorecards, and benchmarking.
   • Objectives: Understand performance management systems, analyze strategic performance indicators, and apply performance improvement methodologies.
   • Assessment: Case studies, exams, and group projects.

2. International Financial Reporting and Analysis

   • Description: This module covers the principles and practices of international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Emphasis is on the analysis of financial statements.
   • Objectives: Interpret IFRS, perform financial statement analysis, and evaluate financial performance.
   • Assessment: Written exams, financial analysis projects.

3. Advanced Audit and Assurance

   • Description: This module provides an in-depth understanding of audit and assurance services, focusing on the audit process, risk assessment, and regulatory requirements.
   • Objectives: Conduct audits, understand assurance frameworks, and apply auditing standards.
   • Assessment: Exams, audit simulation exercises.

4. Law and Corporate Governance

   • Description: This module examines the legal and regulatory environment of corporate governance, including the roles and responsibilities of boards, shareholders, and stakeholders.
   • Objectives: Understand corporate governance principles, analyze governance structures, and evaluate legal compliance.
   • Assessment: Case studies, legal analysis projects.

5. Strategic Financial Management

   • Description: This module explores advanced topics in financial management, including capital structure, investment decisions, and financial strategy.
   • Objectives: Develop strategic financial plans, perform investment appraisals, and manage financial risks.
   • Assessment: Exams, financial strategy projects.

6. Research Methods

   • Description: This module introduces the methodologies and techniques used in academic and business research. Topics include qualitative and quantitative research, data collection, and analysis.
   • Objectives: Design research projects, conduct data analysis, and present research findings.
   • Assessment: Research proposals, data analysis assignments.

7. Business Consultancy and Analysis

   • Description: This module focuses on the skills and techniques required for effective business consultancy. It covers problem-solving, project management, and strategic analysis.
   • Objectives: Apply consultancy frameworks, conduct strategic analyses, and develop business solutions.
   • Assessment: Consultancy projects, presentations.

Elective Modules (Choose 3)

1. Taxation (IRL)

   • Description: This module examines the Irish taxation system, including income tax, corporate tax, and VAT.
   • Objectives: Understand tax laws, perform tax computations, and evaluate tax strategies.
   • Assessment: Tax computation assignments, exams.

2. International Tax Law

   • Description: This module explores the principles and practices of international tax law, including transfer pricing, tax treaties, and cross-border taxation.
   • Objectives: Analyze international tax issues, understand tax planning strategies, and apply tax laws.
   • Assessment: Case studies, tax law projects.

3. Digital Business

   • Description: This module examines the impact of digital technologies on business models and strategies. Topics include e-commerce, digital marketing, and digital transformation.
   • Objectives: Develop digital business strategies, analyze digital trends, and implement digital solutions.
   • Assessment: Digital business projects, exams.

4. Portfolio Management

   • Description: This module covers the principles and techniques of portfolio management, including asset allocation, risk management, and performance evaluation.
   • Objectives: Construct investment portfolios, manage investment risks, and evaluate portfolio performance.
   • Assessment: Portfolio simulations, exams.

5. Managerial Economics

   • Description: This module applies economic theory to business decision-making. Topics include market structures, pricing strategies, and economic forecasting.
   • Objectives: Apply economic concepts to business decisions, analyze market conditions, and develop pricing strategies.
   • Assessment: Economic analysis projects, exams.

6. Regional Analysis

   • Description: This module examines the economic, social, and political factors that influence regional development. Topics include regional planning, economic geography, and regional policy.
   • Objectives: Analyze regional development issues, evaluate regional policies, and develop regional strategies.
   • Assessment: Regional analysis projects, exams.

7. Leadership and Management Development

   • Description: This module focuses on the development of leadership and management skills, including team building, communication, and strategic leadership.
   • Objectives: Develop leadership competencies, enhance management skills, and implement leadership strategies.
   • Assessment: Leadership development projects, presentations.

Research Dissertation

• Description: The dissertation is a major research project that allows students to investigate a specific area of interest within financial and strategic management.
• Objectives: Conduct independent research, analyze data, and present research findings.
• Assessment: Dissertation proposal, final dissertation, oral defense.

MSc Dissertation

• Description: Similar to the Research Dissertation, this module involves a comprehensive research project but with a broader scope and potential for more interdisciplinary work.
• Objectives: Conduct in-depth research, integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines, and present detailed findings.
• Assessment: Dissertation proposal, final dissertation, oral defense.