科克大学学院

The BCL (Law and Business) is a new joint honours degree combining the related disciplines of law and business. This exciting four year programme

• explores the relationship between law and business, in areas such as business organisation, finance, and market regulation;
• applies key legal and business tools of analysis to examine issues affecting performance of firms and industries in a global business environment.

During the first three years of this programme, students take an equal amount of credits in law and business. Law modules include contract law, commercial law; and company law; while business modules covers topics in accounting, business information systems, economics, management and marketing.

In the final year of the programme, students can specialise in law or business with over 60 optional modules to choose from. Through-out the four years of the programme there is a focus on developing transferable skills with compulsory modules in legal and business writing involving group work and presentation skills.

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Identify and understand the relationship between the various sources and institutions of Irish, European and international law;
• Demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to evaluate fundamental legal and business principles, concepts, rules and underlying policy, including relevant ethical principles;
• Apply core legal and business skills of research, writing and analysis;
• Critically analyse the business, political, social and ethical contexts in which laws are formulated and applied;
• Critically assess the effectiveness of theory and practice for the modern business environment;
• Construct an analytical framework to explain the interaction between legal and business phenomena in Ireland, the EU and elsewhere;
• Demonstrate the problem-solving and negotiation skills necessary to work and communicate effectively in a global, multi-disciplinary legal and business environment;
• Apply key legal and business tools of analysis to examine issues affecting performance of firms and industries in a global business environment.

Skills and Careers Information

The broad knowledge base and skills secured by graduates of the BCL (Law and Business) degree will afford graduates with a wide range of career opportunities in Ireland and abroad. The School of Law at UCC places a huge emphasis upon the development of transferable skills through dedicated modules, which develop legal and business writing skills, research and presentation skills. Graduates will have the opportunity to work in many sectors including:

• the legal profession (including being a solicitor; barrister, or in-house legal counsel),
• accountancy,
• taxation,
• compliance,
• business information systems,
• financial services,
• food business.

Graduates may also choose to pursue postgraduate and/or professional studies in law or business from a wide range of academic and industry graduate programmes.