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Welcome Back Semester II Second Year Commerce
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College of Business, Public Policy Law

• University is now organised as five Colleges
  one of which is

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Second Year Commerce (Three Year Degree)
Required Credits 60 ECTS Credits gt 50
Obligatory 10 Optional
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Second Year Commerce (International)
Required Credits 60 ECTS Credits gt 55
Obligatory 5 Optional
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Second Year Commerce Optional Courses
Other Options Available IE226 Quality
Management MA218 Advanced Statistical Methods for
Business B.Comm. Students choose 2 options (10
ECTS) B.Comm. International Students choose 1
options (5 ECTS)
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Notes

• Students are not permitted to choose two options
  with the same module prefix.
• Optional courses are not formal prerequisites for
  Final Year Streams but are strongly recommended.
• Students wishing to apply for the Master of
  Accounting Programme must take Business Finance I
  and Financial Accounting I.
• Choose with a view towards Final Year
  Streams.

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Progression to Third Year

• Three Year Degree
• Pass 60 ECTS in Second Year (50 Obligatory
  10 Optional) 
• International Degree
• Pass 60 ECTS in Second Year (55 Obligatory
  5 Optional)
• Pass Mark
• 40 to obtain Course Credit
• But Allowed to Pass up to 10 ECTS at 35
  (Compensatable)
• More than 10 ECTS Compensatable?
• Choose which module to repeat for a pass, to
  reduce Compensatables to 10.

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B. Comm. Degree Marks and Standards

• Years Work
• Must obtain 35 or more in the written
  examination before marks for Years Work may be
  added to determine the overall mark in the
  subject.
• Overall Average for Second Year
• Three -Year Degree (60 ECTS)
• 50 Obligatory ECTS Plus 10 ECTS of Options
• International Degree (60 ECTS)
• 55 Obligatory ECTS Plus 5 ECTS of Options
• Degree Average
• 50 of the Second Year aggregate marks
• 50 of the Final Year aggregate marks.

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Overall Grade in the Degree

• Degree Average Grade in B. Comm. Degree
• 70 First Class Honours (H1)
• 60 Second Class Honours Grade 1 (H2.1)
• 50 Second Class Honours Grade 2 (H2.2)
• 40 Pass

Second Year Repeat Examinations
Medical etc. circumstances should be notified to
the School Office Medical certificates should
be supplied when seeking permission to defer an
examination.
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J.E. Cairnes School of Business Economics

• Change of Mind for Semester II Options
• You can change your Semester II Options from Mid
  January 30th January online at
  www.nuigalway.ie/registration .
• Check your registration statement online, and if
  necessary change your Semester II Options.
• There will be no changes allowed to modules after
  30th January so please check your module
  registration carefully.

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Final Year Commerce Subject Stream Requirements

• Three Year Degree
• Required Total Credits 60 ECTS Credits derived
  as follows
• 15 Obligatory Units 25 ECTS From One Stream
  20 ECTS selected from the additional modules
  listed within the same stream or from the list of
  electives.

• International Degree
• Required Credits 60 ECTS Credits derived as
  follows
• 15 Obligatory (Commerce) 20 Obligatory
  (Language) 25 additional optional credits
  from the list of electives or from a single
  subject stream.

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