Note:The BComm (Hons) (International) is being replaced by a new degree, the BSc (Hons) (International Business with Languages) on a phased basis, commencing in September 2022.

Students of BComm (Hons) (International) with Chinese Studies will spend a year abroad pursuing an appropriate course of study.

Non-beginner students should present their HSK test results (valid within two years) or their levels of the Chinese language will be assessed by the Asian Studies Department using HSK Chinese Proficiency Test as a benchmark.

The HSK is an international standardised exam that tests and rates Chinese language proficiency. It assesses non-native Chinese speakers' abilities in using the Chinese language in their daily, academic and professional lives. HSK consists of six levels, namely the HSK (level I), HSK (level II), HSK (level III), HSK (level IV), HSK (level V), and HSK (level VI).

To be admitted to the First University Examination in Commerce (International) with Chinese Studies a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules

Beginners:
¹CH1001 Chinese Language (Mandarin) I (10 credits)
CH1100 Chinese Culture and Society - Level 1 (10 credits)

or

Non-beginners (must have achieved a minimum HSK Level II or equivalent - students will be assessed by a language tutor before placing in CH2103)
¹CH2103 Modern Chinese Business Language - Level 2 (10 credits)
CH1100 Chinese Culture and Society - Level 1 (10 credits)

¹To progress to Year 2 of the BComm (International) with Chinese Studies, Beginner students must pass modules CH1001 (10 credits) and Non-beginners must pass CH2103 (10 credits).

and modules to the value of 40 credits to be taken as follows:

AC1102 Financial Accounting (5 credits)
EC1202 Economic Reasoning for Business (5 credits)
GV1217 Introduction to Political Science (5 credits)
LW1108 Introduction to the Legal System (5 credits)
LW1109 Introduction to Business Law (5 credits)
²MG1004 Principles of Management and Organization (5 credits)
²MG1006 Principles of Marketing in International Environments (5 credits)
ST1023 Introduction to Business Statistics (5 credits)

Notes:

• Students are advised that some modules in BComm (Hons) International with Chinese Studies I and II may be prerequisites for certain BComm (Hons) International with Chinese Studies II and IV modules (and/or certain postgraduate programmes).
• ¹To progress to Year 2 of the BComm (International) with Chinese Studies, Beginner students must pass modules CH1001 (10 credits) and Non-beginners must pass CH2103 (10 credits).
• ²MG1004 and MG1006 must be taken by students who wish to take any further Management or Marketing modules in Second, Third and Fourth Years.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

No student may register for the Second Year programme of study until the First University Examination in Commerce (International) with Chinese Studies has been passed. To be admitted to the Second University Examination in Commerce (International) with Chinese Studies, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules

Beginners:
CH2000 An Introduction to Business in China (10 credits)
CH2020 State-Society Relations and Economic Reform in China (5 credits)
¹CH2103 Modern Chinese Business Language - Level 2 (10 credits)
MG2005 International Business (5 credits)

plus one of the following modules:
AS2000 What is East Asia?: Past, Present and Future (10 credits)
AS2002 Korea's Modern History and Economy (10 credits)
AS2010 History of Japanese Culture (10 credits)
CH2010 Wars and Revolutions - China in the 19th and 20th Century (10 credits)

or

Non-beginners (must have achieved a minimum HSK Level III or equivalent):
Non-beginner students will be assessed by a language tutor before placing in CH3021.
CH2000 An Introduction to Business in China (10 credits)
CH2020 State-Society Relations and Economic Reform in China (5 credits)
¹CH3021 Chinese Language(Mandarin) Level 2.5 (10 credits)
MG2005 International Business (5 credits)

plus one of the following modules:
AS2000 What is East Asia?: Past, Present and Future (10 credits)
AS2002 Korea's Modern History and Economy (10 credits)
AS2010 History of Japanese Culture (10 credits)
CH2010 Wars and Revolutions - China in the 19th and 20th Century (10 credits)

and modules to the value of 20 credits to be taken from the following:

AC2200 Introduction to Management Accounting (5 credits)
EC1203 Macroeconomic Context and Business (5 credits)
FE2401 Principles of Food Marketing (5 credits)
GV3212 Global Political Economy - Trade (5 credits)
²IS2200 IS Analysis and Design for Business (5 credits)
²IS2201 Information Systems Analysis and Design for Business (5 credits)
MG2007 Enterprise Planning and Processes (5 credits)

Note:
In addition to the General Regulations for passing Second Year the following Special Requirements for Chinese language apply:

• ¹To progress to Year Three of the BComm (International) with Chinese Studies, beginner students must pass CH2103 (10 credits) and Non-beginners must pass CH3021 (10 credits).
• ²Students may register for IS2200 or IS2201 but may not register for both modules.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Due to exceptional circumstances please note that Pathways 2 and 3 below relate to the academic year 2022/23 only. Students may only avail of Pathways 2 or 3 in the event that travel to study abroad is not possible due to travel restrictions.

Students can complete The Third Year of Commerce (International) via one of the following three pathways:

1. Students spending Third Year Abroad or on Placement
2. Students spending Third Year in UCC
3. Students spending One Semester Abroad (or on Placement) and the Remainder of the Year in UCC

1. Students spending Third Year Abroad or on Placement

This year is spent pursuing approved programmes of study in China. Programmes taken will be validated by the host institution. To fulfil requirements for the successful completion of this year, a student must achieve a pass standard, as applied by the host institution, on a set of courses approved by the School of Business, UCC. Marks shall be submitted to the Autumn Examination Board, UCC with a Supplemental Board in Winter. In some cases students may be able to opt for a work placement at the discretion of the programme directors and subject to availability of places. In this case the year abroad would consist of academic study of core modules at a partner University in China to the value of 50 credits and work placement to the value of 10 credits.

The students will complete work placement in China (one day a week over 4 month period and assessed by UCC) under the supervision of a business mentor and an academic mentor (10 credits, CH3012 Work Placement in China).

To fulfil requirements for the successful completion of this year, a student must achieve a pass standard, as applied by a partner university in China in 50 credits and pass Work Placement module CH3012 (10 credits), as applied by University College Cork.

In both cases, modules to the value of 60 credits must be taken.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

2. Students spending Third Year in UCC

Third Year consists of modules to the value of 60 credits. Students will be required to complete commerce modules to the value of 40 credits and language modules to the value of 20 credits. In order to be admitted to the Third University Examination in Commerce (International), a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Commerce

Modules to the value of 40 credits from the following:
AC3302 Investment Appraisal (5 credits)
AC3303 Introduction to Asset Pricing and Valuation (5 credits)
EC3208 Economics and Markets after the Crisis (5 credits)
FE3317 Co-operative Business and Sustainable Rural Economies (5 credits)
FE4450 International Food Business (5 credits)
GV2231 Public Management in Practice (5 credits)
IS2218 Data Management Fundamentals (5 credits)
¹IS3320 Designing and Using Management Information Systems (5 credits)
MG2003 Consumer Behaviour and Sustainable Consumption (5 credits)
MG3013 Marketing Communications (5 credits)
MG3014 Social Media Marketing (5 credits)
MG3018 Human Resource Management (5 credits)

Note: ¹ IS2200 or IS2201 are prerequisites for IS3320.

Chinese

CH3020 Chinese Language (Mandarin) Level 2.5 (5 credits)
CH3016 Chinese Language (Mandarin) Level 2.5 Part B (5 credits)

And modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:
CH2010 Wars and Revolutions - China in the 19th and 20th Century (10 credits)
CH3107 The Sinosphere: China and "Chineseness" in Transnational Asian Politics, Culture and Trade (10 credits)
CH3108 Business and Globalisation in China (10 credits)
CH3304 Ethnicity, Class and Gender in China (10 credits)

Elective modules are offered subject to availability and timetabling constraints. The choice of modules is subject to the approval of the Programme Director.

Please note that students will not be allowed to register for modules which they have already completed. If students complete a module in Third Year they will not be able to complete this module again. Students are therefore asked to consider very carefully the modules to be taken in Third Year and the potential impact it may have on module and subject choices subsequently in Fourth Year.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

3. Students spending One Semester Abroad (or on Placement) and One Semester in UCC

In this instance, students will complete one semester in UCC and one semester abroad.

This option is available to students (1) who are unable to travel to their host university as a result of Covid-19 or (2) whose host university is no longer able to accept international students as a result of Covid-19. Note: Students studying in UCC in Semester 2 may not select modules for which they do not have the relevant pre- and co- requisites.

Study in UCC - Semester 1 only

Where students spend Semester 1 only in UCC they will be required to take modules to the value of 30 credits, completing language modules to a minimum value of 5 credits and a maximum value of 15 credits.

CH3020 Chinese Language (Mandarin) Level 2.5 (5 credits)

And modules to the value of 25 credits from the following:
AC3302 Investment Appraisal (5 credits)
CH3108 Business and Globalisation in China (10 credits)
CH3304 Ethnicity, Class and Gender in China (10 credits)
FE3317 Co-operative Business and Sustainable Rural Economies (5 credits)
FE4450 International Food Business (5 credits)
¹IS3320 Designing and Using Management Information Systems (5 credits)
MG3013 Marketing Communications (5 credits)
MG3018 Human Resource Management (5 credits)

Note: ¹ IS2200 or IS2201 are prerequisites for IS3320.

Study in UCC - Semester 2 only

Where students spend Semester 2 only in UCC they will be required to take modules to the value of 30 credits, completing language modules to a minimum value of 5 credits and a maximum value of 15 credits.

CH3016 Chinese Language (Mandarin) Level 2.5 Part B (5 credits)

And modules to the value of 25 credits from the following:
AC3303 Introduction to Asset Pricing and Valuation (5 credits)
CH2010 Wars and Revolutions - China in the 19th and 20th Century (10 credits)
CH3107 The Sinosphere: China and "Chineseness" in Transnational Asian Politics, Culture and Trade (10 credits)
EC3208 Economics and Markets after the Crisis (5 credits)
GV2231 Public Management in Practice (5 credits)
IS2218 Data Management Fundamentals (5 credits)
MG2003 Consumer Behaviour and Sustainable Consumption (5 credits)
MG3014 Social Media Marketing (5 credits)

Elective modules are offered subject to availability and timetabling constraints. The choice of modules is subject to the approval of the Programme Director.

Study Abroad

Programmes taken will be validated by the host institution. To fulfil requirements for the successful completion of this year, a student must achieve a pass standard, as applied by the host institution, on a set of courses approved by the School of Business, UCC. Marks shall be submitted to the Autumn Examination Board, UCC with a Supplemental Board in Winter. Failed elements of continuous assessment must be re-submitted. Where failed elements are re-submitted, a student will continue his or her studies subject to passing the Winter Examination Board.

Please note that students will not be allowed to register for modules which they have already completed. If students complete a module in Third Year they will not be able to complete this module again. Students are therefore asked to consider very carefully the modules to be taken in Third Year and the potential impact it may have on module and subject choices subsequently in Fourth Year.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

No student may register for the Fourth Year programme of study until the Third University Examination in Commerce (International) with Chinese Studies has been passed. To be admitted to the BComm (Hons) (International) with Chinese Studies Degree Examination, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core modules
BU4001 International Business Strategy Capstone (10 credits)
¹CH3011 Modern Chinese Business Language Level 3 (15 credits)

plus 20 credits from the following (other than modules already taken):

CH3107 The Sinosphere: China and "Chineseness" in Transnational Asian Politics, Culture and Trade (10 credits)
CH3108 Business and Globalisation in China (10 credits)
CH3304 Ethnicity, Class and Gender in China (10 credits)

and modules to the value of 15 credits to be taken from any of the following subject groups:

Elective Subject Groups

Accounting, Finance and Information Systems Subject Group
AC4406 Accounting in Business (5 credits)
AC4407 Financial Reporting 1 (5 credits)
AC4408 Financial Reporting 2 (5 credits)
²IS4445 User Experience Design 1 (5 credits)
²IS4446 User Experience Design 2 (5 credits)

Business Economics Subject Group
EC4211 Economics of the Labour Market (5 credits)
EC4212 Behavioural Economics in Labour Markets (5 credits)
EC4215 Business Econometrics 1 (5 credits)
EC4220 Strategic Economic Consultancy (5 credits)

Food Business and Development Subject Group
FE4002 Global Food Policy (5 credits)
FE4205 Consumer Behaviour in Food Markets (5 credits)
FE4206 International Food Retail Marketing (5 credits)
FE4207 Global Food Supply Chain Management (5 credits)
FE4405 Food Choice Analysis (5 credits)
FE4414 Co-operative Banking (5 credits)
FE4450 International Food Business (5 credits)

Law Subject Group
LW2100 Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union (5 credits)
LW2102 Economic Law of the European Union (5 credits)
LW3311 Company Law (10 credits)
³LW3312 Employment Law: Contracts, Termination, Collective Labour Law (5 credits)

Management and Marketing Subject Group
MG2008 Business Ethics and Governance (5 credits)
MG3013 Marketing Communications (5 credits)
MG4004 Project Management (5 credits)
MG4035 Strategic Marketing (5 credits)
MG4037 Operations Management (5 credits)
MG4042 International Brand Strategy (5 credits)
MG4043 International Marketing Management (5 credits)
MG4048 Digital Marketing (5 credits)

Mathematics and Statistics Subject Group
ST2200 Methods of Business Statistics (5 credits)
ST3300 Data Analysis I (5 credits)

Note:
In addition to the General Regulations for passing Fourth Year the following Special Requirements for Chinese language apply:

1. To pass Fourth Year of the BComm (International) with Chinese Studies, students must pass CH3011 (15 credits) i.e. compensation does not apply.
2. Students taking IS4446 must also register for IS4445. IS4445 can be taken on its own.
3. LW3312 is not available to students who have previously passed LW3301.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Programme Learning Outcomes for BComm (Hons) (International) (Chinese Studies) (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Communicate and work effectively to a professional standard;
• Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills associated with effective practice;
• Engage in the application of frameworks and techniques in organisational settings;
• Communicate effectively in Chinese;
• Develop an in-depth appreciation of the culture and the environment for business in China.