BESS_Open_Day_Dec_20.. - Trinity College Dublin
BESS_Open_Day_Dec_20.. - Trinity College Dublin
BESS_Open_Day_Dec_20.. - Trinity College Dublin
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TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN<br />
Business<br />
Economics<br />
S<br />
Social<br />
Studies<br />
Business<br />
Economics<br />
S<br />
Social<br />
Studies<br />
<strong>Open</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 2011<br />
Professor Francis O’Toole
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>College</strong> ... Founded in 1592<br />
An Irish & International Institution
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>College</strong>:<br />
a world class reputation<br />
• The leading Irish research university<br />
• Recognised worldwide<br />
– 1 st in Ireland (1 st )<br />
– 41 st in Europe (14 th )<br />
– 117 th in the World (76 th<br />
th )<br />
The Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings<br />
2011-1212 (2010-11) 11)<br />
• A community of Scholars<br />
• A small city within a city
What is <strong>BESS</strong>?<br />
Business<br />
Economics<br />
Sociology<br />
Political<br />
Science<br />
<strong>BESS</strong> is the common entry programme in<br />
business, economic and social studies (TR081)
What does <strong>BESS</strong> offer?<br />
• The premier course to study business,<br />
political science, sociology and economics<br />
• The only university where you can<br />
combine business with another social<br />
science subject<br />
– political science, economics or sociology<br />
• Choice and flexibility in constructing your<br />
degree pathway<br />
• A developmental approach to education
Degree options in <strong>BESS</strong><br />
Single honors:<br />
• business (BBS<br />
degree)<br />
• economics<br />
• sociology<br />
• political science<br />
Joint honors:<br />
• business & economics<br />
• business & political<br />
science<br />
• business & sociology<br />
• economics & political<br />
science<br />
• economics & sociology<br />
• political science &<br />
sociology
The <strong>BESS</strong> Suite<br />
Business Studies?<br />
• Studying how to manage people, markets and<br />
money to achieve success<br />
• Includes areas such as marketing, human<br />
resources management, operations,<br />
strategy, finance and accounting<br />
• Understand how business organisations,<br />
institutions and systems work<br />
• Develop the skills for a career in business and<br />
management
The <strong>BESS</strong> Suite<br />
Economics?<br />
• Develops the concepts and tools needed to understand<br />
– How to limit/prevent unemployment<br />
– How to regulate financial markets (properly!)<br />
– How to control the market<br />
power of large firms<br />
market power<br />
– How best to address climate change<br />
– How to help poorer countries grow and develop<br />
• No prior knowledge of economics is required<br />
• Prepares students for careers in management, finance,<br />
teaching, public service, consultancy, European<br />
institutions and research
The Bess Suite<br />
Sociology?<br />
• Helps us to understand both large-scale and intimate<br />
patterns of relations and to relate these to our everyday<br />
experiences as members of society.<br />
• Enables us to understand phenomena such as<br />
– Social change as it affects your own life and that of others<br />
– Shared practices of behaviour like dress codes or going<br />
to the pub<br />
– Social movements like Fair Trade and Feminism<br />
– Inequality at global and local levels<br />
– The nature and meaning of work<br />
– Migration and mobility in Ireland and Europe
The <strong>BESS</strong> Suite<br />
Political Science?<br />
• The scientific study of politics, the exercise<br />
of power, and the working of democratic<br />
political institutions<br />
• Learning to understand<br />
– how democracy works<br />
– how people vote<br />
– how political parties compete<br />
– how European integration works<br />
– The values behind different political<br />
ideologies
<strong>BESS</strong>: The foundation year (1 st )<br />
• 6 modules (60 ECTS)<br />
– 5 core<br />
» Economics<br />
» Management<br />
» Political Science<br />
» Sociology<br />
» Maths and Statistics<br />
– 1 option from<br />
» Law or Language or Social Policy
<strong>BESS</strong>: The building block year (2 nd )<br />
• 6 modules (60 ECTS)<br />
– Choose from 2 of the <strong>BESS</strong> disciplines<br />
– Option to keep on language<br />
» Certificate in Language Proficiency (French)<br />
– Broad Curriculum course option<br />
chosen from any area of <strong>College</strong><br />
– Foundation Scholarship Examination<br />
and its rewards
<strong>BESS</strong>: The Sophister years (3 rd<br />
rd /4 th )<br />
• Specialise in depth in one (Single Honors)<br />
or two (Joint Honors) subjects<br />
• Study abroad option in your third year<br />
• Option to write an undergraduate<br />
dissertation in your final year<br />
• Intensive small group tutorials<br />
• Pass (3 rd year) and Honors (4 th year) degrees
<strong>BESS</strong> and languages<br />
• Language options are integrated into the<br />
<strong>BESS</strong> programme<br />
– French, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish<br />
• Study abroad option in your third year<br />
• For French ability students, think about the<br />
(five year) double degree option available<br />
with HEC in Paris
Opportunity to Study Abroad
Your future employment<br />
• Graduates of <strong>BESS</strong> degree programmes<br />
are sought after by leading employers<br />
• Financial services<br />
• Accountancy<br />
• Management consulting<br />
• International business<br />
• Public service<br />
• Entrepreneurial ventures<br />
• Economic and political journalism<br />
• Economic, social and political research<br />
• Professional training<br />
• Teaching
CAO points 2006 - 2011<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011<br />
475* 480* 470* 475* 475* 480<br />
<strong>BESS</strong> TR081 QUOTA = 236
Why <strong>BESS</strong>?<br />
• Degree flexibility and focus<br />
• Exceptional calibre of our students<br />
• Student centered<br />
• Excellent employability<br />
• Enjoy a broad educational experience<br />
at Ireland’s No. 1 University<br />
• Why wouldn’t you?
The <strong>Trinity</strong> experience<br />
• <strong>BESS</strong> Student Societies<br />
– <strong>Dublin</strong> University Business and Economic Soc<br />
– Political Society<br />
– Foresight<br />
– AIESEC<br />
– Enterprise <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
– Upstart<br />
– Social Studies Society
Direct entry degrees linked to<br />
<strong>BESS</strong> disciplines<br />
• TR001 Two-Subject<br />
Moderatorship (TSM)<br />
combinations (Economics, & Sociology)<br />
• TR012 History and Political Science<br />
• TR015 Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and<br />
Sociology (PPES)<br />
• TR017 Law and Business<br />
• TR020 Law & Political Science<br />
• TR029 Political Science & Geography<br />
• TR082 Business & Computing<br />
• TR083 Sociology & Social Policy<br />
• TR085 – 90 Business Studies and a Language
To learn more about <strong>BESS</strong><br />
• <strong>BESS</strong> and Departmental information<br />
desks in Examination Hall [in front<br />
square]<br />
• Email admissions: admissns@tcd.ie<br />
• University website: www.tcd.ie<br />
• <strong>BESS</strong> website: www.tcd.ie/bess
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