MH502 LWA BCL (Law and Accounting

SeCTIoN 8 – law SPecIalISeD DeGreeS BCL (Law and Accounting) CAO Code: MH502 LWA | CAO Points 2021: 465

CAO Code: MH502 LWA CAO Points 2021: 465 CAO Points Range 2020: 451-588 Places 2021: 160 (MH502) Duration: 3 years Erasmus/Study Abroad Option: Yes - subject to availability Mature Applicants: See p. 208 UK, EU & International Applicants: See p. 214 QQI Link: See p. 210 Placement Option: Yes – subject to availability Leaving Certificate: 2H5 & 4O6/H7, Irish & English & 04/H7 Mathematics* * Students admitted to MH502 are required to have

O4/H7 Mathematics to register for LWA OPC: Open Choice Option Up to 4 weeks to decide on MH502 degree stream (entry requirements apply)

>Embark on the route to becoming a professional in accounting or law, both of which offer a rewarding career with international mobility and high earning potential. >Enhance your employability by developing your faculties for argument, reasoning and for the analysis of complicated ideas. >Acquire key financial and accounting skills alongside a thorough grounding in core law subjects. Become a highly sought-after law and accounting graduate with the technical and transferable skills needed to succeed in your chosen career. >Engage with expert faculty, who foster an engaging, friendly, supportive and dynamic learning environment.

Why choose this degree?

>This programme is jointly accredited by both the legal and accounting professions. You can avail of exemptions (upon graduation) from CAP 1 examinations from the Institute of

Chartered Accountants in Ireland, and equivalent examination papers from the ACCA, CIMA, and CPA professional accounting bodies. This law degree is accredited by the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. >This option is designed for students who would like to combine their study of law with gaining a strong background in accounting.

For the three years of this programme, you will study Law and

Accounting in equal measure, making this degree particularly attractive if you are considering a career in these fields. >You will acquire key financial and accounting skills alongside a thorough grounding in core law subjects. >Flexibility and choice: BCL students who successfully complete the first year of the programme have the option of transferring into the second year of the LLB programme (MH501). Options after graduation?

>The numeracy skills, coupled with an ability to think critically and analytically, which are developed on this programme, are invaluable assets in a wide range of careers. Graduates have successful and rewarding careers in accounting, banking and the financial services sector generally, as well as financial research and teaching. >Graduates of the BCL programme, wishing to pursue a career in accounting, will be in a position to enter professional training and avail of certain exemptions from the professional accounting bodies. >Graduates of the BCL programme will be in a position to take exams for entrance to the Honorable Society of King’s Inns in order to begin training as a barrister and are eligible to progress to take the Law Society of Ireland’s FE1 examinations to begin training as a solicitor. >Postgraduate study options at the Department of Law and the School of Business have a strong international focus to reflect the increasingly global nature of accounting, law and legal practice. Options currently include the LL.M. (International

Business Law) and LL.M. (Global Legal Studies). Many of our students continue to further postgraduate study in a very wide range of Business subjects at Maynooth University or another leading university in Ireland or abroad. Contact us

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Specialised Accounting degrees - see section 3 Other BCL Law degrees and our LLB degree - see section 8 MH101: Accounting and Law as subjects in the Bachelor of Arts degree - see section 1

Course structure

> Accounting is taken jointly with Law for the three years of the programme, with a wide range of accounting and legal subjects being studied. > Students take the core modules required for professional legal and accounting careers, but also choose from a range of optional modules.

No prior knowledge of accounting or law is required, as we teach both subjects from first principles. > A number of modules focus on developing critical skills (legal writing, advocacy, financial literacy and communication skills) > You can apply for a work placement in a law or accounting firm, or for a year studying abroad, during your degree (subject to availability)

Possible topics

1st year 2nd year Final year

> Core modules like Criminal Law, Contract

Law, Introduction to Accounting, and

Fundamentals of Finance > Critical skills modules, like Legal Research

Methods > Practical skills, participating in mock trials > Core modules like Company

Law, Financial and Management

Accounting and Taxation > Critical skills, analysing materials in tutorials and seminars > Practical skills, like participating in negotiation > Core modules like Property Law,

Management Accounting, Financial

Accounting and Finance > Critical skills, analysing the philosophy of law, and the ethics of corporate governance > Choose from a range of options, including Media Law and

Financial Reporting