Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2019 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2019 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2019 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2019 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2019 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2019 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2019 CAO Handbook: Fee €60 Closing Date: 22nd July 2019 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2019 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2019, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2019 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5th March 2019 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2019 in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 21 of the 2019 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2019 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2019 at 5:15pm. To apply to DARE, you must anser YES to Question 1 ('Do you wish to be considered for DARE?) on Section A of the fully completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by 5:15pm on 1 March 2019.

To apply to HEAR, you must indicate on your CAO application that you wish to apply for HEAR and fully and correctly complete all elements of the online HEAR form by 5:15pm on 1 March 2019.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 1 April 2019 at 5:15pm

Expand+What is…E-commerce in Retailing?

The e-commerce in Retailing degree responds to a changing digital and social media influenced retail landscape and was developed in the context of:

•The changing nature of retailing resulting from the impact of...

Hide-What is…E-commerce in Retailing?

The e-commerce in Retailing degree responds to a changing digital and social media influenced retail landscape and was developed in the context of:

•The changing nature of retailing resulting from the impact of Social, Mobile, Analytic and Cloud (SMAC) technologies

•The demand for graduates demonstrably equipped to work in connected, collaborative electronic retailing environments

•The need for retail graduates with advanced social media, platform, and design skills

•The scarcity of retail/business graduates with advanced technological competences

The programme addresses contemporary retail management needs that reflect the rapidly changing economic and technological environment. It aims to provide a broad technologically informed business education for future retail managers that reflects the changing needs of the sector.

Furthermore, the fast pace of change brought about both by technology and by Ireland’s very open economy will strongly influence the management of future retail enterprise in Ireland. Graduates who expect to find careers in these sectors will need to be competent in contemporary electronic business technologies. The curriculum reflects this by integrating modules on retailing, e-business and e-business applications and addresses the market need for technologically literate retail managers for the dynamic retail environment of the 21st century.

Learning Outcomes/What will I Study?

The overall aim of this Level 8 Honours Degree is to produce technologically literate retail graduates capable of filling the various career roles created by an emerging retail digital omni-channel highway.

It also aims to make students sufficiently informed on a wide range of issues in the business environment and about business processes to enable them to take a holistic view of decisions arising in the planning and operation of retail activities.

They will develop competences in client side programmes and will develop an appreciation of service side programmes without developing competency on the server side. The course will also enable students to acquire the skills and knowledge required to build and manage web and mobile applications to support e-Commerce functions through a developed understanding of agile project management methodologies suitable for managing ecommerce projects.

It will also aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the principal operational and strategic issues involved in the overall management of ‘bricks and clicks’ retail enterprises in the context of both national and international business environments so as to enable them to be in a position to fulfil senior management roles in their future career in the retail and general business sectors.

Are there study abroad opportunities?

During the second semester of the third year, students are offered the opportunity to study in one of the College’s partner universities in the European Union or in North America where modules are delivered in the English language.

Expand+Module Listing

Students will take both general business, retail specific and e-commerce modules.

General Modules

•Finance
•Marketing & Market Research
•Economics
•Human Resource Management
•Entrepreneurial Studies
•Professional Develop...

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Students will take both general business, retail specific and e-commerce modules.

General Modules

•Finance
•Marketing & Market Research
•Economics
•Human Resource Management
•Entrepreneurial Studies
•Professional Development

Specialist Retail Modules

•Retail Management
•Retail Analytics
•Retail Marketing
•Geographical Information Systems
•Electronic Business, International Retailing
•Retail Consumption
•Store Atmospherics
•Shopping Centre Management
•Category Management
•Retail Location Analysis

E-Commerce Modules

•Electronic Retailing & Marketplace Analysis
•Internet Technologies in Retailing
•Programming
•Electronic Retailing Infrastructure
•Data Base Systems
•Mobile & Social Commerce
•Web-Analytics
•Strategic ICT & E-Business

Expand+What are my Career Opportunities?

It is envisaged that graduates of the BSc in E-Commerce in Retailing will have a distinct workplace positioning in relation to graduates from general business and computer science programmes in the leveraging of s...

Hide-What are my Career Opportunities?

It is envisaged that graduates of the BSc in E-Commerce in Retailing will have a distinct workplace positioning in relation to graduates from general business and computer science programmes in the leveraging of specialist retail knowledge and technological knowhow. The opportunities for those completing this degree will be in a different field to other business disciplines in management and marketing, one in which there is high demand for online competency, skills and knowledge specific technological retailer issues.

Typical jobs envisaged which will be filled by the graduates in the BSc in E-Commerce in Retailing are shown below.

•E-Commerce Manager/E-Commerce Project Manager
•Online Category Manager
•UX Designer/UI Designer
•Website Designer/ Website Analyst
•Website Content Manager
•E-Commerce Technologist
•Mobile Marketing Manager/Digital Marketing Manager
•Social Media Manager

What other options do I have after completion?

Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard may have access to a wide range of Masters Degrees in DIT and elsewhere in Higher Education.