2012 Fall Semester Program: Griffith College

Dublin, Ireland - Semester Program Fall 2012

Host Institution: Griffith College Dublin

Griffith College Dublin - Course Offerings

At Griffith College Dublin, classes or courses are called "modules." An undergraduate degree program is called a "course." GCD offers courses in several areas, and each course has a set curriculum of modules. 

The curriculum is divided into 3 or 4 Levels (sometimes called Phases or Stages).

Level 1 = Generally have no pre-requisites. Roughly equivalent to 100-level.
Level 2 = May require pre-requisites from Level 1. Roughly equivalent to 200-level.
Levels 3/4 = Students must have the necessary pre-requisites for this level. Levels 3/4 are roughly equivalent to 300 and 400-level.

All modules are worth 4 semester credits (equivalent of 6 quarter units), unless noted otherwise. Students are expected to take 4 modules per semester. With special permission, some students may take 5 modules. All module offerings are subject to change.

All students MUST get a total of 8 modules approved by their academic advisor, in case of changes in module availability. That way, if a module is full or cancelled, or if 2 of the modules you want to take meet at the same time, you'll already have back-ups that you know your school will accept. When you pre-register for modules (this happens after you're accepted), you will have to list a total of 8 possible modules on your registration form, in order of preference. Griffith College will not process your registration unless you list a total of 8 modules.

**Courses listed below are from Fall 2011, but Fall 2012 course offerings will be similar.  Updated Fall 2012 course offerings will be added in Spring 2012.**

FALL 2011 MODULES - Module offerings are subject to change.

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE
BUSINESS STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
JOURNALISM & VISUAL MEDIA
DESIGN IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
IRISH HISTORY

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

Level 1

Microeconomics
Information and Communications Technology
Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions
Business Accounting (Open to year abroad students only)

Level 2

Management and Organizational Behavior (Pre-req: 1 semester Business Management or similar)
Managing Human Resources (Pre-req: 1 semester Organisational Management or similar)
Financial Reporting (Pre-req: 1 year Financial Accounting)
Management Accounting (Pre-req: 1 year Financial Accounting)

Level 3

Advanced Financial Reporting (Pre-req: 2 semesters Financial Reporting study or similar)
Strategic Management (Pre-req: 2 semesters Organisational Management or similar)


BUSINESS STUDIES

Level 1

Microeconomics
Information and Communications Technology
Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions
Business Accounting (Open to year abroad students only)

Level 2

Management and Organizational Behavior (Pre-req: 1 semester Business Management or similar)
Managing Human Resources (Pre-req: 1 semester Business Management or similar)
Operations Management (Pre-req: 1 semester Business Management or similar)
Management Accounting (Pre-req: 1 year Financial Accounting)
Marketing Management (Pre-req: 1 semester Marketing)

Level 3

Financial Management (Pre-req: 2 semesters Management Accounting or similar)
Strategic Management (Pre-req: 2 semesters Organisational Management, Marketing Strategy, or similar)
International Human Resource Management* (Pre-req: 2 semesters Human Resources or similar)
Buyer Behavior* (Pre-req: 2 semesters Principles of Marketing, Marketing Strategy, International Business Management, or similar)

* = This module only runs with sufficient student demand, to be determined after arrival.


INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

Level 1

Principles of Hospitality Operations
Introduction to International Hospitality Management
Business Mathematics
Business Communications and Information Technology
Financial Accounting

Level 2

Food and Beverage Management (open only to majors in this field)
Management Accounting (Pre-req: 1 semester Accounting)
Marketing Management and Research (Pre-req: 1 semester Intro to Marketing or similar)

Level 3

International Human Resource Management* (Pre-req: 2 years Human Resources)
International Travel, Tourism & Hospitality* (Pre-req: 2 years Hospitality/Tourism studies)
Business Policy I (Open to year abroad students only. Pre-req: 2 years HR Management, Finance or Marketing)
International Services Marketing* (Pre-req: 2 semesters Marketing)
International Leisure Service Management* (Pre-req: 1 semester Marketing and 1 semester Tourism or similar)

* = This module only runs with sufficient student demand, to be determined after arrival.


JOURNALISM & VISUAL MEDIA

Level 1

Introduction to Print Media (half module - 6 weeks) 
Introduction to Ways of Seeing - Photography (half module - 6 weeks) 
History of the Media
Introduction to Online and Digital Media
Understanding Society
Introduction to Photography (LIMITED SPACE - 10 spaces only)

Level 2

Advanced Photography (Pre-req: Previous photography experience)
Media Marketing
Contemporary Society
Radio Journalism (Pre-req: previous Broadcast Journalism experience)
Layout & Graphic Design
Reporting and Feature Writing

Level 3

Modern Society (Pre-req: background in Media, Political Science and/or Sociology)
Digital Photography* (Pre-req: significant previous Digital Photography experience)
Conflict Reporting*
Video Production II (Pre-req: previous Video Production experience)
TV Journalism*
Publishing*
Sociology of the Media (Pre-req: background in Media, Political Science and/or Sociology)
Film Studies*
Sports Journalism*
Creative Writing*
Business Journalism*
Shorthand*

* = This module only runs with sufficient student demand, to be determined after arrival.

DESIGN IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

All of the following Design modules (all levels) are open to year abroad students only.

Level 1

Studio I
Architectural Drawing I
Design Principles I
History of Design and Architecture I
Analytical Drawing
Introduction to the Built Environment
Computer Studies

Level 2
The following modules are open only to majors in this field, for except CAD I. 

Studio II
CAD I
Design Principles II
History of Design and Architecture II
Professional Practice I / Building Regulations
Lighting Design
Furniture and Fittings
Interior Materials and Finishes

Level 3
The following modules are open only to majors in this field. 

Studio III
CAD IV
History of Design and Architecture III
Professional Practice II
Sustainable Materials
Interiors Conservation

PLEASE NOTE: Modules listed as "II" or "III" (e.g. CAD III) are a continuation from the previous level. Students who wish to take a "II" or "III" module must have taken the necessary pre-requisite(s) on their home campus. 


COMPUTER SCIENCE

Level 1

Computer Programming (Open to year abroad students only.)
Foundations of Computing (Open to year abroad students only.)
IT in Society (Open to year abroad students only.)
Business Information Systems (Open to year abroad students only.)
Computer Hardware (Open to year abroad students only.)
Systems Software (Open to year abroad students only.)

Level 2 
These modules are intended for at least sophomore level students who are majoring in this field (not intended for first-year students).

Object-Oriented Development
Systems Analysis and Design
Probability and Statistics
Relational Databases

Level 3 
These modules are intended for junior and senior level students who are majoring in this field.

HCI and GUI Programming
Networks and Data Communications
Introduction to Formal Design
Programming Paradigms

Level 4 
These modules are intended for senior level students who are majoring in this field.

Concurrent Programming
Advanced Network Theory
Games Development*
Computer Graphics*
Database Management*

* This module only runs with sufficient student demand, to be determined after arrival.