Schull Community College

Subject Provision in Schull Community College for Business Subjects:
All first year students take Business Studies for the full academic year
Each student has free choice and access to Business Studies in 2 year to complete the Junior Certificate Business Studies course. Students’ choices, from year to year, determine subject groupings
Transition year: Compulsory for all students – an 6-week module in Business and in Accounting is taken by each student (including those who have not completed the Junior Certificate Business Studies course)
Business and Accounting offered as option subjects to all in fifth year for Leaving Certificate
Support is provided (particularly at the end of transition year) for students in choosing options for Leaving Certificate – i.e. meeting with principal, guidance counsellor and advice from individual subject teachers
The subject is taught by Brendan Drinan
Textbook:Eurobusiness John Taylor
Topics include:

• *Consumer
• 2 laws
• Rules and Regulations,
• Bodies to help,
• Letter-writing
• National Budget
• Surplus / Deficit,
• Income and Expenditure,
• Capital and Current
• Foreign Trade, EU and
• Economics
• Exports and Imports,
• Countries, Currencies,
• Opportunity cost, Factors of production
• Budgets
• Household
• Income and 3 categories of expenditure
• Insurance
• Principles,
• Average clause,
• Premium calculation
• Trading, Profit and Loss A/C (with Spreadsheet and I.T.)
• Data entry and calculations
• Employment and Industrial Relations
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Banking
• Deposit and Current accounts