About International Business With Aviation Studies (ba Honours) in Cork Institute of Technology

Course summary

The BA (Hons) in International Business with Aviation studies is a programme geared at trained pilots to help them get the business skills that may be valuable in career progression and mobility. The programme recognises your aviation training (ATPL) as equivalent to two years of study with two years of further study online culminating in the award.

The programme is delivered fully online and is designed specifically for pilots though the content is focused on broad business principles and issues with a slant on international business.  The modules on the programme are very structured and are delivered by experienced lecturers who are conscious that a pilot’s working life is challenging.

The brochure below has details on the structure of the programme and what is involved in undertaking it.

Career

Beyond the roles within the aviation industry graduates of this programme would find employment in other industries given the skillset developed in this programme. Given the significant level of advanced business learning that the students will have undertaken the programme prepares students for a variety of roles. Coupled with their life skills and competences, graduates of this programme will be attractive in the jobs market.
 

The following roles within various sectors would be well within grasp:
• Supply Chain and Logistics Operational Staff
• Purchasers/Buyers
• Business Development Representatives
• Project Managers
• New Product Development
• Marketing
• Operations Team Supervision and Management
• Service Managers
• Business Planning
• International Selling
• Recruitment
• Business Analyst

Academic qualification equivalents

• Class 12 passed students from a recognized board including CBSE, CISCE or a state board
• All India Senior School Certificate or Higher Secondary Certificate/Standard 12 or Indian School Certificate (Year 12) as recognized qualifications

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS 6.5 overall (6.0 for Business programmes)
• IELTS 5.5 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)
• PTE 60 (63 for integrated programmes)
• PTE 55 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)