BSc Accounting and Finance modules 2018/19

First Year

Core modules

• International Macroeconomics and Financial Markets, 10 credits
• Introduction to Economics, 10 credits
• Business Organisation and Management, 10 credits
• Principles of Financial Accounting, 20 credits
• Quantitative Methods in Accounting and Finance, 20 credits

Take one of the following two pathways depending on your prior qualifications. Students will be counselled as to the most appropriate pathway.

Pathway A

Students should take a 20 credit Widening Horizons Module in addition to the following three modules:

• Academic and Professional Skills, 10 credits
• Introduction to Finance, 10 credits
• Introduction to Management Accounting, 10 credits

• Widening Horizons Module (This is a module allowing students to explore a different discipline and widen their knowledge beyond their main discipline)

Pathway B

• Academic and Professional Skills B, 10 credits
• Business Communication Skills, 20 credits
• Introduction to Finance B, 10 credits
• Introduction to Management Accounting B, 10 credits

Second Year

Core modules

• Financial Accounting Theory, 10 credits
• Financial Reporting, 10 credits
• Auditing, 10 credits
• Control and Governance Systems, 10 credits
• Corporate Financial Management, 10 credits
• Human Resource Management, 10 credits
• Information Systems for Accounting, 10 credits
• Introduction to Marketing, 10 credits
• Law for Accountancy and Business, 20 credits
• Management Accounting, 10 credits
• Taxation, 10 credits

Third Year

Core modules

• Advanced Finance (20 credits)
• Advanced Financial Accounting (20 credits)
• Advanced Management Accounting (20 credits)
• Extended Essay (20 credits)

Optional modules

Choose 40 credits from the following (module credits in brackets):

• Advanced Financial Statement Analysis for Undergraduates, 10 credits
• Public Sector Accounting, 10 credits
• Business Analytics, 10 credits
• Business to Business Marketing, 10 credits
• Comparative and International Taxation, 10 credits
• Corporate Restructuring, 10 credits
• Financial Markets Regulation, 10 credits
• International Corporate Governance, 10 credits
• International Human Resource Management, 10 credits
• Marketing Communications, 10 credits
• Professional Development, 20 credits
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 20 credits
• Social and Environmental Accounting, 10 credits
• Strategic Management, 20 credits