BSc (Hons) Accounting and Business

1. Knowledge and understanding of management areas (e.g. operations management, organisational behaviour management, human resource management, strategic management, leading in international context, marketing and sustainability)
2. Analysis of an organisation’s environment and evidence of an awareness of strategy
3. An understanding of the legal, business and social environments in which accounting operates.
4. Knowledge and understanding of the main current technical language and practices of accounting (e.g. measurement and disclosure in financial statements, managerial accounting, financial accounting, and business law) in a market economy.
5. Skills appropriate to the areas of business and management studied including in the case of accounting: recording and summarising transactions; preparation of financial statements; decision analysis; performance measurement; management control; financial analysis; and projections.
6. Knowledge and understanding of a range of contemporary theories and empirical evidence in the areas studied, and the ability to evaluate critically such theories and evidence.

Teaching and learning take place mainly through a mixture of lectures, tutorials/workshops, assigned reading and written examinations in the following modules:

1. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEM1028, 2007, 2021, 2035, 2047, 3033A

2. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEM1028, 2047, 3033

3. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEA1003, 1008, 1009, 1010, 2019, 2020, 2017 and 3017. BEM1028, BEE1029 and BEM3033A

4. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEA1003, 1008, 1009, 2017, 2019, 2020, 3017

5. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEM1028, 2021, 2035, 3033A. BEA1003, 1008, 1009, 2019, 2017, 2020, and 3017

6.    ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEM2021, 2035, 2047, 3033A. BEA2017, 2020, 2019 and 3017.

Assessment is conducted mainly through a mixture of individual/group assessed essays/reports/portfolios and/or, where appropriate, presentations, multiple choice tests, and written examinations.

7. A capacity for the critical evaluation of arguments and evidences.
8. An ability to analyse and draw reasoned conclusions concerning structured and unstructured problems.
9. Ability to locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources, including the acknowledgement and referencing of sources.

Teaching/learning take place through a mixture of lectures, tutorials, individual/group assignments (e.g. essays and/or quantitative coursework and/or, where appropriate, presentations), and written examinations.

7. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEA2017, 2020, 3017, BEM2035 and BEM3033A

8. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEA1003, 1008, 1010, 2019, 2020, and BEM3033A.

9. ILO is delivered through the following modules: BEA1009, BEA1012, BEA2017, BEA2020, BEA3017, BEM2035 and BEM3033A.

Assessment mainly through a mixture of individual/group assessed essays/reports/portfolios and/or, where appropriate, presentations, and written examinations. 

10. A global outlook: Our graduates are engaged and prepared for the demands of global business and society.
11. A critical thinker: Our graduates have a commercial awareness that enables them to critically analyse, conceptualise and evaluate the challenges facing business.
12. A collaborative mind-set: Our graduates are enterprising and motivated individuals who are able to actively collaborate and effectively communicate within a range of diverse settings.
13. An ethical ethos: Our graduates understand the social, financial and environmental factors that can impact on corporate sustainability and are able to make decisions openly and responsibly.
14. Technological and digital literacy: Our graduates are able to use technologies to source, process and communicate information.

10.  BEA1008 Introduction to Financial Accounting uses International Financial Reporting Standards.

BEA2019 Financial Accounting A uses   International Financial Reporting Standards.

         BEM1028 covers differences relating to the international dimensions of business and management.

BEM2035 provides students with the knowledge, analytical capabilities, and skills needed to practice leadership in international organisations

         BEM2047 uses global examples to illustrate concepts and differing approaches to structuring organisations and their management 

11. BEA1003 Business Law for Accountants expects students to be able to apply this knowledge to legal problems, reach appropriate conclusions and recommend a course of action using appropriate legal language, identify issues arising in areas of business law and identify and apply relevant legal rules and in the context of a business environment, identify and analyse legal problems, apply legal principles and recommend a course of action.

         BEM1028 considers different business structures and alternative approaches to management.

BEA1008 Introduction to Financial Accounting        asks students to aggregate accounting data for companies, non-for-profit entities and other business forms into meaningful statements.

BEA1009 Introduction to Management Accounting asks students to identify and present appropriate information to assist management with controlling the business and taking financial decisions.

BEA1010 Business Finance for Accountants requires students to apply financial management concepts and practices to analyse simple business problems and recommend courses of action, identify and present appropriate information to assist management with determining the mix of funds from different sources and taking financial management decisions and demonstrate an appreciation of the usefulness or otherwise of a range of financial management techniques.

BEA2017 Intermediate Management Accounting requires students to apply and explain the various decision-making techniques under conditions of risk and uncertainty and determine the appropriate technique to apply based on the risk attitude of the risk-taker. Students should be able to explain, evaluate and apply the various pricing methods and techniques, and justify the use of different pricing methods to ensure alignment with corporate strategy. Students also need to apply the decision-making tools and techniques to aid business decisions and recommend courses of action.

BEA2019 Financial Accounting A asks students to develop an ability to locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources.

BEA2020 Financial Accounting B requires students to develop an ability to locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources.

BEA3017 Advanced Management Accounting requires students to critically evaluate and challenge theoretical perspectives on various dimensions of the subject; to discuss and articulate different perspectives on contemporary management accounting issues and also to explain and, where necessary, rationalise such different perspectives (above) theoretical-based arguments.

BEE1029 Economic Principles prepares students with a basic understanding of economics, apply this understanding to real world problems, understand the world around them and better understand politicians and the decisions they make.

BEM2021 Human Resource Management expects students to develop a critical orientation toward the subject matter and an awareness of the complexity of managing people.

BEM2035 helps students develop sensitivity to the strategic and operational leadership challenges that come from operating at this scale and across diversified markets.

         BEM2047 expects students to develop their abilities to produce management reports, critically discussing and                 appraising different views on phenomena.

BEM3033A Strategic Management requires students to develop their ability to analyse strategic issues from a number of broad functional perspectives, demonstrate a critical knowledge of selected strategy literature and present and defend strategic analyses based on case material, desk research and research in the marketplace.

12. BEM1028 Introduction to Business and Management asks students to present a business idea, similar to Dragons Den.

BEA2020 Financial Accounting B requires students to be able to work within a team to develop their written and verbal communication skills and undertake presentations.

BEM2007 Operations Management requires students to engage in group debates to challenge academic enquiry.

13.  BEM1028 considers the wider impact of business upon environment, communities and society as a whole.

BEA1012 examines statistics and its use in fraud detection.

BEA2017 In Intermediate Management Accounting, the sustainable development theme will be embedded within the numerous decision-making scenarios throughout the module. Students will be encouraged to adopt a sustainable development mindset.

14. BEA1008 Introduction to Financial Accounting asks students to explain the role of information technology in accounting and issues surrounding its use.

10. BEA1008 - Examination (ILOs 6-7)

BEA1009 - In class test and Examination (ILOs 4-8)

BEA2019 - In class test and Examination (ILOs 4-8)

BEM1028 - Coursework (ILOs 1-3)

BEM2035 – 100% portfolio (ILOs 1-8)

BEM2047 - Individual report, mid-term test and examination (ILOs 1-5)

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BEA1003 - In-class test (ILOs 1-14) and  Examination (ILOs 1-14)

BEA1008 – Coursework test (ILO 12), Examination (ILO 12)

BEA1009 - Coursework test (ILO 15), Examination (ILO 15)

BEA1010 – Coursework (ILOs 14-16), Examination (ILOs 14-16)

BEE1029 – Examination 1 and 2 and online exercises (ILOs 4 and 8 )

BEA2017 – Written assessment (ILOs 5, 10 and 15) and Examination (ILOs 5, 10 and 15)

BEA2019 –  Examination (ILO 10)

BEA2020 – Group Presentation (ILO 8), Examination (ILO 8)

BEA3017 – Examination (ILOs 5, 8,9), Essay (ILOs 5, 8,9)

BEM1028 - Examination (ILOs 5-9) and coursework (presentation) (ILOs 1-9)

BEM2021 – Assessed worksheet and examination. (ILOs 4-6)

BEM2035 – 100% portfolio (ILOs 1-8)

BEM2047 – Individual report (ILOs 3 and 5)

BEM3033A – Essay (ILO 2), Group case study presentation and report (ILO 8)

12. BEM1028 - Coursework (ILOs 1-9)

BEA2020 - Group presentation (ILO 10), Examination (ILO 10)

BEM2007 - Group report (ILO 7)

13. BEM1028 - Coursework (ILO 4)

BEA1012 - Case Study (ILOs 1-8)

BEA2017 - Assignment (ILOs 1,3,5,7,8 and 15) and examination (ILOs 1,3,5,7,8 and 15)

14. BEA1008 - Coursework (ILO 6)