Accounting and Finance - BSc (Hons) *

This module will develop your skills in both the preparation of financial statements for single and group companies (in accordance with the IASBs Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting and relevant International Financial Reporting Standards) and the analysis and understanding of such financial statements.  This module will also help develop your skills in ratio analysis and interpretation.  

This module builds on the prior management accounting knowledge and it is assumed that you have a basic understanding of how costs behave, short term decision making and the major accounting systems (absorption and marginal costing). The content will develop your knowledge of budgetary control and then focus on applying your learning to various short term decision-making scenarios.

Corporate Finance is a rigorous and comprehensive module that is designed to broaden your understanding of the main issues in modern corporate finance.  Corporate Finance is concerned with how businesses raise funds and invest those funds to provide a return to investors. This module aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge required by a   financial manager to make appropriate investment and financing decisions for a business in a global environment. 

This module focuses on the tools and techniques used by Operation Managers within service, manufacturing, private and public sector institutions to ensure activities are aligned with corporate and market objectives. The module requires you to apply a range of operations management tools and techniques to given scenarios in order to produce a range of verbal, written and numerical solutions focussed on the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of an operation’s processes. 

This module is aimed at improving your professional identity and employability capabilities by undertaking work-based learning such as short-term internships, virtual work experience/live briefs, or volunteering. Alongside the work experience you will be exposed to the skills required to successfully compete for a graduate job and progress within your future career.

This module will help you to have more certainty about your future career path and an awareness of the skills you need for a successful career. You will be able to navigate the graduate recruitment process with more confidence and progress within your chosen career after graduating.

This module, where a programme of study enables it, is open to Business students, who choose to undertake an international Study Abroad mobility experience within their second year of study.   

*If you choose to study abroad for a semester you will substitute the BCU semester two modules with the equivalent of 60 credits of study from the host University course. If you are unable to cover all 60 credits with the host University modules you may need to choose and complete the 20 credit BCU Study Abroad option module. 

This module is designed to provide you with the opportunity to undertake a credit bearing, 40- week Professional Placement as an integral part of your Undergraduate Degree.    The purpose of the Professional Placement is to improve your employability skills which will, through the placement experience, allow you to evidence your professional skills, attitudes and behaviours at the point of entry to the postgraduate job market.  Furthermore, by completing the Professional Placement, you will be able to develop and enhance your understanding of the professional work environment, relevant to your chosen field of study, and reflect critically on your own professional skills development within the workplace. 

This module will contribute to the intellectual and personal development of students to the level of an honours graduate in the Accountancy field by offering a body of current theoretical knowledge and technical skills relevant to the advanced study of financial reporting at Level 6.   

This module is designed to further develop knowledge and skills in the application of management accounting techniques. Building on the knowledge gained from levels 4 and 5, this module investigates how relevant strategic management accounting techniques, both quantitative and qualitative, can assist managers to control the performance of their business. Strategic management accounting is presented as a service function; a means to an end rather than an end itself. The aims are for you to understand and critically analyse the techniques, to be able to apply them to business situations, to be aware of their limitations, and make appropriate recommendations. 

This module will introduce you to assurance engagements with focus on external and internal audit. You will explore the nature and purpose of these engagements as well as the role of assurance to stakeholders and the capital markets including the increasing pressure for public accountability. You will look to understanding the overall regulatory framework and governance for companies and auditors.

This module will help students in developing knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles and concepts relating to corporate finance and give the theoretical underpinnings of financial management in corporates. The course gives a broader understanding of the philosophies behind the financial management decisions, capital structure, dividend policies and current developments in and modern theories of finance. The module will enable students to evaluate research and synthesise information about corporate financial issues and problems, ability to solve quantitative problems, presentation of ideas, and participation in debates.

Financial technology (Fintech) integrate technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and data science into traditional financial services to make them safer, faster and more efficient. It is one of the fastest-growing industries, with companies innovating in almost every area of finance from mobile banking and insurance to cryptocurrency and investment apps, Fintech has broad applications.

*Only an option if QME60XX Research Design and Practice module is chosen in Semester One.