Accounting And Financial Management BA

• First Year:
• The first year of the course gives you a broad understanding of accounting and finance. You'll learn the underpinning knowledge and workings of financial markets in a classroom scenario.
• Core modules cover the necessary accounting and financial management knowledge required by the profession. We'll also encourage you to start thinking about life in the workplace.
• You will quickly become familiar with the challenges faced by professional accountants. As your confidence grows, you'll develop your own views on how to approach these challenges.
• Core modules:
• Business Economics in a Contemporary Society
• Introduction to Behaviour at Work
• Introduction to Management Accounting
• Futures First: Professional Self Management
• Introduction to Financial Accounting
• Foundations in Financial Management
• You will take one of the following modules:
• Analysis for Decision Making A
• Analysis for Decision Making B
• Second Year:
• In years two and three, you have more flexibility. There are optional modules in topics such as auditing, business intelligence, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and taxation.
• Optional modules give you the chance to specialise and enhance your solid grounding in accounting and finance.
• Practical skills development is available through our Trading Room, which simulates life in the financial markets with professional software from Bloomberg.
• We also run workshops for all Management School students to learn how to use the range of data, analytics and information sources.
• You'll receive guest lectures from industry professionals and become familiar with the challenges faced by finance and accounting practitioners. As your confidence grows, you'll develop your own views on how to approach those challenges.
• Some modules cover material from professional accounting examinations, which means that students are given exemptions with accounting bodies including ACCA, ICAEW, CPA Australia and CIMA.
• Core modules:
• Intermediate Management Accounting
• Corporate Governance
• Financial Management
• Intermediate Financial Accounting
• Introduction to Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing
• You will take one of the following modules:
• Business Intelligence
• Business Strategy
• Law for Management
• Budgeting and Control
• Business Statistics
• Career Management Theory and Practice
• Third Year:
• In years two and three, you have more flexibility. There are optional modules in topics such as auditing, business intelligence, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and taxation.
• Optional modules give you the chance to specialise and enhance your solid grounding in accounting and finance.
• Practical skills development is available through our Trading Room, which simulates life in the financial markets with professional software from Bloomberg.
• We also run workshops for all Management School students to learn how to use the range of data, analytics and information sources.
• You'll receive guest lectures from industry professionals and become familiar with the challenges faced by finance and accounting practitioners. As your confidence grows, you'll develop your own views on how to approach those challenges.
• Some modules cover material from professional accounting examinations, which means that students are given exemptions with accounting bodies including ACCA, ICAEW, CPA Australia and CIMA.
• Core modules:
• Advances in Financial Accounting
• Advances in Management Accounting
• You will take four of the following modules:
• Company Analysis and Valuation
• Accounting & Accountability: Theory & Practice
• Auditing
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Applied Accounting and Financial Management: Business Simulation
• Emerging Markets Finance
• Taxation in Theory and Practice
• Case Studies in Accounting and Consultancy
• Financial Derivatives

The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.