Course unit details
The focus of the degree is on accounting and finance. Other relevant subjects such as management, law, mathematics, statistics and economics are also covered. There is some scope for you to study related subjects to broaden your knowledge of business and management, subject to the requirements of professional accreditation. You will receive a strong theoretical and practical grounding in the principles of accounting and acquire appropriate transferable skills.
Course content for year 1
Your first year is designed to introduce you to the foundations of accounting and finance. You will also study course units in mathematics, statistics, economics and law. A specialist course unit will introduce you to the skills and techniques required by the accountancy profession and will begin to prepare you for the workplace. Your first year project involves you preparing a competitive tender for an audit with support from employers such as KPMG*.
* Beever Struthers, RSM and PWC.
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title
- Financial Reporting
- Introductory Management Accounting
- Financial Decision Making M
- Quantitative Methods for Accounting and Finance
- Auditing & Professional Accounting Practice I
- Law in a Management Context
- Microeconomics 1
- Macroeconomics 1
- Fundamentals of Management
- Marketing Foundations
Course content for year 2
Your second year will develop your analytical skills and give you a more in-depth understanding of accounting. You will take core course units in accounting and finance, plus a ten-credit business law course unit. You will develop your understanding of business strategy, accounting and auditing practice through a specialist course unit.
You will also select an optional 10-credit course unit - either from the list of optional second-year course units below, or from a range of University College level 2 course units, including the Manchester Leadership Programme .
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Financial Reporting and Accountability
- Intermediate Management Accounting
- Foundations of Finance B
- Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities and the Consumer
- Principles of Taxation
- Business Strategy
- Professional Accounting Practice
- Investment Analysis
Course content for year 3
If you successfully apply for a work placement this will take place between your second and final year. You will put theory into practice, develop transferable skills and gain an insight into the accounting profession.
Previous BSc Accounting students have completed work placements at Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and RSM amongst others.
Course units for year 4
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title
- Business Law 2: Law and the Modern Corporation in an International Context
- Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Regulation
- Accountability and Auditing
- Corporate Financial Communication and Valuation
- International Finance
- Share Prices and Accounting Information
- Financial Derivatives
- Corporate Governance in Context
- Financial Engineering
- Corporate Contracting and Managerial Behaviour