Accounting & Finance

BA (Hons) Business Management(Accounting)

The BA (Hons) Business Management (Accounting) degree programme incorporates a balanced mix of specialised business management modules, geared toward students who, whilst wishing to study for a general business management degree, choose to focus especially on the accounting function throughout the duration of their studies. The programme deals comprehensively with modern business management concepts, whilst focusing on the role accounting plays as a support area of business management.

Aims & Objectives

The overall aim of the BA (Hons) Business Management (Accounting) is to provide students with an integrated, balanced and flexible business education and to enable them to develop business and personal skills.

On completion of this programme, students will have the ability to:

• Demonstrate a strong knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the many aspects of business and management
• Display a methodical approach to analysis, problem-solving and decision making
• Display and use transferable personal skills in a variety of business contexts
• Proceed in a highly competent manner to postgraduate study or professional studies.

Programme Structure

Level 1 is a foundation level, which is common to the BA (Hons) Business Management (Accounting), BA (Hons) Financial Services and BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance degree programmes. The foundation level provides knowledge in the primary business disciplines, as well as developing the broad cognitive skills of students.

Level 2 builds on the foundation year by providing a blend of more advanced and specialised business and accounting modules to develop student knowledge, competence and skills in business management and accounting. These will provide students with the necessary underpinning for Level 3 specialisms.

Level 3 further advances student knowledge in business and accounting areas and seeks to further develop the skills of analysis and the development of competent strategic solutions to complex business issues.

Assessment

Student assessment will be based on a combination of continuous assessment and end of year examinations. Continuous assessment will include essay writing, case studies, presentations, literature reviews and projects, and students will be required to work individually as well as in groups. End of year examinations are typically held in late April/early May. Level 1 subjects may also include an in-class assessment usually held in December.

Career Opportunities

The world of business now offers many career opportunities to a graduate specialising in accounting. The programme is primarily for students who wish to follow such a career in the arena of business management or accounting. Graduating students wishing to pursue further qualifications can proceed to postgraduate programmes up to Masters level or to programmes leading to professional qualifications.

Programme Content

This course comprises of 3 levels. Students should complete this course 4 years part-time. Students attend lectures 2 evenings per week on average.

Note: All of the above modules are core