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Programme Offerings
Full-Time
Educational Aims of the Course
The specific aims of the Accounting and Finance degree programme are to enable the student to:
1. Undertake a rigorous study of the theories and techniques related to accounting and financial management,
2. Acquire and develop the practical skills that are essential within an accounting and financial environment,
3. Define a course of study in accounting, finance and related subject areas that reflects their particular interests,
4. Develop the personal and key skills that will improve their ability to work effectively on their own and within
teams, and to be able to meet the challenges of working in a changing environment,
5. Prepare either for a career in accounting, finance and related business disciplines or for further relevant
academic study.
6. Engage with employability skills by completing a self-awareness statement.
Learning Outcomes
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated are as follows:
Acquisition of knowledge is through lectures, workshops and seminars. Within workshops and seminars the use of individual exercises, group based work, case study work and IT based work is utilised. Throughout the programme, students are encouraged to undertake independent reading both to supplement and consolidate what is being taught and to broaden their individual knowledge and understanding.
Testing of the knowledge base is through a combination of unseen written examinations and assessed courseworks.
There is a balance and mix of courseworks across the programme which include: essays, individual/group reports, individual/group presentations, IT-based projects.
Throughout the programme teaching involves group discussions, case study work and scenario based work which are specifically designed to encourage students to think critically, to consider alternative points of view and to apply knowledge.
Unseen written examinations and courseworks are designed to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their intellectual skills.
The acquisition of practical skills will be developed within individual modules via workshop/seminar activities combined with VLE activities.
Unseen written examinations and courseworks are designed to allow the students to demonstrate their individual research and wider reading.
Core modules on the programme test these particular skills by a combination of IT based project work, unseen written examinations and courseworks.
Transferrable skills will be developed throughout the programme. The programme will provide students the opportunity to develop a range of skills and attributes appropriate for a career within accounting and finance.
Transferrable skills will be assessed through a number of modules. The nature of the discipline will mean that students will have to deal with complex information within assessments. This information will often be numerical in nature with students applying the correct problem solving techniques to achieve the learning outcome. Oral presentations will also play an integral role across a number of modules.
Formative assessment will be used to encourage students "to think on their feet" and evaluate performance.
Summative assessments will further develop and enhance skills in research and IT application.