BSc (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management with Foundation Year
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The BSc (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management is a 4-year course with Foundation Year taught across our London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester campuses.
Whether you're interested in a career in accounting and financial management, or your aspiration is to launch and run your own successful business, numbers will be essential to your success. This degree programme will give you the foundations in all the latest principles, theories and applied practical skills in the exciting field of accounting and financial management.
Course Overview
Our industry-focused programme delivers an accounting and finance degree that prepares you for a professional, managerial or business career. It will equip you with the highly sought-after employability skills that employers are looking for, opening up opportunities for career progression and development.
Combining theoretical learning and practical know-how, you'll build knowledge on a wide range of accountancy and finance-related topics. These include financial reporting, managerial accounting, audit and assurance, taxation, law and corporate finance.
The Institute of Financial Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants offer graduates of this course exemptions when applying for membership.
The foundation year will prepare you for university-level study and introduce you to the key accounting and financial management contexts and concepts you'll need to progress through the rest of the course.
Committing to study at the degree level will give you transferrable skills that can be applied in any career context, whether that's climbing the corporate ladder in the accounting and financial management world, or having an impact as an entrepreneur.
- What insights into the world of work will grow your career prospects?
- How do you manage accounting and financial requirements when running a business?
- Which business principles and theories have the greatest financial impact?
Our accounting and financial management degree will give you the foundational and specific accounting and financial knowledge to build a successful career that matches your goals.
Course Specification
- Intakes: September, January, June
- Duration: 4 years
- Awarding Institution: Canterbury Christ Church University
- Awarded Degree: BSc (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management with Foundation Year
- Delivery: Weekdays, Evenings and/or Weekends
- Locations: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds
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Scholarships and Funding
You can apply for help with your fees from the government. This could take the form of a Tuition Fee Loan, Maintenance Loan or Maintenance Grant.
A Tuition Fee Loan will cover the cost of your up-front fees and will be paid to your university or College. The Loan must be repaid once you finish your course and are earning £26,575 a year or more. Both full and part-time learners can apply.
If you are eligible, you can apply for a Maintenance Loan too. The loan is paid directly into your bank account at the start of the term. This loan has to be repaid after you leave your course and when your earnings are more than £26,575.
Maintenance Grants are paid into your bank account at the start of the term. You don’t have to pay it back, but any funds you get will reduce the amount of Maintenance Loan you are eligible for.
New students must prove they have been living in the UK for five years before their course start date to get living cost support from Student Finance England.
Curriculum
Year 0 (Foundation)
- Orientation for Success in Higher Education (0 Credits)
- Academic Skills for Accounting and Finance (0 Credits)
- Understanding Change (0 Credits)
- Introduction to Financial Management (0 Credits)
- Professional Development (0 Credits)
- Foundation Year Project (0 Credits)
Year 1
- Dynamic Business Environment (20 Credits)
- Business Accounting and Technology (20 Credits)
- Financial Accounting (20 Credits)
- Interpersonal Skills and Managerial Development (20 Credits)
- Introduction to Marketing Management (20 Credits)
- Management Accounting (20 Credits)
Year 2
- Management Accounting 2 (20 Credits)
- Business and Corporate Law (20 Credits)
- Leadership and Change (20 Credits)
- Corporate Strategy and Governance (20 Credits)
- Financial Reporting (20 Credits)
- Research Methods (20 Credits)
Year 3
Mandatory Modules
- Audit and Assurance (20 Credits)
- Financial Management (20 Credits)
- Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance (20 Credits)
- UK Taxation (20 Credits)
Option 1
- Project/Dissertation (40 Credits)
Option 2
- Business Ethics (20 Credits)
- Research Project (20 Credits)
Assessment
This GBS course will provide you with opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding informally through a ‘formative’ assessment. Formative assessment will be completed before your formal ‘summative’ assessment, which will determine your final marks.
Each module normally contains at least one piece of formative assessment from which you will receive feedback from your course team. Formative assessments are purely for developmental purposes and do not count towards your final module mark. They are designed to help you gain more knowledge and confidence in the module material and approaches to formal assessment. Students who do not engage with informal assessments often struggle with Foundation Year progression, as well as with the academic levels above.
The formal summative assessment usually occurs towards the end of each module. Assessment methods may include written examinations and a range of coursework, including reports, portfolios, essays and presentations. The marks awarded for summative assessments count towards your final module mark. Assessment methods at GBS are reviewed annually and may be updated in consultation with students, for example in response to student or External Examiner feedback. An External Examiner is an independent academic expert from another higher education provider, and they are appointed by the Canterbury Christ Church University to provide external assurance regarding the academic standards of your course.