Pre-Bachelor International Year One in Accounting and Finance

Course Content You will study the following modules:

• Business Economics

In this module, you will develop an understanding of the competitive market within which businesses operate, learn about price mechanism and the basic principles of supply and demand, and examine the limitations and weaknesses of a market economy.

• Business Finance

This module provides a conceptual introduction to the subject of Business Finance that emphasises general principles. It will provide you with the tools and skills required to analyse new issues as they arise.

• Business Skills

This module is designed to develop your academic and study skills. You will consider the management of learning and personal development, research skills, the presentation of numerical information as well as group and team working. You will also develop presentation and reflective skills.

• Business Statistics

This module provides an introduction to the basic statistical techniques that are used to analyse business data. You will learn about the assumptions and principles of statistical methods, and develop an understanding of the basic techniques used to analyse statistical data in the business environment.

• IELTS Preparation

This module is built around improving the students English skills, and INTO will also arrange and pay for students to take an IELTS exam at the end of the course.

• Financial Accounting

In this module, you will develop a sound foundation in the basic principles of double-entry bookkeeping and a basic understanding in the preparation of final accounts.

• Financial Reporting

In this module, you will develop an understanding of accounting’s regulatory framework and be introduced to the final accounting statements of limited companies.

• Management Accounting

In this module, you will develop an understanding of the nature and purpose of management accounting and build up the management accounting skills necessary both to construct cost information and to interpret financial information for decision makers.

• Organisational Behaviour

This module is concerned with the study of how individuals and teams behave within organisations. You will study a number of interdisciplinary factors relating to and impacting on behaviour within organisations covering a range of disciplines. Audience

The International Year One is suitable for international students who have completed A-levels or a recognised International Foundation programme, or who are already in the first year of a relevant undergraduate degree in their home country, but do not meet the academic or English language requirements for direct entry to an NCUK university.