Accounting and Management with a Year in Industry - BA (Hons)

University of Kent

Bachelor's degree

In Canterbury

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Canterbury

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Credits

    180

Combine the study of accounting theory, principles and analysis with the key aspects of management practices.

At Kent Business School, we have designed the Accounting and Management with a Year in Industry degree to ensure that it responds to the needs and expectations of the modern accountancy and management professions. This programme equips you with knowledge, understanding and skills relevant to a career in accounting or management as well as for professional training in accounting.You will spend a year on a professional work placement and also can combine accounting modules with related subjects including a wide range of business management modules.

Our supportive and flexible approach to teaching gives you the confidence and skills you need to follow the path that most interests you.

We have an excellent record of graduate employment with our graduates moving into a whole range of careers, including professional training in public practice (chartered accountancy) or in industry, commerce, the public sector, financial services or general management.

Our Accounting and Management programme is accredited by the UK professional accountancy bodies, leading to exemption from specific examinations dependent on your choice of modules.

Year in Industry
You will undertake a professional work placement on this programme as a ‘Year in Industry’. Companies who have participated in providing work placements include The Walt Disney Co., Lloyds Banking Group, GE, Global Growth & Operations, First Capital Plus, Active Communication International, Macdonald's Restaurants Ltd, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, as well as corporations in New York, Kyoto, Dubai and Barcelona.

Organisations who provide placements for your year in industry view this scheme as an effective way to find potential new employees, so the scheme will give you a definite advantage when it comes to job prospects and really enhance your employability.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Canterbury (Kent)
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Start date

On request

About this course

BA (Hons)

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Subjects

  • Accounts
  • Accounting
  • Accountancy
  • Accountants
  • Management

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Various Lecturers

Various Lecturers

World-renowned researchers and teachers

Course programme

The course structure provides a sample of the modules available for this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules. You may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Based on sector research, the following innovative new modules will be offered on this programme from 2016/17:

CB718 - Consumer Insight
CB726 - Corporate Strategy and Leadership
CB743 - Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour
CB727 - Marketing and the Value Chain
CB719 - Sales Forecasting

The following modules are offered to our current students. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation:

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

  • CB714 - Marketing Principles (15 credits)
  • CB311 - Business Skills & Employability (15 credits)
  • CB330 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (15 credits)
  • CB331 - Fundamentals of Management Accounting (15 credits)
  • CB343 - Global Business Environment (15 credits)
  • CB365 - Economics for Business 1 (15 credits)
  • CB366 - Management Principles (15 credits)
  • CB367 - Introduction to Data Analysis and Statistics for Business (15 credits)

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

  • CB363 - Economics For Business 2 (15 credits)
  • CB715 - Business Financial Management (30 credits)
  • CB732 - Financial Regulations and Reporting (15 credits)
  • CB728 - Intermediate Management Accounting (15 credits)
  • CB730 - Intermediate Financial Accounting (15 credits)
  • CB731 - Strategy Theory and Practice (15 credits)
  • CB740 - The Management of Operations (15 credits)
  • CB720 - Business Information Systems (15 credits)
  • CB697 - Managing People and Teams (15 credits)
  • CB725 - Project Management (15 credits)
Year in industry

All students spend a year in industry, supported by a dedicated placement team and a programme designed to ensure that students gain experience in the functional areas and industries of their choice.

The placement allows you to experience, first hand, many of the issues addressed in the taught programme and to use the tools, techniques and applications in a real business setting. It will become a vital component of your CV and will give you a distinct advantage over other business graduates.

Possible modules may include:

  • CB698 - Business Placement Report (30 credits)
  • CB699 - Business Placement Experience (90 credits)
Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

  • CB727 - Marketing and the Value Chain (15 credits)
  • AC507 - Management Accounting II (30 credits)
  • CB723 - Business Valuation and Financial Analysis (15 credits)
  • CB513 - Taxation (30 credits)
  • CB542 - Business/Management Project (30 credits)
  • CB561 - Business Law (30 credits)
  • CB679 - Corporate and Business Strategy (15 credits)
  • CB742 - Creating Your Own Enterprise (15 credits)
  • CB743 - Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour (15 credits)

Additional information

https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/259/accounting-and-management-with-a-year-in-industry#!overview

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