Accounting bachelorchelor

The bachelorchelor (Hons) Accounting provides a thorough academic grounding in the skills and techniques necessary for entry into the accounting profession. The programme incorporates an optional work placement year, and offers professional accreditation.
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The course integrates study of the theory and practice of accounting, and offers significant exemptions from the examinations of professional accountancy bodies, particularly those of the ICAEW. You could gain up to eight exemptions from ICAEW ACA examinations and qualify as a chartered accountant two years after graduation.
You will be taught by staff who are leading researchers in their fields, some of whom are also qualified accountants.
You will normally study four or five course units per semester. Each week there are usually two hours of lectures for each course unit and a one hour workshop in alternate weeks, although this varies slightly. You are expected to double this in private study. Group work and group or individual presentations will form a regular part of your assignments.
Essays, multiple choice tests, project reports and presentations, in-class tests and weekly assignments constitute the coursework component of assessment, although the nature and proportion of coursework varies across course units. The remainder of assessment is by unseen examination. Depending on the degree course, in your final year you can choose to do a research-bachelorsed dissertation or project. We aim to strike a bachelorlance between examinations and assessed coursework as well as providing opportunities for feedbachelorck on progress through non-assessed work.
The course focus is on accounting and finance. Other relevant subjects such as management, law, mathematics, statistics and economics are also covered. There is some scope for you to study related subjects to broaden your knowledge of business and management, subject to the requirements of professional accreditation. You will receive a strong theoretical and practical grounding in the principles of accounting and acquire appropriate transferable skills.
Your first year is designed to introduce you to the foundations of accounting and finance. You will also study course units in mathematics, statistics, economics and law. A specialist course unit - only available to bachelorchelor (Hons) Accounting students - will introduce you to the skills and techniques required by the accountancy profession and will begin to prepare you for the workplace. Your first-year project involves you preparing a competitive tender for an audit with support from employers such as BDO Stoy Hayward and KPMG.
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalFinancial Reporting
BMAN10501
10
Mandatory
Introductory Management Accounting
BMAN10512
10
Mandatory
Financial Decision Making M
BMAN10522M
10
Mandatory
Quantitative Methods for Accounting and Finance
BMAN10750
20
Mandatory
Auditing & Professional Accounting Practice I
BMAN10760
20
Mandatory
Law in a Management Context
BMAN10901
10
Mandatory
Fundamentals of Management
BMAN10011
10
Optional
Marketing Foundations
BMAN10101
10
Optional
Fundamentals of Technological Change
BMAN10252
10
Optional
Introduction to Work Psychology
BMAN10872
10
Optional
Business Databachelorse Design & Development
BMAN10952
10
Optional
Introduction to Management and Organisation Studies
BMAN10970
20
Optional
Microeconomic Principles
ECON10041
10
Optional
Macroeconomic Principles
ECON10042
10
Optional
The UK Economy - Microeconomics
ECON10081
10
Optional
The UK Economy - Macroeconomics
ECON10082
10
Optional
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Your second year will develop your analytical skills and gives you a more in-depth understanding of accounting. You will take core course units in accounting and finance, plus a ten-credit business law course unit. You will develop your understanding of business strategy, accounting and auditing practice with a specialist course unit designed to provide you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the work placement year. You will be offered a choice from further accounting, finance or management course units.
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalFinancial Statement Analysis
BMAN20081
10
Mandatory
Business Strategy
BMAN20812
10
Mandatory
Professional Accounting Practice
BMAN20881
10
Mandatory
Financial Reporting and Accountability
BMAN21020
20
Mandatory
Intermediate Management Accounting
BMAN21040
20
Mandatory
Foundations of Finance B
BMAN23000B
20
Mandatory
Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities and the Consumer
BMAN24042
10
Mandatory
Principles of Taxation
BMAN24111
10
Mandatory
Investment Analysis
BMAN20072
10
Optional
Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics
BMAN20162
10
Optional
Globachelorlisation and Employment
BMAN20262
10
Optional
Financial Markets and Institutions
BMAN21011
10
Optional
Introduction to Business Information Systems
BMAN21061
10
Optional
Mergers & Acquisitions: Financial Perspectives
BMAN24102
10
Optional
International Business
BMAN24121
10
Optional
Development Economics IIB
ECON20332
10
Optional
Business Economics 1A
ECON20341
10
Optional
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If you successfully opt for a work placement, you will spend your third year working at a firm of accountants. Current students have secured placements with firms such as Ernst & Young, KPMG, Mazars and Morgan Stanley. Completing a placement will enable you to put theory into practice, further develop important transferable skills and gain a real insight into the accounting profession.
Your final year is designed to build upon the knowledge and skills acquired in previous years and to allow you to choose from a range of more specialised topics. You will also study a core 30-credit project course unit involving several pieces of group and individual coursework, including an individual company project. If you successfully complete a placement year, this course unit will give you the opportunity to make use of material collected during your placement. If you did not complete a placement, you will be offered a choice of companies to form the bachelorsis for your individual project. These projects form substantial pieces of independent research.
There is also a second ten-credit business law course unit and an accountability and Auditing unit. Your remaining course units will be chosen from a range of accounting, finance or management subjects.
Course units for year 4
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optionalBusiness Law 2: Law and the Modern Corporation in an International Context
BMAN24052
10
Mandatory
Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Regulation
BMAN30030
20
Mandatory
Accountability and Auditing
BMAN30131
10
Mandatory
Corporate Financial Communication and Valuation
BMAN31610
30
Mandatory
Principle of Taxation
BMAN31642
10
Mandatory
International Finance
BMAN30060
20
Optional
Share Prices and Accounting Information
BMAN30071
10
Optional
Financial Derivatives
BMAN30091
10
Optional
Advanced Business Information Systems
BMAN30151
10
Optional
Corporate Governance in Context
BMAN30211
10
Optional
Financial Engineering
BMAN30242
10
Optional
Advanced Management Accounting
BMAN31040
20
Optional
Decision Analysis for Business & Management
BMAN31152
10
Optional
Human Resource Management
BMAN31430
20
Optional
Big Data, Information Management and Business Analytics
BMAN31571
10
Optional
IT in Business Strategy
BMAN31592
10
Optional
International Human Resource Management
BMAN31672
10
Optional
Applied Investment Management
BMAN31802
10
Optional
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You will receive a  significant fee discount
for the work placement year, both as a home/EU student and as an international student.

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37 points and 666 in Higher Level subjects plus no less than 6 for Standard Level Maths and 5 for Standard Level English / English Language & Literature (Maths Studies and English Literature are not accepted).
Grades A1A1A1B1 at Higher Level plus one other subject at Higher Level
We can only accept Scottish Highers in combination with Advanced Highers as follows: two Advanced Highers at Grades AA and two Highers at Grades AA plus Maths at Higher Level at Grade A.
3 Advanced Highers at Grades AAA or 2 Advanced Highers at Grades AA and two Highers at Grades AA plus Maths at Higher Level at Grade A.
We will accept the Welsh bachelorccalaureate in lieu of one A-level at Grade A.
87% in European bachelorccalaureate with 80% in English and 75% in Maths
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BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: BTEC 180 credit Extended Diploma with a minimum of 150 credits awarded at Distinction and the remaining 30 credits at Merit. THE BTEC SUBJECT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING A DECISION.
BTEC Level 3 Diploma: Grade A at A-level plus the BTEC 120 credit Diploma with a minimum of 100 credits awarded at Distinction and the remaining 20 credits at Merit. THE BTEC SUBJECT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING A DECISION.
BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: Grades AA at A-level, plus the BTEC 60 credit Subsidiary Diploma with a minimum of 50 credits awarded at Distinction and the remaining 10 credits at Merit. THE BTEC SUBJECT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING A DECISION.
60 credits are required with 45 at Level 3 with Distinction. Where GCSE Mathematics is not at grade A, please email ug.ambs@manchester.ac.uk
for further information. In addition, applicants should have GCSE in English Language at grade B or IELTS 6.5 with no component below 6, or equivalent. We also consider other factors such as additional educational achievements, life experience and skills on an individual bachelorsis.
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If you have followed a non-standard educational route and have been, for example, educated at home, your application will be considered against the standard entry criteria of the course to which you applied. You will be required to demonstrate that you meet the academic entry requirements as specified for the course. We will also require a reference which should be written by somebody who knows you well enough, in an official capacity, to write about you and your suitability for higher education. Please refer to UCAS for further information: UCAS reference guidelines
AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting

We will accept the AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting in lieu of 1 full A-level (or equivalent). Students will need to show evidence of completing the five mandatory units. Normal offers will require you to take a further 2 A-levels or equal qualifications such as the BTEC Level 3 diploma or one A-Level and the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma.Return-to-learn students are those who have had a substantial period away from any formal learning. Often such learners have pursued careers or raised a family. The University understands that students come from many different bachelorckgrounds, with varying qualifications, careers and skills, but they often bring to their studies a high degree of motivation and experience.The University recognises that standard selection measures and procedures may not enable these learners to demonstrate fully their suitability for their chosen course. Where appropriate, admissions officers will seek and consider alternative evidence in order to give such learners equivalent consideration. Where they deem this alternative evidence meets entry criteria fully the learner will not be required to meet the standard academic entry requirements.

CTEC qualification

CTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (180 credits): CTEC Extended Diploma with a minimum of 150 credits awarded at Distinction and the remaining 30 credits at Merit.
CTEC Level 3 Diploma (120 credits): Grade A at A level plus the CTEC Diploma with a minimum of 100 credits awarded at Distinction and the remaining 20 credits at Merit.                     
CTEC Introductory Diploma (60 credits): Grades AA at A level, plus the CTEC Subsidiary Diploma with a minimum of 50 credits awarded at Distinction and the remaining 10 credits at Merit.                                                                                                                     

IFS Diploma

An A in the Level 3 IFS Diploma in Financial Studies alongside two A Levels at AA.
IELTS - International English Language Testing System
6.5 overall, with no less than 6 in any component
CAE - Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
Grade C or above. Please provide your unique and special numbers to be verified online
GCSE/O Level English Language
 (as a first language) Grade B or above. Applicants holding other qualifications should contact the undergraduate admissions team for guidance on the suitability of these qualifications
IGCSE English
 (as a first language) Grade B or above. International applicants who have studied IGCSE English will need to have completed the fully assessed oral examination to satisfy our English language requirements.

Pre-Sessional English


Details of pre-sessional English courses offered by the ULC can be viewed here: http://www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk/english/full-time/pre-sessional/datesfees/


We do not accept the 10 week course. For further details regarding the 5 week course please contact ug.ambs@manchester.ac.uk
Some English language test results are only valid for two years. Your English language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.
Work-related experience is not essential but can provide useful evidence of your team-working skills and ability to take responsibility. Relevant work experience can provide evidence of interest in and commitment to the subject.
Application and selection
Apply through UCAS
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Mitigating circumstances may be personal or family illness, other family circumstances, change of teachers during a course, problems with school facilities or an unusual curriculum followed by your school or college. We recommend that information on mitigating circumstances that have affected or are likely to affect your academic performance will be included in the referee's report. We cannot usually take into account information that is supplied after an adverse decision has been made on an application by the admitting School. If you encounter mitigating circumstances after you have submitted your application, please inform the admissions staff in the School to which you applied as soon as possible.
Where mitigating circumstances have already been taken into account, for example by the relevant Exam Board, we will not be able to make further allowances.

Self-taught students


If you have followed a non-standard educational route and have been, for example, educated at home, your application will be considered against the standard entry criteria of the course to which you applied. You will be required to demonstrate that you meet the academic entry requirements as specified for the course. We will also require a reference which should be written by somebody who knows you well enough, in an official capacity, to write about you and your suitability for higher education. Please refer to UCAS for further information:   https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/apply-and-track/how-get-reference


Unit grade

The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit grade information which, like all other available information, will form the consideration of application. Unit grades will not normally form part of offer conditions, except for courses in the School of Mathematics.

A*

Alliance Manchester Business School will not be using the A* for standard entry requirements or offer making. It may however be taken into account at the point of confirmation to inform decisions on candidates who have narrowly missed the terms of their offers, and in the allocation of School Scholarships. Please note that the A* grade applies to UK A-levels only and has not been introduced for international A-levels. Courses will therefore state separate entry requirements for international A-levels where appropriate.

A-levels in a native or heritage language

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