Business Management with Accounting and Finance - BA(Hons)

In the first year, you will study modules which are common across a number of Business and Management courses. This offers you the flexibility to switch between courses at the end of the first year as your interests develop and change. For the specialist courses such as Business Management with Accounting and Finance, there are accounting and finance modules in years two and three that reflect your choice of degree.

Year one

The first year provides a foundation for the development of the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for your future success.

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Introduction to Management
• Financial Accounting
• Economic Principles in a Contemporary Context (Accounting, Economics and Finance)
• Understanding Organisations and People (Accounting, Economics and Finance)
• Understanding the Principles of Marketing (Accounting, Economics and Finance)
• Statistics and Data Management
• Accounting and Finance in Society
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.

Year two

In the second year, you will study modules relating to the main functional areas of business where you will also develop your research and enquiry skills. In addition, you will study two Accounting and Finance modules (one in each semester).

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Managing People
• Management and Cost Accounting
• Financial Accounting 2
• Research Methods for Business (Accounting, Economics and Finance)
• Introductory Research Project (Accounting, Economics and Finance)
• Managing Business Processes
• Corporate Finance.

In addition, you will study one of the following optional modules:

• Principles of Taxation
• Market Analysis for Private Investors
• Business Law
• Credit Management Theory and Practice
• Good Business, Bad Business and Sustainability OR Governance and Accountability.

All students are encouraged to spend their third year on a placement and the curriculum in the second year provides support for the process of securing this.

Final year

The final year will include a major project, along with modules requiring the integration of the knowledge and abilities gained in the earlier years of study. The final year curriculum also includes a focus on managing change, both in organisational terms and in terms of your own career.

You will study one of the following major final year projects:

• Work-based Enquiry Project
• Critical Business Enquiry Project
• Applied Business Project
• Business Project.

In addition, you will study the following compulsory modules:

• Strategic Management (Accounting, Economics and Finance)
• Accounting for Managers
• Managing Organisational Change
• Integrated Business Simulation.

In addition, you will study two optional modules from the list below or one if a Study Year Abroad (SYA) or Placement Year has been completed:

• Personal Financial Planning
• Investment Management
• International Financial Management
• Credit Risk Analysis and Management
• International Business in the Emerging Markets
• Financial Crime
• Islamic Banking and Finance
• Auditing
• Further Tax Theory and Practice
• Work Integrated Learning.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

The course is taught through a diverse mix of learning environments including face-to-face tutor-led, independent student-led and group projects.

Lectures, workshops/seminars and group project work account for 12 hours of contact time per week and you will spend at least as much time again in essential independent study including research, online work and preparation for assessment.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Learning through experience

Students have access to cutting-edge facilities and resources such as the financial trading room, the UWE Audit Simulation and a well-resourced specialist library. In addition, students are encouraged to gain high quality work experience ideally through the 40-week placement in Year 3 or through short term internships, paid work as a Student Ambassador, a Peer Assisted Learning Leader or through volunteering.

Guest speakers and real life case studies broaden knowledge of the industry and ensure graduates are work-ready and informed of the latest developments in the field.

You will be assessed through a mix of coursework and examinations, all of which aim to assess not only what you know and can do but also develop the graduate attributes that are valued by employers. These attributes include communication and presentation skills, IT and numeracy skills, team work, project and time management skills as well as the intellectual skills of problem solving, critical thinking, analysis and evaluation, creativity and innovation.

Coursework comes in many different forms: essays and reports; business plans and applied research projects; portfolios and weekly notes; assessed group and individual presentations and posters. You will also be required to reflect and comment on your own learning and personal development.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.