Overview
Accounting and finance are key functions that lie at the heart of business organizations. This rewarding and fast-moving discipline offers excellent graduate prospects and opportunities to work in some of the most prestigious companies and accountancy firms around the world.Professional accreditation
The course is accredited by the following professional bodies:
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Association of International Accountants (AIA)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
- CPA Australia
You gain significant exam exemptions following graduation giving you a fast track towards becoming a fully qualified professional accountant.
With dual accreditation at Teesside University, as well as the degree you will receive a Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), which is the only chartered professional body for management and leadership. Dual accreditation means you will automatically receive a second professional qualification upon successful completion of your program. By adding this CMI qualification to your University qualification, you’re really on the road to success.
- You instantly become more employable when you receive a CMI professional qualification that is industry-recognized
- You gain access to exclusive CMI networking events
- You have the opportunity to attend lectures from top-level CMI industry expert members
- CMI’s qualifications sit on the RQF framework and are recognized by the European Credit Framework
- CMI qualifications fast-track students into the next stage of training to become Chartered Managers
- During your studies you become a CMI Affiliate member, giving you a host of additional benefits to support your development and employability.
Course details
Year 1 focuses on providing you with the necessary underpinning in terms of broad accounting and finance knowledge and skills. It introduces key business and management concepts.Year 2 lets you explore your own interests and deepening your insights as well as having more responsibility for your own learning.
The final year explores more advanced topics within accounting and finance and you develop your awareness of your own responsibility as a future leader of accounting. Finally, you have the opportunity to put your knowledge into action by undertaking a self-managed independent project through the Dissertation module.
Course module
(year 1 core module)
Business Enterprises
This module will inspire you to think about entering the workplace once you have completed your studies. The module is delivered as an interactive learning experience that will enable you to develop an enterprising mindset and help to identify some of the skills and attributes you already possess. The module content will encourage you to begin to think about your personal career aspirations, whilst addressing potential gaps linked to your knowledge, skills, and experience. You will be encouraged to think in an enterprising fashion; learn new approaches to adapt and enhance your individual style. You will have the opportunity to work independently and as a member of a group by participating in personal challenges and group projects, and will learn to understand the importance of networking. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to hear from and to question experienced external practitioners.Economic Principles
You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of basic microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts and theories to apply to real economic problems in mixed economies such as the UK. This will help you appreciate important economic relationships and the factors determining them. You will also learn to evaluate critically the effects of micro and macroeconomics, including policy, developments in the economy, and social and business affairs.Interpreting and Communicating Business Information
In this module, you will gain an understanding of quantitative techniques, spreadsheet analysis tools, and forms of data presentation, to support the interpretation and communication of management information.Introduction to Financial Accounting
Introduction to Management Accounting
This module provides you with an introduction to the essential elements of cost identification, classification, and recording within an accounting environment. It establishes the importance of controlling costs from the perspective of business profitability.
Management and Organization
This module acts as an introduction to business structure and purpose. You will be introduced to formal and informal organisation structures, organisational culture and stakeholder theories. The role of audit, accounting and other relevant business functions is explored together with business ethics and corporate governance. The module also deals with key aspects in human resource management including recruitment, learning, communication and resource management.
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