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Module Selection Day

Module Selection Day. Dr Josie McLaren, DPD N400 Accounting and Finance Stage 1 → Stage 2 29 April 2014. Making your choice. Your N400 degree programme is made up of compulsory and optional elements

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Module Selection Day

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  1. Module Selection Day Dr Josie McLaren, DPD N400 Accounting and Finance Stage 1 → Stage 2 29 April 2014

  2. Making your choice • Your N400 degree programme is made up of compulsory and optional elements • For those of you thinking of going into the accounting profession, there are some option choices you should bear in mind, depending on the accounting body from which you may be seeking exemptions.

  3. Regulations for N400 Stage 2 STAGE 2 COMPULSORY MODULES: • ACC2002 Managerial & Business Economics 20 • ACC2003 Financial Control 20 • ACC2005 Intermediate Financial Accounting 20 • ACC2007 Corporate Finance 20 • ACC2021 Understanding Company Accounts 20

  4. 20 credits of options STAGE 2 OPTIONS: LAW1054 Introduction to Business Law 20 • MUST be taken if you have not taken it at stage 1 ACC2009 Strategic Business Analysis (ICAEW exemption)20 ACC2020 Auditing (ACCA & ICAEW exemption) 20 NCL2007 Career Development for second year students 20 • Other options in Business School or outside (with DPD approval) – subject to pre-requisites

  5. Making your choice(s) • It’s a good idea to think about what you may wish to take when you are in stage 3: • You have 60 credits of choice at stage 3 • Some stage 3 choices may be governed by what you take at stage 2 • In stage 3 you can take up to 20 credits of stage 2 modules that you have not already taken • Most (but not all) students tend to choose ACC2020 in stage 2, leaving ACC2009 for stage 3 • Some students choose Career Development

  6. Regulations for N400 Stage 3 STAGE 3 COMPULSORY MODULES: ACC3001 Financial Accounting 20 ACC3002 Management Accounting 20 ACC3006 International Financial Management 20

  7. 60 credits of options STAGE 3 ACC OPTIONS: ACC3003 Issues in Behavioural Finance 20 ACC3004 Derivative Markets 20 ACC3008 Auditing as Social Accountability 20 (Requires ACC2020) ACC3009 Taxation in Accounting 20 (ACCA, CIMA & ICAEW exemptions) ACC3016 Accounting, Organisations & Society 20 ACC3018 Accounting Change and Development 20 NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students 20 (not available if NCL2007 was taken in stage 2) NCL3008 Advanced Career Development 20

  8. The pathway for modules in A&F (excluding ACC2002 which follows from ECO1017)

  9. ACC2020 Auditing Module Leader: Dr Shanta Davie Aim: To enable students to understand what auditing means in the context of professional frameworks: how organisations try to seek audit assurance and how this is reported to the relevant stakeholders within an international context. • Audit framework and regulation; Internal audit and corporate governance; Risk assessment and planning of assurance engagements; Gathering audit evidence; assessing and using Internal controls; and Review and reporting Exemptions: ACCA and ICAEW

  10. ACC2009 Strategic Business Analysis Module leader: Ms Gillian Holmes Aims: • To enable students to understand how businesses develop and implement strategic choices. • To understand and analyse business objectives, market position, and internal and external factors affecting strategic choices. • Techniques for evaluating the strategic position of a business, including internal and external factors • Scenario analysis, including financial data, to determine strategic choice • Change management Exemption: ICAEW

  11. What do you need to do? • You should have all received an e-mail about the S3P system for on-line selection • The portal opens at 9am on Thursday 1 May) - and all choices must be made by the deadline (8pm on Wednesday 7th May) • Do you know your password?

  12. Procedure for choosing option modules – within regulations • You make your module choice/s using S3P • Refer to school web site and emails for help on this • Option choices listed in the regulations (ACC2009, ACC2020 or NCL2007) can be made and will go into the timetabling system

  13. Finding alternative modules • If you wish to consider a module or modules outside the regulations, it is up to you to investigate the possibilities: • If you are considering an Economics, Management or Marketing module, look at the programmes on the School website, to see the available modules, and possibly attend module choice sessions or meetings • Look on the MOFs database • Make sure that you have met any pre-requisites • The module must have a 2XXX or 1XXX code

  14. Procedure for choosing option modules – not in N400 regulations • Register now for an ACC module that is part of your regulations (ACC2020 or ACC2009) • In Induction Week (or earlier), check the timetable for BOTH semesters • If the module you wish to take has NO clashes with ACC modules then contact Josie to ask if she would approve the module choice • Go to the Hub (5th Floor of this building) to have the choice entered by a programme secretary

  15. Making your decisions • If you need help to make up your mind: • Attend the various information sessions • Look at the FAQs on the School web page • Contact the module leader for further information • Contact your tutor or Josie for advice • Any questions?

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