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Programme Specification
Awarding Body/Institution Queen Mary University of London
Teaching Institution Queen Mary University of London
Name of Final Award and Programme Title BSc Accounting and Management
Name of Interim Award(s)
Duration of Study / Period of Registration 3 Years
QM Programme Code / UCAS Code(s) 4P
QAA Benchmark Group General Business and Management, Accounting and Finance
FHEQ Level of Award Level 6
Programme Accredited by N/A
Date Programme Specification Approved
Responsible School / Institute School of Business & Management
Schools which will also be involved in teaching part of the programme
N/A
Institution(s) other than Queen Mary that will provide some teaching for the programme
N/A
Programme Outline
Studying BSc Accounting and Management you will examine key issues surrounding how firms /organizations deploy their resources across various business sectors including corporate and non-corporate sectors to sustain their activities going forward. Level 5 modules focus on developing a range of functional skills and students will learn about the social, economic and political context within which organizations operate. In levels 5 and 6 students will take 9 compulsory modules (5 at level 5 and 4 at level 6). This set of compulsory modules will develop a students' understanding of accounting and financial management within organizations. Specifically, how accounting and financial data can be processed to critically assess the deployment of corporate (and non-corporate) resources in terms of performance outcomes, risk and governance.
In addition to the compulsory modules students are able to select 3 electives at level 5 and 4 electives at level 6. These electives draw from a broad choice offered to undergraduates within the School of Business and Management.
The content of modules will be informed by research within our School focuses on the connections between economic, social, political and cultural aspects of modern business and management and these resources will critically inform the modules taken by students on this programme.
Aims of the Programme
The Accounting and Management BSc builds on the well-established NN12 undergraduate course in business studies. A specific aim of this Programme is to provide students with appropriate and relevant skills in accounting and financial management that will prepare students for careers in corporate, public and third sector organizations.
Another specific aim is to provide students with an appreciation of the changes to the institutional, regulatory and political context that governs the technical aspects of accounting and financial management.
The broader aim of this programme is to develop a students creativity, critical analysis and breadth of knowledge. Providing a general appreciation of how accounting and financial knowledge are affected by wider institutional and political conditions that govern and impact upon organisations and society.
What Will You Be Expected to Achieve?
In compulsory modules students will be expected to achieve technical competence in accounting and financial management techniques and a critically informed understanding of accounting as a technical process that is located in an institutional, regulatory and political context.
Students will be expected to develop and demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature of 'financial information' as the product of complex broad stakeholder relationships and how these evolve and adapt over time to impact upon fianncial performance and the management of resources.
In the elective modules students will enhance their understanding of the complexity of business and be capable of making reasoned and substantiated judgements about the broader context's within which financial information is generated and utilized for resource management, risk taking and governance.
Academic Content:
A 1
Understand the key technical and regulatory aspects that determined the process of recording, processing and interpreting financial information and its use in the financial management process.
A 2 Enhance knowledge and awareness of a range of theories and approaches applicable to business and management of resources in organisations
A 3 Develop a critical understanding of the economic, social and political environments which affect human relations in an organisation and the implications for its structure and culture
Disciplinary Skills - able to:
B 1
Understand the main current technical language, practices, theories and conceptual framework of accounting (for example, recognition, measurement and disclosure) the nature of financial statements; managerial accounting; auditing; taxation.
B 2 Appreciate the financing arrangements and governance structures of financial reporting entities, and how theory and evidence can be combined to assess the effectiveness of financial management of resources.
B 3 The ability to create, evaluate and assess a range of options together with the capacity to apply ideas and knowledge to a range of business situations
B 4 Be able to communicate effectively (oral and in writing), using a range of media which are widely used in business such as the preparation and presentation of business reports
Academic Year of Study FT - Year 1
Module Title
Module
Code
Credits Level
Module
Selection
Status
Academic
Year of
Study
Semester
Marketing Theory and Practice BUS129 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 1
Business in Social and Historical Context BUS130 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 1
Applied Economics BUS128 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 1
Management Studies and Skills For Specialist Managers BUS131 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 1
Quantitative Analysis for Business BUS135 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 2
Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting BUS134^15 4 Compulsory^1 Semester 2
Work and Employment in Context BUS132 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 2
Organisation Studies BUS133 15 4 Compulsory 1 Semester 2
Academic Year of Study FT - Year 2
Module Title
Module
Code
Credits Level
Module
Selection
Status
Academic
Year of
Study
Semester
Financial Institutions BUS201 15 5 Compulsory 2 Semester 1
Advanced Accounting for Business BUS216 15 5 Compulsory 2 Semester 2
Managerial Accounting BUS022 15 5 Compulsory 2 Semester 2
Research Methodology BUS007 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Operations Management BUS002 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Module Title
Module
Code
Credits Level
Module
Selection
Status
Academic
Year of
Study
Semester
Strategy BUS204 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Business Law BUS205 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Coordination and Social Dynamics BUS206 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Microeconomics for Managers BUS208 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Persuasive Strategies in Marketing BUS220 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Technologies in the Workplace BUS223 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Human Resource Management BUS014 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Governance and Business Strategy BUS211 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Ethics and Business BUS212 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Advertising BUS213 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Occupational Psychology BUS215 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Psychology of Leadership BUS219 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Organisational Learning in the Workplace BUS221^15 5 Elective^2 Semester 2
Strategic Management BUS222 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Creative Industries BUS233 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Management Theory BUS228 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Entrepreneurial Learning BUS230 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 1
Sociology of Finance BUS232 15 5 Elective 2 Semester 2
Module Title
Module
Code
Credits Level
Module
Selection
Status
Academic
Year of
Study
Semester
Employment Relations BUS320 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 2
Business and Social Approaches to Social Media BUS321 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 2
Managing Knowledge-based Organisations BUS322 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 2
Gender, Leadership and Management BUS327 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 2
Corporate Law and Governance BUS329 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 2
Business Computing BUS337 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 2
Social Reporting and Accountability BUS336 15 6 Elective 3 Semester 1
What Are the Entry Requirements?
A/AS-levels Tariff/grades requirement: 320 points. You should aim to get, for example, ABB at A2. However, if you do not perform as well in one subject and do better in others, then that is acceptable, providing you gain the minimum number of points overall required for the degree programme.
Additional information: AS-level subjects are not counted towards the 320 point requirement. You must have 5 GCSEs at grades A to C, including B in English and B in Mathematics.
Excluded subjects: General studies and Critical Thinking.
We require an IELTS 7.0 overall band score or Internet-based TOEFL 100 Total Score
How Do We Listen and Act on Your Feedback?
The Staff-Student Liaison Committee provides a formal means of communication and discussion between schools/institutes and its students. The committee consists of student representatives from each year in the school/institute together with appropriate representation from staff within the school/institute. It is designed to respond to the needs of students, as well as act as a forum for discussing programme and module developments. Staff-Student Liaison Committees (SSLC) meet regularly throughout the year.
The Business and Management School operates a Learning and Teaching Committee which advises the School/Institute Director of Taught Programmes on all matters relating to the delivery of taught programmes at school level including monitoring the application of relevant QM policies and reviewing all proposals for module and programme approval and amendment before submission to Taught Programmes Board.
Student views are incorporated in the committee’s work in a number of ways, such as through student membership of the SSLC, or consideration of student surveys and module feedback reports.
All schools/institutes operate an Annual Programme Review of their taught undergraduate and postgraduate provision. APR is a continuous process of reflection and action planning which is owned by those responsible for programme delivery; the main document of reference for this process is the Taught Programmes Action Plan (TPAP) which is the summary of the
school/institute's work throughout the year to monitor academic standards and to improve the student experience. Students’ views are considered in this process through analysis of the NSS and module evaluations.
Academic Support
The induction week before the start of Semester A provides introductory talks on all the services and support mechanisms available within the school and college. The plasma screens within the school also update on time-tabling, events and support services within the school. Students are assigned an academic advisor for them to consult on academic related support.
The school also provides support services through a student advisor for non-academic matters and from our Undergraduate Director and deputy Undergraduate Director's they obtain academic support in addition to the office hours also posted by all staff and specifically also a students module leader.
The QMPlus virtual learning environment has information on the different modules and supervisory advice for dissertations. Students are also advised on the support services available in the Language and Learning Unit. Students are assigned a dedicated supervisor if they decide to take the dissertation module.
Programme-specific Rules and Facts
All first year (level 4) students are automatically registered for first year modules. In April/May, first and second year students will receive module information and will be required to register their module choices for the following year.
Second year students must study 8 level 5 modules (6 compulsory and 2 elective modules). Any second year student wishing to study the BUS314 Dissertation module in their 3rd year must also study BUS007 Research Methodology in the second year, achieve above 60% on the module and above 65% across all second year module assessments (where module assessments have been completed and marks are available at the time of enrolment).
Third year students can take any 5 of the level 6 modules on offer in addition to the 3 compulsory modules or 6 modules, 3 in each semester plus the BUS314 Dissertation module.
The School has locked academic levels to developmental years (L4 in Y1, L5 in Y2 and L6 in Y3). This restricts third year students from taking any level 5 modules in the third year.
Students are not permitted to take any credit baring language modules which substitute one or two of their business modules in any developmental year. The School encourages students to take a non-credit baring language module as part of the College's Language Strategy and where applicable will meet any associated costs.
Specific Support for Disabled Students
Queen Mary has a central Disability and Dyslexia Service (DDS) that offers support for all students with disabilities, specific learning difficulties and mental health issues. The DDS supports all Queen Mary students: full-time, part-time, undergraduate, postgraduate, UK and international at all campuses and all sites.
Students can access advice, guidance and support in the following areas:
- Finding out if you have a specific learning difficulty like dyslexia
- Applying for funding through the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA)
- Arranging DSA assessments of need
- Special arrangements in examinations
- Accessing loaned equipment (e.g. digital recorders)
- Specialist one-to-one "study skills" tuition
- Ensuring access to course materials in alternative formats (e.g. Braille)
- Providing educational support workers (e.g. note-takers, readers, library assistants)
- Mentoring support for students with mental health issues and conditions on the autistic spectrum.
