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Course Specification
Course Summary Information 1 Course Title BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year 2 BCU Course Code
UCAS Code US0862F NN4F
3 Awarding Institution Birmingham City University 4 Teaching Institution(s) (if different from point 3) 5 Professional Statutory or Regulatory Body (PSRB) accreditation (if applicable)
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Association of International Accountants (AIA) Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
6 Course Description
Looking for a foundation course in accounting in Birmingham? Our BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with a Foundation Year course has lower entry requirements and can lead to a full undergraduate qualification.
This course has been specifically designed to allow home and EU students, who do not initially meet the Birmingham City University entry requirements for our standard Accounting and Finance degree, to undertake additional level 3 study designed to ensure they are successful on their chosen degree course.
What's covered in the course?
The foundation year itself will equip you with the required knowledge and skills to proceed on to any of our undergraduate degree courses offered within Birmingham City Business School.
This course covers a range of areas such as accounting, taxation, business economics and law, strategic decision-making, and management, with real-life briefs and projects to work on.
This course offers you the choice of studying for the conventional four years or undertaking an additional professional placement for a year at no extra cost. A year of work experience will not only provide you with real-world experience of your subject but will also give your employability credentials a substantial boost.
As part of their studies, previous students have worked with renowned names such as AXA Investments, Bentley, Goodyear Dunlop and Volkswagen.
With our practice-based approach to teaching, you'll have the chance to learn from professionally qualified, experienced academics who continue to work with industry. They've worked for companies such as KPMG, BMW and Cadbury Schweppes.
Course Awards 7a Name of Final Award Level (^) Credits Awarded Bachelor of Science with Honours Accounting and Finance 6 480 7b Exit Awards and Credits Awarded Foundation Certificate Accounting and Finance Certificate of Higher Education Accounting and Finance Diploma of Higher Education Accounting and Finance Bachelor of Science Accounting and Finance
8 Derogation from the University Regulations Not applicable
9 Delivery Patterns
Mode(s) of Study Location(s) of Study Duration of Study Code(s) Full Time City Centre 4 years US0862F Sandwich City Centre 5 years US0862S
10 Entry Requirements
The admission requirements for this course are stated on the course page of the BCU website at https://www.bcu.ac.uk/, or may be found by searching for the course entry profile located on the UCAS website.
11 Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of the BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance degree students will be able to: 1 Demonstrate knowledge of the contexts in which accounting operates. 2 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of, and an ability to use current technical language and alternative technical language to describe practices of accounting and an ability to apply them in structured situations from given data generated for the purpose. (^3) Record and summarise transactions and other economic events and prepare financial statements complying with relevant regulatory requirements. 4 Analyse the operations of a business and perform financial analyses and projections; and demonstrate awareness of the contexts in which accounting data and information is processed and provided within a variety of organisational environments, and the relationships with other systems providing information in organisations. 5 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of theories and empirical evidence concerning the effects of accounting.
12 Course Requirements
12a Level 3:
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
BUS3001 Business in Context 20 BUS3002 Developing Academic Skills for Success 20 BUS3003 Developing Interpersonal Skills for Success 20 ACC3001 Fundamentals of Accounting 20 BUS3006 Foundation Practice Project 20 FIN3000 Fundamentals of Finance 20
Level 4:
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
ACC4027 Introduction to Financial Accounting 20 BUS4061 Business Foundations 20 QME4011 Principles of Economics 20 ACC4028 Applied Accounting 20 ACC4029 Introduction to Management Accounting 20 ACC4030 Financial Information Systems 20
Level 5:
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 80 credits):
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
ACC5032 Financial Reporting 20 ACC5027 Decision Making for Business and Finance 20 ACC5035 Principles of Taxation 20 ACC5031 Ethics, Corporate Governance and Law 20
credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.
- In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least Level 6:
- In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.
- ACC5028 Business Operations Module Code Module Name Credit Value
- QME5015 Microeconomics
- ACC5030 Strategic Development
- FIN5016 Financial Modelling
- QME5017 Econometrics
- ACC5029 Study Abroad
- ACC6023 Advanced Financial Reporting Module Code Module Name Credit Value
- ACC6020 Strategic Management Accounting
- ACC6027 Taxation
- ACC6021 Not For Profit Accounting and Reporting
- FIN6031 Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions
- BUS6059 Integrated Business Research Project
- ACC6024 Audit and Assurance
- FIN6024 Financial Management
- FIN6025 Islamic Accounting and Finance
- ACC6019 UK and Global Accounting Issues
- ACC6022 Project Management
13 Overall Student Workload and Balance of Assessment
Overall student workload consists of class contact hours, independent learning and assessment activity, with each credit taken equating to a total study time of around 10 hours. While actual contact hours may depend on the optional modules selected, the following information gives an indication of how much time students will need to allocate to different activities at each level of the course.
- Scheduled Learning includes lectures, practical classes and workshops, contact time specified in timetable
- Directed Learning includes placements, work-based learning, external visits, on-line activity, Graduate+, peer learning
- Private Study includes preparation for exams The balance of assessment by mode of assessment (e.g. coursework, exam and in-person) depends to some extent on the optional modules chosen by students. The approximate percentage of the course assessed by coursework, exam and in-person is shown below.
Level 3
Workload
40% time spent in timetabled teaching and learning activity
Activity Number of Hours Scheduled Learning 480 Directed Learning 600 Private Study 120 Total Hours 1200
Balance of Assessment
Assessment Mode Percentage Coursework 70% Exam 17% In-Person 13%
Level 4
Workload
30% time spent in timetabled teaching and learning activity
Activity Number of Hours Scheduled Learning 360 Directed Learning 720 Private Study 120 Total Hours 1200
Balance of Assessment
Assessment Mode Percentage Coursework 38% Exam 52%
In-Person 10%
Level 5
Workload
30% time spent in timetabled teaching and learning activity
Activity Number of Hours Scheduled Learning 360 Directed Learning 720 Private Study 120 Total Hours 1200
Balance of Assessment
Assessment Mode Percentage Coursework 10% Exam 75% In-Person 15%
Level 6
Workload
30% time spent in timetabled teaching and learning activity
Activity Number of Hours Scheduled Learning 360 Directed Learning 720 Private Study 120 Total Hours 1200
Balance of Assessment
Assessment Mode Percentage Coursework 23% Exam 75% In-Person 2%
