B.A (HONS) ACCOUNTING & FINANCE   The programme provides a flexible basis for many jobs, including banking and finance, central and local government, European institutions, sales, marketing, teaching and tourism. This programme is aimed at students who want to understand the theoretical basis of accounting and finance. The programme aims to provide students with the knowledge to enable them to compete in the increasingly globalised economy. A student’s career could be boosted through an understanding of management accounting and its implementation, international financial management and corporate governance. To benefit from the programme, students must have technical skills in financial reporting. The programme has been designed to enable students to acquire a firm understanding of the major areas of knowledge and philosophical approaches that underpin international financial reporting, governance and finance at a strategic level. The dissertation of 10,000 words completes the learning experience. The dissertation, supported by taught sessions on research methods and a dissertation supervisor, allows students to select a topic of interest to them and to engage in academic research deepening and applying the theoretical knowledge gained through the taught elements of the programme. FN336 Strategy This unit examines the development and implementation of strategies in organisations. A variety of frameworks and techniques that support the strategic management process are introduced. The material is taught by lectures and students have the opportunity to apply the frameworks to real organisations in case study based seminars. The unit is assessed by one assignment and an examination.   FN352 Contemporary Corporate Reporting: Theory & Cases This module broadens the perspective of students from their previous, mainly technical, studies in accounting by encouraging them to discuss, dispute and develop those concepts studied and mastered as part of those prior studies. At the end of the module students will have a deeper understanding of the perceived purposes and processes of financial reporting. Students will build upon and develop their knowledge through seminars where they will present and discuss a series of case studies focussing on different aspects of the use of financial information. FN338 Corporate Governance & Financial Assurance This module aims to examine the context of corporate governance within the modern organisation. The crisis in governance is examined together with the response by the assurance profession. This unit is taught by lectures, seminars and makes use of web-enabled discussion groups. It is assessed by examination and assignment. Part 3 expands upon the idea of accountability by looking at corporate ethics. Social and environmental reports are considered together with institutional requirements for ethical behaviours by multinationals eg. HERMES principles, OECD codes. Teaching methods involve lectures and seminars and the module is assessed by two assignments. MN353 Management Accounting & Organisational Control Efficiency, flexibility, growth, profitability and accountability are examples of objectives common to many organisations. The achievement of these objectives is enabled through budgetary planning and control, cost management and the application of performance measurement systems. The unit aims to develop students' skills and judgement in applying the relevant management accounting techniques to provide management with information to contribute to a range of strategic planning, control and decision-making situations. The unit will be delivered through lectures, front loaded in the early part of semester one, supported by case study-based/discussion-based seminars to encourage the development of student judgement and critical appraisal skills. Assessment includes an assignment in semester one and an examination at the end of semester two. MN352 International Finance & Financial Management The unit is designed to provide students with a theoretical and applied knowledge of international finance and financial management. Students will analyse major financial issues facing companies (investment decisions capital structure and dividend policy) internally and analyse the environment which those companies operate in undertaking external decisions (merger activity, overseas investment currency systems and globalisation). The module is assessed by a combination of assignment (35%) and a two – hour closed book examination. (65%) MK346 Undergraduate Dissertation This unit (or its equivalent from MAF Division) will consists of an individual student-led investigation into an applied business problem. The student must choose and define the topic, research relevant information (either primary or secondary), set that information in the context of an appropriate intellectual framework, draw relevant conclusions, write up and submit the work in an approved format, target length 10,000 words.   Six two-hour seminar sessions exploring research techniques and how to generate dissertation topics support the student transition to independent learning. Individual tutorial support is provided.