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Course Specification
Course Summary Information 1 Course Title MAcc Accounting and Finance 2 BCU Course Code
UCAS Code UM0023 N40F
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 to study an integrated masters accounting course in Birmingham? This MAcc Accounting and Finance integrated master’s degree course is designed to be aligned with the ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA and other professional bodies to allow for maximum exemptions.
Designed to equip you with the intellectual and technical building blocks needed for a successful career, the course will stimulate your development and offer opportunities to develop the skills towards becoming a high-achieving business professional.
What's covered in the course?
As you progress, you will be given the opportunity to become more effective and creative when it comes to solving problems, as well as analysing scenarios with a view to being able to advise individuals and companies in the UK and abroad.
During the second and later years of the course, there will be more flexible learning opportunities that will enable you to specialise in particular subject areas, as well as allowing you to tailor your course to a specific career aim or professional body. There will also be opportunities to experience different graduate roles, with a wide variety of placements and internships on offer to complement your studies.
7 Course Awards 7a Name of Final Award Level Credits Awarded Integrated Master of Accountancy Accounting and Finance 7 480 7b Exit Awards and Credits Awarded Certificate of Higher Education Accounting and Finance Diploma of Higher Education Accounting and Finance Bachelor of Science Accounting and Finance Bachelor of Science with Honours Accounting and Finance
8 Derogation from the University Regulations Not applicable
9 Delivery Patterns
Mode(s) of Study Location Duration of Study Code
Full Time City Centre 4 years UM Sandwich City Centre 5 years UM0023S
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
1 Demonstrate knowledge of the contexts in which accounting operates, a systematic understanding of organisations, their external context and how they are managed and an ability to apply relevant knowledge to complex issues. 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 and unstructured situations. 3 Record and summarise transactions and other economic events, prepare financial statements complying with relevant regulatory requirements and demonstrate critical awareness of such techniques. 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, understanding and a critical appreciation of theories and empirical evidence concerning the effects of accounting. 6 Demonstrate awareness of issues of financial management, risk and the operation of capital markets and make appropriate recommendations. 7 Critical evaluation of arguments and evidence. 8 Independent and self-managed learning. 9 Analysis, filtering and evaluation of data and drawing reasoned conclusions concerning structured and, to a more limited extent, unstructured problems from a given set of data and from data acquired. 10 Location, extraction and analysis of data from multiple sources, including acknowledging and referencing sources. 11 Numeracy, including the processing and analysis of financial and other numerical data and the appreciation of statistical concepts at an appropriate level.
12 Course Requirements
12a 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
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following list of OPTIONAL modules.
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
ACC5028 Business Operations^20
QME5015 Microeconomics 20 ACC5030 Strategic Development 20 FIN5016 Financial Modelling 20 QME5017 Econometrics 20 ACC5029 Study Abroad 20
Level 6:
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete 120 credits from the following list of OPTIONAL modules.
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
ACC6023 Advanced Financial Reporting 20 ACC6020 Strategic Management Accounting 20 ACC6027 Taxation 20 ACC6021 Not For Profit Accounting and Reporting 20 FIN6031 Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions 20 ACC6024 Audit and Assurance 20 FIN6024 Financial Management 20 FIN6025 Islamic Accounting and Finance 20 ACC6019 UK and Global Accounting Issues 20 ACC6022 Project Management 20
Level 7:
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 40 credits):
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
ACC7022 Advanced Strategic Case Study 40
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 80 credits from the following list of OPTIONAL modules.
Module Code Module Name Credit Value
ACC7023 Strategic Management 20 ACC7024 Audit Theory and Practice 20 ACC7025 Performance management and Evaluation 20 ACC7035 International Tax Planning 20 FIN7015 Financial Strategy 20 ACC7026 Public Sector Financial Management 20 FIN7021 Strategic Risk Management 20 ACC7027 Advanced Corporate Reporting 20
Level 7
Core ACC7022 Advanced Strategic Case Study (40 credits)
Optional Optional ACC7023 Strategic Management (20 credits) FIN7015 Financial Strategy (20 credits) ACC7024 Audit Theory & Practice (20 credits) ACC7025 Performance Management & Evaluation (20 credits)
ACC7026 Public Sector Financial Management (20 credits) FIN7021 Strategic Risk Management (20 credits) ACC7035 International Tax Planning (20 credits) ACC7027 Advanced Corporate Reporting ( credits)
FIN6031 Banking Financial markets & Institutions (20 credits)
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 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
