This degree covers topics often only studied at master’s level. You will gain a strong foundation in finance, financial markets, financial accounting and management, and have plenty of flexibility to shape the degree towards the areas that interest you.

In year one: the focus is on building your core knowledge in the principles of finance, and financial accounting fundamentals. We will explore topics like business law, economics, business maths, ethics, and responsible management practice. You will develop key transferable professional skills, giving you a strong basis to build on in the rest of your degree.

In year two: you will build an in-depth understanding of areas like financial markets and derivatives, corporate finance, digital technologies, and accounting for management decisions. You will have a wide range of optional modules to choose from, including grassroots business, marketing, human resource management, programming, corporate social irresponsibility, and operations and supply chain management.

In final year: you will consolidate, and add to, everything you have learnt so far. Core modules include financial risk management, ethics in finance and accounting, portfolio management, and multinational financial management. There is also a huge range of optional modules to choose from, so you can tailor the topics that fit best with your future career path.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore the nature, purposes and roles of financial accounting in organisations.
  • Learn the fundamental principles and language of financial accounting.
  • Preparation of straightforward single entity statements of profit or loss, statements of financial position, statements of changes in equity and statements of cash flow under international financial reporting standards.
  • Establish an awareness of some of the advantages and limitations of financial accounting to inform decision making.

This module aims to introduce students to some of the more elementary and relevant economic theories and issues at the microeconomic and macroeconomic level, and relate economic theory to the business environment.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore the origins and concepts of responsible management practice (RMP).
  • Examine RMP within a range of contemporary contexts.
  • Develop expertise in key academic skills for university life and beyond.

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide an introduction to core issues in corporate finance.
  • To provide an understanding of how corporate finance relates to other corporate managerial activities.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • Introduce basic legal concepts relevant to commercial activity, and to explain their relevance as a parameter of business decision-making.
  • Explain how legal principles are created by both case law and statute, to illustrate their relevance to all aspects of business activity.

The aims of this module are

  • Prepare students with a sound foundation of behavioural and organisational concepts for subsequent management modules.
  • Develop an understanding of individual, group, and organisational characteristics and processes and their influence on organisational outcomes.
  • Develop an understanding of contextual influences on individuals and groups at work.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore the origins and concepts of ethical business in practice.
  • Examine ethical dilemmas from a range of exciting contemporary contexts.
  • Develop expertise in collaborative project work, professional skills and preparedness for the world of work.
Plus, one of the following:

The aims of this module are:

  • Introduce students to a variety of mathematical and statistical tools that are used in management and its professions.
  • Ensure that students have the requisite mathematical, statistical and modelling skills that will be necessary to study the quantitative business and management techniques presented in subsequent parts of their management education.
  • Develop confidence in, the use of industry standard packages for business and management purposes.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • Introduce students to a variety of mathematical and statistical tools that are used in management and its professions.
  • Ensure that students have the requisite mathematical, statistical and modelling skills that will be necessary to study the quantitative business and management techniques presented in subsequent parts of their management education.
  • Develop confidence in, the use of industry standard packages for business and management purposes.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop a broad spectrum of digital techniques and big data analytical skills applicable to real-life problem-solving associated with the accounting and finance professions.
  • Explore unstructured data and its application in accounting and finance.
  • Encourage an openness to new ideas and awareness that, in many situations, there is a range of alternatives which should be evaluated.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce the roles, functions and operations of secondary capital (equity and bond) and commodity markets and the foreign exchange market.
  • To develop an understanding of the financial risks firms are exposed to in these markets and related positions and instruments.
  • To provide an introduction to the methods and derivatives that may be used to hedge risk exposures, and by traders and speculators to profit in these markets.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore current and future development in the workplace.
  • Examine the future of work within a range of exciting contemporary contexts.
  • Develop expertise in employability skills and preparedness for the future workplace, including internships and Part I placements/study abroad.

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop a range of technical and analytical skills appropriate to the practice of management accounting.
  • To critically evaluate the technical aspects of management accounting as applied to a variety of organisational contexts.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop an understanding of, and apply, the tools of financial statements analysis to restate a set of financial statements, conduct a performance appraisal and forecast earnings.
  • Develop an understanding of, and apply, valuation tools to explore and critically evaluate valuation issues.
  • Develop spreadsheet modelling skills and prepare a professional performance and valuation appraisal report.
  • Develop and enhance transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide a more advanced treatment of core issues in corporate finance; in particular, the role of uncertainty and information flows in determining asset prices.
  • Provide a more detailed understanding of how corporate finance relates to other corporate managerial activities.
  • Provide an exploration of sustainability in specific relation to the world of corporate finance.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

Optional modules

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide an understanding of the operations and supply chain management function and its role in organisations.
  • Introduce students to the key issues and techniques for effective operations and supply chain management.
  • Have an appreciation of the emerging trends and new technology in operations and supply chain management.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Examine the factors that influence prosperity and success of local communities from a business perspective.
  • Enable students to articulate the importance and contribution of local community economies.

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide students with the basic information management and information systems knowledge and skills relevant to managers.
  • To build on the first year skills module.
  • To prepare students for further IT modules in semester 2 and/or in their final year.
  • To provide students with a framework within which they can analyse the information and IT needs of businesses.
  • To prepare students for their Industrial and Professional Studies placements.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce students to the concepts, principles and techniques involved in marketing.
  • To familiarise students with the role of marketing management within organisations (including retail, consumer goods, industrial goods, service, non-profit oriented) and across international contexts.

The aims of this module are:

  • To build on the pre-requisite module.
  • To examine critically the role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) function within the contemporary organisation.
  • To develop a clear understanding of the role of the HRM function in maintaining an equitable relationship between employer and employee.

The aims of this module are:

  • To ensure that students have an understanding of key principles, models and techniques used to tackle management decision problems.
  • To develop skills in the analysis and modelling of management situations and approaches to evaluation and assessment of alternatives in complex scenarios.
  • To develop core concepts and skills required to effectively support managers faced with decision problems.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Build on the knowledge gained from the pre-requisite module and explore further selected aspects of financial reporting in an international context.
  • Develop in students the ability to apply more advanced techniques of financial accounting and reporting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
  • Master the preparation of consolidated financial statements, and the use of equity accounting for associates.
  • Explore regulation and practice in narrative reporting, including sustainability reporting.

The aims of this module are:

  • Provide students with basic programming skills and techniques, focusing on structured programming principles, relevant in solving real-world challenges in business analytics.
  • Prepare students with the required foundational knowledge for further learning in digital business and analytics.
  • Enable students in developing relevant transferable skills required during professional study placement, and within the industry.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce the fundamental principles of company law.
  • To develop an understanding of the significance of the company within the context of commercial activity.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Enable students to understand the wider political, economic, social, and cultural contexts shaping business activities.
  • Provide a deeper understanding of the corporate governance systems encountered by multinational corporations around the world.
  • Evaluate failures in corporate governance and irresponsible business practices.
  • Demonstrate the relevance of the institutional context in the adoption, adaptation and diffusion of management practices across the world.
  • Provide a deeper understanding of organisational resilience, responsibility and regeneration.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Further develop the concepts and skills required to use statistics to help managers in decision making.
  • Build on the prerequisite module.
  • Extend competence in the use of computer packages.
  • Develop the ability to build models to help solve management problems.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

The module aims to equip students with an in-depth knowledge of the digital marketing, including social media. We will also study the underlying academic theories of marketing, business and consumer behavior and how these relate to the application of digital marketing in the real world.

This is a 10 credit module from the University-wide language programme.

Compulsory modules

The aim of this module is for students to extend their knowledge of derivatives to pricing models and to credit derivatives. It covers the application of derivatives to risk management in domestic and international markets and looks at the risks of using derivatives.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Identify and evaluate ethical theories underpinning behaviour.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of ethical behaviour using real life cases taken from accounting and finance.
  • Review professional codes of conduct and evaluate their effectiveness.
  • Explore ethical questions that may be encountered on work placement or in their professional careers.

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop the skills which will allow the student to apply knowledge and understanding to complex issues in portfolio management.
  • To apply tools of analysis to critically evaluate portfolio management issues and performance outcome.
  • To build on the skills/knowledge from Part B module Corporate Finance and selectively apply these in a portfolio context.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Build on the pre-requisite modules.
  • Develop an understanding of the practice of financial management in companies operating in the international environment.
  • Develop an understanding of balance of payment dynamics, international capital flows and nature of currency attacks.
  • Develop critical reasoning skills in the context of international financial risk management.

This course explores managing international business and global competition with an understanding of international financial instruments, markets and institutions.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Draw together, focus on and apply specific aspects of the programme.
  • Explore and apply research methods.
  • Examine a chosen organisation at depth.
  • Develop expertise in presenting analysis, findings and recommendations.

Optional modules

The aims of this module are:

  • To build on the knowledge gained in earlier studies of financial accounting and reporting.
  • To explore relationships between theory and practice in financial reporting.
  • To broaden and deepen students' knowledge and understanding in respect of published financial reports.
  • To develop an understanding of the nature and process of financial reporting regulation.
  • To further encourage an openness to new ideas and awareness that in many situations there is a range of alternatives which should be evaluated.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • To present a range of issues on managing entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • To present and discuss these issues for both large multinational corporations (MNCs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
  • To present a range of frameworks and tools in support of managing entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop an understanding of the practice of external auditing works as a process including the challenges of corporate misbehaviour, risk taking, fraud and management failures.
  • Develop an understanding of audit risk assessment and the auditor's responses to these risks.
  • Develop students' knowledge of the practices, techniques and output of the audit process.
  • Develop critical reasoning skills to improve the control weaknesses and performance of the business in the context of financial risk management.

The aims of the module are to:

  • Develop an understanding of the complex multidimensional nature of decision and efficiency analysis problems faced by managers and policy makers.
  • Develop skills in modelling decision and efficiency analysis problems.
  • Obtain hands-on experience with the use of computers for decision and efficiency analysis in a business or policy environment.
  • Demonstrate the usefulness of decision and efficiency analysis in a global economic context.
  • Examine the societal and ethical implications of decision and efficiency analysis.

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop an appreciation of the use of Management Information Systems in business contexts, particularly in management planning, decision-making and control.
  • To develop a critical perspective on Information Systems within contemporary organisations and society.
  • To build on previous modules which introduced management aspects of Information Systems and on students' experience of working with such systems during the Industrial & Professional Studies year.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop a critical appreciation of the theory and practice of managing big data and its significance for business and other organisations in the global environment.
  • Develop an awareness of the skills required for managing big data.
  • Understand how big data can be used to address real-world issues.
  • Understand how business opportunities can be identified and exploited using big data.
  • Explore the range of software tools available for managing large data sets.

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop an in-depth understanding of the key interpersonal skills needed for effective management of self and others in organisations from both a theoretical and practical perspective.
  • To enable students to reflect on their current range, and level of interpersonal skills and identify areas for further development.
  • To draw upon students relevant work experience.
  • To consider how these skills may affect their future roles as managers, consultants or researchers.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • To build on previous Human Resource Management modules.
  • To examine critically the role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) in an international context.

The module aims to address relevant and contemporary issues in marketing that shape customer experience and value creation (contemporary issues in marketing could include branding, artificial intelligence, neuromarketing, ethics and sustainability, omni channel retailing or the sharing economy).

This module is designed to develop an appreciation of the special requirements for successfully conducting international marketing activities by concentrating on the market-oriented approach to doing international business.

Overall, the aims of this module are to build on students' knowledge of basic marketing, to present the key concepts and core issues in international marketing, and to develop decision-making skills for the successful formulation, implementation and control of international marketing programmes.

Student learning objectives are to:

  • Secure knowledge of international marketing theory (e.g., the theoretical frameworks designed to assist in the making of foreign market entry decisions).
  • Develop an understanding of this theory (e.g., be able to explain the fundamental differences between the various global marketing pricing policies).
  • Show you would be able to apply them (e.g., selecting the correct theories or frameworks to be applied when making international marketing decisions, and using the theories in a way that enhances the decision-making activity).

The aims of the module are:

  • To develop a critical understanding of the principles, practices and theories of information and knowledge management, and their application in the workplace.
  • For the student to explore current developments in, and issues relating to, information and knowledge management as it applies to workplace practice.
  • To develop understanding of the importance and impact of knowledge sharing in global organisations, and an appreciation of how one may develop an organisational culture favourable to knowledge sharing.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide students with web and social media analytics skills and technical knowledge relevant to business operations and managers.
  • Build on the second-year data and analytics skills.
  • Provide students with a framework within which they can analyse web-based content and systems.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide an understanding of mathematical models of behavioural foundations of financial decisions.
  • Develop skills that will enable students to critically analyse financial decisions in greater depth.
  • Deepen and broaden students' conceptual understanding of how financial markets 'actually work' and how people 'actually make decisions' using real-life cases and experimental results.

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide an introduction to corporate governance in the UK.
  • To provide an understanding of different governance mechanisms.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

  • To enhance students' ability to critically assess the validity and relevance of accounting theories and research in relation to specific issues and cases deriving from practice.
  • To synthesize knowledge and understanding gained from earlier studies of financial accounting, financial reporting and financial management.
  • To further develop the breadth and depth of students' knowledge and understanding in respect of published financial statements and corporate reports.
  • To apply all the student's accumulated knowledge in financial reporting to analysis of the performance of a case organisation.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Build on prior international business and international management modules.
  • Create an understanding of the science, art, psychology and strategy of international negotiations.
  • Demonstrate the challenges of culture in international negotiations.
  • Evaluate the impact of strategy on negotiation processes and outcomes.
  • Appraise the relevance of concepts and theories of negotiations in an international context.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop the ability to build models to help managers optimise a range of business processes and decisions.
  • Further develop the concepts and skills required to a software use to help managers in decision making.

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide an understanding of: the strategic importance of information systems (IS) and information technology (IT), to provide an understanding of the strategic importance of information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) and their linkages to the overall business strategy, how IS/IT strategies are formulated, how organising and resourcing options are developed and assessed, and how business value through IT is achieved.
  • To build on students' previous modules which introduced strategic analysis, new and emerging technologies and applications of IT, and on students' experiences of working with such systems during their academic studies, industrial placements and professional studies year.

The aims of this module are to explore current developments in, and issues relating to, digital information and technology that increasingly shape our everyday lives and work, and to develop a critical understanding of digital technology from the perspective of social justice.

The aims of this module are:

  • To enhance students' ability to critically assess the validity and relevance of career theory and research in contemporary workplaces.
  • To enable students to analyse their own careers and those of other people and consequently manage them in a better-informed way.
  • To build on the pre-requisite modules in human resource management and related areas; and on placement year experience.

The aim of this module is to examine the roles of leadership in contributing to organisational and individual outcomes, as well as preparing students for their development into leadership roles.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Consider the development of theories of services marketing.
  • Understand key aspects of marketing management and strategy in services.
  • Appreciate the available research evidence pertaining to the particular challenges, opportunities and strategies which are encountered by different types of service businesses.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce and develop the key principles of enterprise resource planning (ERP).
  • To provide an understanding of the role of ERP systems in the effective management and integration of organisational processes.
  • To demonstrate how ERP systems can be used to effectively model and manage supply chains.
  • To provide hands-on experience of an industry standard ERP software, using SAP.

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop an understanding of various approaches to Business Forecasting and explore their use in practice with standard IT based packages.
  • To develop skills in analysis and modelling of management situations and a sophisticated approach to evaluation and assessment of alternatives in complex scenarios.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Prepare students with a thorough understanding of database management systems, and the data structures and algorithms used to represent and manipulate data effectively.
  • Build on the second year modules which introduced database systems and on students' experience of working with such systems during the industrial and professional studies year.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide students with a critical theoretical and practical understanding of key topics in managing projects.
  • To provide students with an understanding of the role of a project manager.
  • To develop a critical appreciation of business and interpersonal skills relevant to managing projects.

This is a 10 credit module from the University-wide language programme.

The information above is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study. Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year. Please also see Terms and Conditions of Study for more information.