Accounting
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Academic Year of Entry:
2023/24
(BSc) Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Withdrawn
University of Essex
University of Essex
Essex Business School
Kaplan Singapore
Honours Degree
Full-time
Accounting
BSC N400NS
10/05/2023
Details
Professional accreditation
None
Admission criteria
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) code
Course qualifiers
A course qualifier is a bracketed addition to your course title to denote a specialisation or pathway that you have achieved via the completion of specific modules during your course. The
specific module requirements for each qualifier title are noted below. Eligibility for any selected qualifier will be determined by the department and confirmed by the final year Board of
Examiners. If the required modules are not successfully completed, your course title will remain as described above without any bracketed addition. Selection of a course qualifier is
optional and student can register preferences or opt-out via Online Module Enrolment (eNROL).
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Rules of assessment
Rules of assessment are the rules, principles and frameworks which the University uses to calculate your course progression and final results.
Additional notes
Courses offered in Singapore through our partnership with Kaplan Higher Education Institute and Kaplan Higher Education Academy in Singapore, are modelled on the courses on offer in the UK and are contextualized to meet the needs of students in Singapore. Please contact the team at Kaplan in Singapore for full details.
External examiners
External Examiners provide an independent overview of our courses, offering their expertise and help towards our continual improvement of course content, teaching, learning, and assessment.
External Examiners are normally academics from other higher education institutions, but may be from the industry, business or the profession as appropriate for the course.
They comment on how well courses align with national standards, and on how well the teaching, learning and assessment methods allow students to develop and demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills needed to achieve their awards.
External Examiners who are responsible for awards are key members of Boards of Examiners. These boards make decisions about student progression within their course and about whether students can receive their final award.
Key
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| Core |
You must take this module.
You must pass this module. No failure can be permitted. |
| Core with Options |
You can choose which module to study.
You must pass this module. No failure can be permitted. |
| Compulsory |
You must take this module.
There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the degree if you fail. |
| Compulsory with Options |
You can choose which module to study.
There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the degree if you fail. |
| Optional |
You can choose which module to study.
There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the degree if you fail. |
Exit awards
A module is given one of the following statuses: 'core' – meaning it must be taken and passed; 'compulsory' – meaning it must be taken;
or 'optional' – meaning that students can choose the module from a designated list. The rules of assessment may allow for limited condonement
of fails in 'compulsory' or 'optional' modules, but 'core' modules cannot be failed. The status of the module may be different in any exit
awards which are available for the course. Exam Boards will consider students' eligibility for an exit award if they fail the main award or do not complete their studies.
Programme aims
To provide students with a foundation in financial accounting, management accounting and financial management, with an opportunity to develop expertise in a chosen specialism.
To equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a career in accounting.
To encourage and facilitate critical, analytical thinking by students as a vital foundation for subsequent academic study, employment, professional and personal development, and participation in society.
To enable students to acquire the personal and key skills they need to develop as autonomous and reflective individuals with the capacity to continue learning.
To provide students with an opportunity to gain exemption from at least the Foundation Stage of the qualifying examinations of the professional accounting bodies.
Learning outcomes and learning, teaching and assessment methods
On successful completion of the programme a graduate should demonstrate knowledge and skills as follows:
A: Knowledge and understanding
A1: Fundamental accounting concepts and principles;
A2: The application of economic principles to individual decision making and to the performance of the economy;
A3: Understanding of particular areas of Accounting in which the student has chosen to specialise;
A4: The contexts in which accounting is situated, including the business entity, capital markets and the legal framework;
A5: The regulatory framework governing financial reporting in the UK, including the most important requirements of legislation and Financial Reporting Standards;
A6: Quantitative and qualitative management accounting systems;
A7: Advanced planning, control and decision-making models;
A8: Alternative managerial accounting approaches to organisational systems, planning and control;
A9: Contemporary theories and empirical evidence concerning accounting and capital markets, and accounting and society;
A10: Contemporary theories relating to portfolio analysis, asset allocation and the market efficiency debate;
A11: Contemporary theories relating to issues in corporate finance such as the role of dividend payments and the nature of external finance;
A12: The context, nature and processes of management and the core theoretical frameworks employed in attempts to explore and conceptualise the management process;
Learning methods
Lectures and tutor-led seminars Directed reading Individual and group tasks
Assessment methods
Unseen written examinations Assessed essays, Class tests.
Pre-published class assignments
B: Intellectual and cognitive skills
B1: Bring together data from a variety of relevant sources in order to support an argument;
B2: Critically evaluate contemporary theories and empirical evidence, marshal evidence, develop an argument (in writing) and present ideas in a coherent and effective manner
B3: Manipulate and analyse numerical (including financial) data and appreciate the nature and limitations of basic statistical concepts.
Learning methods
Lectures and tutor-led seminars Directed reading Individual and group tasks
Assessment methods
Unseen written examinations Assessed essays Class tests.
Pre-published class assignments
C: Practical skills
Learning methods
Assessment methods
D: Key skills
Learning methods
Assessment methods
Note
The University makes every effort to ensure that this information on its programme specification is accurate and up-to-date. Exceptionally it can be necessary to make changes,
for example to courses, facilities or fees. Examples of such reasons might include a change of law or regulatory requirements, industrial action, lack of demand, departure of
key personnel, change in government policy, or withdrawal/reduction of funding. Changes to courses may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery
of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour
to keep such changes to a minimum, and will also keep students informed appropriately by updating our programme specifications.
The full Procedures, Rules and Regulations of the University governing how it operates are set out in the
Charter, Statutes and Ordinances and in the
University Regulations, Policy and Procedures.
Contact
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If you're a current student and have questions about your course or specific modules, please contact your department.
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