2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Accounting and Finance

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

- GCSE English Language: grade B/6 (alternatively grade C if a grade B has been achieved in GCSE English).
- GCSE Mathematics: grade A/7 (alternatively grade C at AS or A Level Mathematics).
- A level: grades AAA (excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking and Extended Project Qualification).

When English is not the first language, students will need to provide evidence of English language ability through qualifications such as TOEFL (score of 92 overall, with no less than 21 in listening, 21 in reading, 23 in speaking and 22 in writing) and IELTS (score of 6.5 overall, with no less than 6 in listening, speaking, reading or writing), all in accordance with standard Business School entry requirements and policy.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Leeds University Business School

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Leeds University Business School

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Accounting

Programme specification:

BSc Accounting and Finance is a specialist programme for students wishing to enter the accountancy profession, a career in finance or a general management role. The course focuses on the way financial information is generated, used, managed and reported by organisations. Drawing on accounting and finance theory, as well as professional practices and techniques, this single honours programme allows students to develop the analytical, quantitative, presentation and other transferable skills required by leading employers in accounting, finance, and other business sectors.

Programme Aims

Graduates of this programme will be:

1. Technically competent in key areas of their field and prepared for a successful career in accounting and finance
2. Proactive problem solvers with an ability to formulate feasible solutions to complex financial and commercial scenarios
3. Alive to the implications and relevance of the knowledge boundaries in current empirical research in accounting and finance
4. Professional in their approach to ethical and practice dilemmas
5. Global citizens sensitive to the alternative national and cultural contexts in which accounting and finance is practiced
6. Effective communicators and self-confident team players.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following 90 credits of compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students who have only completed GCSE Maths or equivalent will be required to study the following 10 credit module (students who have completed A-Level Maths or equivalent do not require this):

Depending on the number of discovery credits chosen, students may also study this optional module:

Discovery modules:

Students will be required to study 10-30 credits of discovery modules, depending on Maths qualification achieved, or can select the 10 credit module (LUBS1037) from Optional module list, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 1 credits in order to progress to Year 2, made up as follows:

- Either Pass 70 credits of compulsory Pass for Progression (PFP) modules AND pass the additional 10 credit Maths module (LUBS1275) if taken AND pass 20 credits of additional compulsory or discovery modules; or

- Pass 70 credits of compulsory Pass for Progression (PFP) modules AND pass 30 credits of additional compulsory or discovery modules.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following 80 credits of compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students will be required to select 20 credits of optional modules which can be taken from the Optional modules list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways. In addition, students can select a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to select discovery modules, a further 20 credits can be selected from Optional modules and/or up to TWO of the Pathways instead.

Optional

Enterprise and Innovation Pathway

Ethics and Sustainability Pathway

Economics Pathway

Business Management Pathway

Discovery modules:

Students may study 0-20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to select discovery modules, a further 20 credits can be selected from Optional modules and/or from up to TWO of the pathways instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 2 credits including all Pass for Progression (PFP) modules in order to progress to Year 3.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following 40 credits of compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following 30 credit optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules, which may include further choices from the optional modules list, in order to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 level 3 credits in order to be eligible for the award of an Honours Degree made up as follows:

Pass LUBS3650 Critical Cases in Accounting and Finance (20 credits), AND pass 30 credits of either LUBS3316 Dissertation for Accounting, Banking and Finance OR LUBS3670 Financial Analysis AND pass 50 credits of additional modules which can comprise of compulsory, optional or discovery modules.

Last updated: 07/06/2024 15:57:21

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