1. BSc (Hons) Accounting Natalya Shiryaeva – Programme Director
Vivien Browne – Programme Administrator
Original Thinking Applied

2. Presentation Structure
Programme Aims
Programme Structure
1st Year Course Choices
Progression Rules
Prizes
Attendance
Important Contacts and Sources of Help
Student Reps
Overview of today’s talk.

3. Congratulations! What is next?
Congratulations! You have made it! You finished school, passed your exams! Applied to university and enrolled to our fantastic programme ! Very very well done! Fantastic! You’ve come that far!!!! So what is next?
What is next?

4. YOU are responsible for your own success!!!!
Now the hard work starts
YOU are responsible for your own success!!!!
Now you have a long road ahead! Sometimes it’s going to be hard! But you will go through it together! There is a lot of help available ! How do you think is your biggest helper ?
You!
Of course, if you feel that you are not sure, or not coping – there is lot of help around and we will talk today about it. But first of all, from the day one – you yourselves are the biggest helper! Ask yourself – what can do to help me to achieve my goals?
Because school has finished, close parenting finished. You are responsible for your success !!!
So How can you help yourselves? Where do we start?

5. The Basics So How can you help yourselves? Where do we start?
At the basics? What do you need every morning to start your day at university?
The Basics

6. Timetable Your timetable will be different each week.
You are responsible for checking your personal timetable on MyManchester and making
sure that you are in the
right place at the
right time.
So the timetable will be different each week! It can change !!! You will have a different timetable, you can be in a different workshop groups. It is your responsibility to check your personal timetable on the Student system … and be in the right place at the right time.

7. Role of Blackboard
All courses have a space in the Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard)
You must frequently consult the Blackboard space for all of your courses
The resources on Blackboard are not a substitute for attending teaching sessions.

8. The Programme

9. Programme Aims What do you think?
Overview of today’s talk.

10. Programme Aims The BSc Accounting programme aims to:
Meet the needs of students who are seeking a career in accounting, business or related areas
Provide a thorough grounding in the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for such careers
Offer substantial exemptions from professional accountancy examinations and the opportunity for students to undertake relevant experience via an internship year that will give a head-start towards obtaining full professional qualification
A programme specifically aimed at helping you to get a head-start with a career in accountancy or related areas.
What is your aims and objectives? Talk to a person sitting next you? What do you think, the main aims of the programme?

11. Programme Aims The BSc Accounting programme aims to:
Provide students with knowledge and understanding of the conceptual and applied aspects of accounting as an academic discipline
Provide a varied and challenging mixture of teaching and learning experiences
Encourage and enable students to acquire practices of independent thinking and learning, developing students’ powers of critical thinking, enquiry and logical expression
Develop core skills: computer literacy, numeracy, problem-solving, written and oral communication, teamwork, project management, and report writing
Place accounting in its broader economic, organisational, social and political contexts
Also a degree – theoretical and conceptual aspects of accounting as well as practical aspects. All things that employers value, and that will develop you as an individual.

12. Structure of Programme
3 / 4 year programme, two semesters each academic year
Each year involves 120 credits of study, this consists of taking course units (normally 10 credits or 20 credits)
You will normally take 60 credits in each semester
Optional internship year comes after your second year of study

13. Degree classification
For the different classes the overall mark ranges are: For class 1 (First class degree) - 70% and above; For class 2i (Upper Second or 2.1) - between 60% and 69% For class 2ii (Lower Second or 2.2) - between 50% and 59% For class 3 (Third Class Degree) - between 40% and 49%
What is your aim?
What do you need to achieve if you would like to have a placement?
What will happen if you achieve below 40%? And believe me – it happens with the best of us! Particularly be careful if you have done Financial Accounting or Maths or Economics at school, you might think you know it all – please be careful not to presume your knowledge! Start as if you have never seen it before.

14. Degree weightings First year – need to pass to proceed to second year
Marks do not count towards degree classification, but do appear on a transcript of marks.
Marks may be important when applying for internships/ work experience – MINIMUM 2.1!!!!
Second year – worth 1/3 of your degree mark
Final year – worth 2/3 of your degree mark
Please don’t think – the first year – is a free ticket!!!
How to see the first year – it’s a good foundation for the good grades in the second and third year!!!
How do you think you will perform in the second year if you achieve say 45% - 50% in the first year? Not very well, unless you spend summer revising! Would you like to spend next summer with the text books? No – start reading!!!!

15. 1st year – compulsory courses
SEMESTER ONE
BMAN10501
Financial Reporting 10
BMAN10901
Law in a Management Context
ECON10041 OR ECON10081
Microeconomic Principles OR The UK Economy - Microeconomics
SEMESTER TWO
BMAN10522M
Financial Decision Making (M)
BMAN10512
Introductory Management Accounting
ECON10042 OR ECON10082
Macroeconomic Principles OR The UK Economy - Macroeconomics
SEMESTER ONE & TWO
BMAN10760
Auditing & Professional Accounting Practice 1 20
BMAN10750
Quantitative Methods for Accounting & Finance

16. Need extra help with maths?
There are extra drop in maths surgeries each semester for students who want more help. Look out for details in the e-Bulletin

17. Economics Courses
If you have A-Level Economics or equivalent qualifications, then you have been enrolled for:
ECON10081 UK Economy – Microeconomics &
ECON10082 UK Economy – Macroeconomics
If you have not got A-Level Economics, then you have been enrolled for: :
ECON10041 Microeconomic Principles &
ECON10042 Macroeconomic Principles
At the end of this talk, there will be an Economics course list that you can check to see which Economics courses you will be studying.
If you have any concerns about where you have been placed, please see Viv at the end of this talk. There will be a chance to meet with staff on Tuesday 20 September 2016, from 1:30pm in room B8 AMBS East Building (this room) to see an Economics tutor to ensure you are enrolled on the correct courses.
Please check with Viv first.

18. 1st year course choices
You have 20 credits of optional courses to select
These can be chosen from the courses listed on the next slide although you should have completed and returned your course choices via the survey to Viv.

19. 1st year – optional courses
SEMESTER ONE
BMAN10011
Fundamentals of Management 10
BMAN10101
Marketing Foundations
SEMESTER TWO
BMAN10952
Business Database Design & Development
10 
BMAN10252
Fundamentals of Technological Change
BMAN10872
Introduction to Work Psychology
FULL YEAR
BMAN10970
Introduction to Management and Organisation Studies 20

20. 2nd year – compulsory courses
SEMESTER ONE
BMAN20081
Financial Statement Analysis 10
BMAN24111
Principles of Taxation
BMAN20881
Professional Accounting Practice
SEMESTER TWO
BMAN24042
Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities and the Consumer
BMAN20812
Business Strategy
SEMESTER ONE & TWO
BMAN21020
Financial Reporting & Accountability 20
BMAN23000(B)
Foundations of Finance
BMAN21040
Intermediate Management Accounting

21. Internship year The internship year is optional
It will take place between your second and final years of study
You will start to apply for a placement during the summer after your first year on the programme
You will be given further information about the internship year as part of the Auditing & Professional Accounting module

22. Final year – compulsory courses
SEMESTER ONE
BMAN30131
Accountability & Auditing 10
SEMESTER TWO
BMAN24052
Business Law 2
SEMESTER ONE & TWO
BMAN30030
Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting & Regulation 20
BMAN31610
Corporate Financial Communication & Valuation 30
Then choose 50 credits from the optional course list

23. Assessment and Progression

24. Assessment: What to Expect
Semester 1 exams take place in January
Semester 2 exams take place in May/ June
Some courses are assessed by exam only, some by coursework and exams and some by coursework only.
It is your responsibility to check your coursework deadlines and your exam dates, times and venues.

25. Progression Year 1 Year 2 Pass everything (40%+ in 120 credits)
Pass 40%+ in at least 80 credits and a “compensatable mark” (30-39%) in a maximum of 40 credits
Year 1
Year 2
Receive a mark below 40% in more than 40 credits = compensation and REASSESSMENT
If you fail any course below 30% = REASSESSMENT
You can be reassessed in courses up to a maximum of 80 credits

26. Resits take place in August in Manchester
Resits are for progression only. They are not a second chance to get a better mark
If you fail resits you may be allowed to take additional courses in your second year, may have to retake exams and wait a year to join the second year, or be excluded from the university

27. Prizes
There are several prizes for high performing students at the end of each year
Final year prizes for top student overall and best project

28. REMEMBER!
In coming to AMBS, you have not bought a degree….just the opportunity to earn one
Compare it with the gum!

29. Approaches to teaching and learning
University teaching is different from school/ college
Some very large lectures
Some small group seminars/ workshops
A range of teaching styles
Lecturers, senior lecturers, professors, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), seminar leaders
You are expected to be an independent learner
You are responsible for your own learning

30. Attendance and Engagement
You are expected to attend all scheduled teaching session (lectures, seminars, workshops etc)
You are expected to engage in all scheduled teaching session (lectures, seminars, workshops etc)
You are expected to avoid any behaviour that would interfere with the learning and engagement of others.
Seminar attendance will be monitored, and spot checks may be conducted in lectures.

31. Work and Attendance Monitoring
Attendance at all seminars, tutorials, labs and workshops is compulsory and will be monitored
If you are unable to attend a class because of illness or other good reason, you need to complete an ‘absence from class form’ and submit it to the undergraduate office. Forms are available from the UG office (D20) or can be downloaded from the AMBS UG intranet.
If a student misses 3 or more consecutive seminars, tutorials, labs or workshops this will be followed up by the Assessment and Student Support Centre. We have a duty to make sure students attend classes and do not have any serious problems that are the cause of non-attendance.

32. Feedback You will receive feedback on your work in various forms:
Non-assessed coursework may be marked and returned to you
On-line quizzes on Blackboard
Comments on group or individual presentations
Generic feedback on examinations
The objective is to help you monitor your progress and improve your performance
Further information in the AMBS Undergraduate Welcome Guide

33. Support in your Studies
Academic Advisors – academic contact throughout your degree programme
More on this in your Auditing and Professional Accounting Practice class next week
Course Co-ordinators – academic lead for individual modules
First point of contact for any problems arising with your modules
Other lecturers / workshop leaders – office hours appointments to answer your queries

34. Office hours
Office hours are times when academic staff are available to meet students
Academic staff should display their office hours on their door.

35. Medical / Personal Problems
In case of medical, personal or other problems of a serious nature which have (or are likely to have) an adverse effect on your studies, ideally students should seek help from their academic adviser, the Assessment and Student Support Centre (ASSC) at D14 (Absence, Illness, Forms) and the Programme Administrators.
NOTE: It is important that the School is informed about issues affecting your study

36. Student Representatives
We need volunteers for the role!
Student reps will sit on the Programme Committee and attend the AMBS UG Staff Student Liaison Committee
All interested (including self nominations) students should go to the undergraduate office (D20) for a nomination form by Friday 7 October

37. Peer Mentors
Peer mentoring is designed to provide pastoral support to first year students.  All of the mentors are trained second or third year AMBS undergraduate students
You will meet with your mentors during Welcome week, details of these meetings is included in your arrival pack.

38. Undergraduate programme induction

40. BSc Accounting Welcome Reception
You are invited to attend the Welcome Reception event immediately after the ICAEW event on
Wednesday 21 September (1pm)
Please come along to the reception area of Crawford House on the mezzanine floor
Good luck for the
forthcoming years!