1. Module Selection Meeting
Gill Holden DPD
N400/N401 Accounting and Finance
Stage 1 → Stage 2

2. Dear Stage 1 N400/N401 Accounting & Finance Students,
As promised this is a reminder of the meeting that you are required to attend with Gill Holden (Degree Programme Director).
The Module Selection webpage at has now been updated to provide the following:
a)            a link (at the foot of the page) to the Degree Programme Regulations for 2018/19 which list the optional modules available to you. You are required to register for optional modules that are listed in your degree programme regulations.
b)            a link (at the top of the page) to the Module Catalogue for 2018/19 where you can search for detailed information on individual modules.

3. C. a link (at the foot of the page) to FAQs (frequently asked questions) about the module pre-registration process where you will find the answers to the following questions:
What happens at the Module Selection Meeting?
How do I pre-register for my modules?
How do I know which optional modules to choose from?
Where can I find more detailed information on specific modules?
Can I choose an optional module from outside my degree programme regulations?
Can I use MAC to access the S3P system?
What if I don’t pre-register for my modules by the deadline?
What can I do if I change my mind about my modules between April and September?
                  What happens is a module does not run in September?

4. When you have attended the module selection talk and decided which optional modules you wish to study next year, you are required to pre-register for them online using the Student Self Service Portal S3P
This is not open for you to do this as yet – it will open 9.00am on Thursday 26 April 2018 and close at 8.00pm on Wednesday 2 May 2018. 
During this seven day period, S3P is open 24 hours so you can do this at any time of the day and night (on or off campus).  It is very important that you pre-register as your module choices need to be recorded on an individual basis and included in the creation of the teaching timetable for next academic year.
Please contact your Programme Secretary with any queries:

5. Making your choice
Your N400/N401 degree programme is made up of compulsory and optional elements
For those of you thinking of going into the accounting profession, there are some option choices you should bear in mind, depending on the accounting body from which you may be seeking exemptions.

6. Regulations for N400/N401 Stage 2
STAGE 2 COMPULSORY MODULES:
ACC2002 Managerial & Business Economics 20
ACC2003 Financial Control 20
ACC2005 Intermediate Financial Accounting 20
ACC2007 Corporate Finance 20
ACC2021 Understanding Company Accounts 20
ACC2002 is microeconomics and it builds on the micro material covered in ECO1017
ACC2003 is management accounting and develops from the material covered by Karen Boyd in ACC1011
ACC2005 is financial accounting and develops from ACC1010 with Chris Soan
ACC2007 is finance, building on the finance introduced by Karen Boyd in ACC1011
These modules offer a number of exemptions from the professional bodies.
ACC2021 is a group project where you work together to analyse a company. It is assessed by report and presentation, with the presentation being made to staff from A&F and from the accounting profession (Ernst and Young).

7. 20 credits of options in the Regulations
ACC2009 Strategic Business Analysis (ICAEW exemption) 20
ACC2020 Auditing (ACCA & ICAEW exemptions) 20
NCL2007 Career Development for second year students 20
You may take another module from either the Business School or outside (with DPD approval) – subject to pre-requisites
The LAW1054 requirement is in the for direct entry students – it probably won’t affect anybody in the session.
ACC2009 and ACC2020 are discussed on later slides.
NCL2007 is a University module – taken by students from many degree programmes. In this module students work/volunteer and then do an assessment based around either their place of work; or voluntary role (e.g. treasurer of a union society); or in a school.

8. Making your choice(s)
It’s a good idea to think about what you may wish to take when you are in stage 3:
You have 60 credits of options at stage 3
Some stage 3 choices may be governed by what you take at stage 2
In stage 3 you can take up to 20 credits of stage 2 modules that you have not already taken
Some students choose Career Development or other modules outside the regulations
Students can do career development at stage 3 – either after they’ve done it at stage 2 or for the first time.

9. Regulations for N400/N401 Stage 3
STAGE 3 COMPULSORY MODULES:
ACC3001 Financial Accounting 20
ACC3002 Management Accounting 20
ACC3006 International Financial Management 20
Financial accounting, management accounting and finance are compulsory.

10. 60 credits of options STAGE 3 ACC OPTIONS:
ACC3003 Issues in Behavioural Finance 20
ACC3004 Derivative Markets 20
ACC3008 Auditing as Social Accountability 20
(Requires ACC2020)
ACC3009 Taxation in Accounting 20
(ACCA, CIMA & ICAEW exemptions)
ACC3016 Accounting, Organisations & Society 20
ACC3018 Accounting Change and Development 20
NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students 20
(not available if NCL2007 was taken in stage 2)
NCL3008 Advanced Career Development 20
2 finance modules, ACC3003 and ACC3004.
ACC3008 carries on from ACC2020.
ACC3009 is very popular
ACC3016 is the dissertation
ACC3018 is accounting history
Two career development modules, depending on whether students have taken the CDM in year 2.

11. ACC1011
ACC2003
ACC3002
ACC2007
ACC3006
3004
ACC1010
ACC2021
ACC2005
ACC3001
3009
3016
3018
2020
3008
2009
The pathway for modules in A&F (excluding ACC2002 which follows from ECO1017)

12. ACC2020 Auditing Module Leader: Dr Shanta Davie
Aim: To enable students to understand what auditing means in the context of professional frameworks: how organisations try to seek audit assurance and how this is reported to the relevant stakeholders within an international context.
Audit framework and regulation; Internal audit and corporate governance; Risk assessment and planning of assurance engagements; Gathering audit evidence; assessing and using Internal controls; and Review and reporting
Exemptions: ACCA and ICAEW

13. ACC2009 Strategic Business Analysis
Module leader: Gillian Holmes
Aims:
To enable students to understand how businesses develop and implement strategic choices.
To understand and analyse business objectives, market position, and internal and external factors affecting strategic choices.
Techniques for evaluating the strategic position of a business, including internal and external factors
Scenario analysis, including financial data, to determine strategic choice
Change management
Exemption: ICAEW

14. Managerial and Business Economics 20 25% 135min 75%
Code
Title
Assign – sem 1
Exam -Sem 1
Exam wght Sem 1
Assign – sem 2
Exam – sem 2
Exam wght sem 2
Other assess sem 2
ACC2002
Managerial and Business Economics 20
25%
135min
75%
ACC2003
Financial Control
ACC2005
Intermediate Financial Accounting
60min
120min
ACC2007
Corporate Finance
180min
100%
ACC2009
Strategic Business Analysis
ACC2020
Auditing
ACC2021
Understanding Company Accounts
80%
20%

15. NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students
Provided by the Careers Service
Aims: To develop students who can independently self-manage, proactively interact and ethically apply their knowledge and skills in a work-related context
Can to some extent balance work across the semesters.
Students will complete a minimum of 70 hours of direct engagement with the organisation hosting the work-related learning spread over at least 10 weeks.
Three routes are available: Learning from work; Tutoring and mentoring; Volunteering

16. NCL3007 Assessment:
Professional skills assessment (S1) 30%
Written exercise (S1) 10%
Oral examination
(assessed interview) (S2) 30%
Professional skills assessment (S2) 30%

17. Considering a Placement or Study Abroad after Stage 2?
There will be further meetings during Stage 2 outlining these opportunities
Can transfer between N400 and N401

18. What do you need to do?
You should have all received an about the S3P system for on-line selection
The portal opens at am on Thursday 26 April 2018 and close at 8.00pm on Wednesday 2 May 2018 and all choices must be made by the deadline
Do you know your password?

19. Procedure for choosing option modules – within regulations
You make your module choice/s using S3P
Refer to school web site and s for help on this
Option choices listed in the regulations (ACC2009, ACC2020 or NCL2007) can be made and will go into the timetabling system

20. Alternative modules
If you wish to consider a module or modules outside the regulations, it is up to you to investigate the possibilities:
If you are considering an Economics, Management or Marketing module, look at the programmes on the School website, to see the available modules, and possibly attend module choice sessions or meetings
Make sure that you have met any pre-requisites
The module must have a 2XXX or 1XXX code

21. Procedure for choosing option modules – not in N400/N401 regulations
Register now for an ACC module that is part of your regulations (ACC2020 or ACC2009)
In Induction Week (or earlier), check the timetable for BOTH semesters
If the module you wish to take has NO clashes with ACC modules then contact your DPD to ask if the module will be approved
Go to the Hub (5th Floor of this building) to have the choice entered by a programme administrator

22. Making your decisions If you need help to make up your mind:
Attend the various information sessions
Look at the FAQs on the School web page
Contact the module leader for further information
Contact your tutor or Gillian for advice
Any questions?