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ACF3001
Financial Literacy for Business

Confused by finance? This module makes finance simple and practical. You’ll learn how money flows through a business, how to read key financial information, and how to make data-driven decisions. Through hands-on tasks and real examples, you’ll build confidence in budgeting, analysing performance, and communicating financial insights, so you can understand the language of business and use it in your studies and career.

BUSM3001
Academic Skills for Success

This module prepares you for success at university and in your future career. You’ll build key communication, digital, and professional skills through practical workshops and real-world tasks. Learn to work across cultures, write and present confidently, use digital tools to collaborate, and reflect on your strengths to grow and excel in your studies and the workplace.

BUSM3002
Contemporary Work and Organisations

Explore the changing world of work and what drives organisations. From start-ups and global brands to remote teams and green careers, you’ll discover the global trends that shape how people work and lead. You’ll also build the essential skills for success at university and beyond: thinking critically, communicating clearly, and understanding how to make an impact in today’s diverse, digital, and dynamic workplaces.

BUSM3003
Digital Skills for Business

Get hands-on with the digital tools that power modern business. You’ll explore how technology supports everything from marketing and finance to teamwork and project management. Learn how to find and use business information, present data clearly, and collaborate using digital platforms. Through practical activities, you’ll gain confidence, creativity and digital know-how, equipping you with the skills employers look for.

BUSM3004
Business Project

Turn your ideas into action in this hands-on module. You’ll work in a team to plan, deliver, and evaluate a real business or community project while developing an entrepreneurial mindset. Gain practical experience in project management, teamwork, communication, and leadership, building the confidence and skills to make an impact in any professional setting.

ECN3101
Understanding Business in Practice

Discover how the business world really works. This module introduces key ideas, structures and forces shaping modern organisations, from start-ups to global corporations. You’ll learn how businesses form, compete, and respond to global challenges. Through real examples and activities, you’ll develop an understanding of how business functions connect and how economic, ethical, and global factors influence success.

ACF4001
Introduction to Accounting 20 credits

This module gives you an introduction to accounting. It focuses on the double entry bookkeeping system and how transactions are recorded in businesses. You will learn how to record transactions and events, formulate a trial balance, create basic financial statements and interpret financial information using ratio analysis.

LAW407
Business Law 20 credits

This module will introduce you to the legal framework and key areas of law which affect business, including basic principles of contract and tort; company law; the impact of criminal law on business and professional services; and the impact of law in the professional content, such as for example, key elements of employment law and the protection of information.

ACF4002
Preparing for the Professional World

You will be introduced to the professions of accountancy, economics and finance, focusing on developing essential academic, digital and employability skills whilst exploring graduate roles in business and other organisations. Through teamwork, reflection and real-world case studies, you will build your professional identity and understand how the discipline contributes to organisational and economic decision-making.

ACF4003
Principles of Finance

This module introduces finance and provides insight into the world of finance, from financial markets and instruments to risk and return. This module introduces the tools and concepts used by investors and businesses to make informed financial decisions and manage financial risk.

ECN4006
Principles of Economics

This module introduces key principles of economic thinking, including how economies function and how decisions respond to scarcity and incentives. You will study core micro- and macroeconomic concepts, apply models to real-world situations, and build analytical skills through problem-solving, data analysis, and use of mathematical techniques.

ECN4007
Data Analytics: From Data to Decisions

This module introduces data analytics and its practical application in business decision-making. Students will learn to use accounting, economic, and financial data with analytical frameworks to inform managerial choices. Emphasis is placed on applying decision-making processes, models, and introductory statistical techniques to real-world business and investment decisions.

ACF5006
Management Accounting

Students will study management accounting, including areas such as budgeting, costing and variance analysis.

ACF5007
Financial Accounting and Reporting

A module focused on financial accounting and reporting, which aims to give students an understanding of the UK financial reporting regulatory framework, preparing limited and public companies, applying International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

ACF5008
Financial Management

This module introduces the management of finance within an organisation. Topics covered include capital markets, sources of finance, the management of working capital, managing currency risk and the appraisal of simple capital investment decisions.

ACF5010
Financial Institutions and Markets

This module deals with financial markets, instruments, and institutions. You will examine the bond market, stock market, and foreign exchange market, and explore topics such as investment banking and mutual funds.

PBS500CPD
Careers and Professional Development 0 credits

This module is aimed at enhancing students employability skills and knowledge especially those who will be undertaking an industrial placement in the third year of their degree. It is designed to build on skills learned in Stage 1 and helps students in their search for a placement, and in their preparation for the placement itself.

ECN5016
Sustainable Futures in Economics and Finance

This module explores the challenges of responsible management and ethics in economics, accounting and finance. You will examine sustainable business and finance through applied case studies, developing critical skills to make responsible, evidence-based decisions that balance growth, equity and environmental protection, while considering regulation, governance and ethical professional practice.

ACF5003
Taxation 20 credits

The module introduces you to the UK tax system, providing you with the necessary technical skills and underpinning knowledge to be able to prepare tax computations for UK companies and individuals. Alongside the technical focus, you will explore the principles and rationale behind the functions of the tax system and discuss current issues in taxation.

ACF5012
FinTech and the Future of Money

This module introduces students to key FinTech innovations, including AI, digital payments, lending, robo-advisors, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. It helps students understand how these technologies are transforming financial services and regulation. Through practical exercises using financial platforms and tools, students develop foundational skills in applying technical analysis and case studies to explore emerging opportunities and risks in FinTech.

PBS600PLC
Placement Year

The placement year consists of an extended period of appropriate professional experience in a business or organisation. It allows the student to gain relevant experience to consolidate their studies and prepare for final stage study and employment after graduation. Students on BA International Business may also or alternatively undertake a study placement at an approved partner institution.

ACF6008
Investment Management 20 credits

In this module, you will develop a broad understanding of the portfolio management with the focus on portfolio building and evaluation, portfolio risk and diversification. You will explore portfolio concepts such as: investors risk aversion, efficient frontier, capital asset pricing model. In addition, you will learn and discuss market efficiency, behavioural finance and fintech.

PBS600CPD
Continued Careers and Professional Development 0 credits

The Continued Career and Professional Development module is a development scheme designed to enhance students’ employability and builds on the stage 2 module. The stage 3 module focuses on providing students with information on graduate options and equips them with the knowledge and skills necessary for articulating and recording achievement and applying for graduate positions. The module also includes a number of workshops and events designed to develop students’ skills and knowledge, with the purpose of filling gaps in their CV’s and enhancing their employability.

ACF6011
Business Research and Consultancy

In this module you will complete an independent empirical research or consultancy-style project on a current accounting or finance topic. Using relevant data and analytical techniques, you’ll develop insights into key issues and debates, producing a professional research paper or report that offers evidence-based business solutions or policy recommendations.

ACF6015
Advanced Financial Management

This module is a study of advanced financial management that builds on the material covered at Level 5. Topics include: advanced investment appraisal, capital structure, dividend policy, corporate restructuring and international investment decisions.

ACF6003
Auditing 20 credits

In this module, you will consider and discuss the need for audit in society as well as the views of those critical of today’s audit function. Studying auditing scandals will help you to understand and appreciate not only the challenges faced by the auditing profession but also how current auditing standards and regulation has been developed. You will learn how to audit through studying the theory behind the audit process and then how to apply the theory using practical examples.

ACF6004
Financial Modelling 20 credits

The module covers financial modelling for bonds and rates, equities, currencies and options. While analysing and modelling each category of securities with specific and pertinent approaches, it stresses the underlying principles governing all valuation processes. The module also equips the students with the skills to use software, such as Excel, for implementing models and perform analysis.

ACF6012
FinTech and the Future of Money

This hands-on module equips you with essential skills using tools like Bloomberg and TradingView. You will gain expertise in FinTech innovations (AI, blockchain, crypto) to assess opportunities, manage risks and understand financial regulation. Prepare for a dynamic career by building both theoretical knowledge and applied competence in a rapidly evolving sector.

ACF6013
Advanced Management Accounting

This module deals with strategic management accounting, financial planning and control in modern organisations.

ACF6014
Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting

This module will consider advanced financial reporting topics such as accounting for foreign currency transactions and accounting for business combinations (i.e. simple and complex groups, associates and foreign subsidiaries). Additionally students will explore current developments in financial and non-financial reporting and will practice financial analysis techniques allowing them to analyse company financial statements.

ACF6016
Financial Management

This module introduces the management of finance within an organisation. Topics covered include capital markets, sources of finance, the management of working capital, managing currency risk and the appraisal of simple capital investment decisions.