Course Details

BA ACCOUNTANCY AND FINANCE

STAGE ONE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (6 mandatory and 2 elective, all at SCQF level 7)
• 4 courses required in each Semester

 MANDATORY

• Introduction to Accounting (C37FA)
• Introductory Micro Economics (C27AA)
• Management in a Global Context (C17EB)
• Introduction to Finance (C37FI)
• Introductory Macro Economics (C27BA)
• Enterprise and its Business Environment (C17EC)

ELECTIVES (Choose 2)

• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
• Introduction to Psychology 2 (tbc)
• Business Skills (C17BS)

 Progression Requirements – Stage 1 to Stage 2:

• At least 90 credits at SCQF level 7 – with a minimum of grade D required in the 6 mandatory courses. 

STAGE TWO

Composition:

• 8 Courses (5 mandatory, 1 optional and 2 elective – all mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 8)
• 4 courses required in each Semester

 MANDATORY

• Financial Reporting (C38FR)
• Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
• Quantitative Methods (F78QT)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)

 ELECTIVES (Choose 2)

• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C38FM)
• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Operations Management (C18OP)
  • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Introduction to Psychology 2 (tbc)
  • Business Skills (C17BS)

 Progression Requirements – Stage 2 to Stage 3:

• At least 210 credits, with a minimum of 90 at SCQF level 8 – with a minimum of grade D required in the 5 mandatory courses.

Composition:

• 8 Courses (4 mandatory, 2 optional and 2 elective – all mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 9)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester

 MANDATORY

• Management Accounting Techniques and Decisions (C39MT)
• Auditing and Assurance (C39AU)
  • Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting (C39CA)
  • Research Methods (C39RM)

 OPTIONAL – Choose 2

• International Bond and Currency Markets (C39SM)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (C39CN)
  • Financial Derivatives (C39SN)
  • Managing Corporate Value (C39CE)

 ELECTIVES

• International Bond and Currency Markets (C39SM)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (C39CN)
• Employment Law (C19EL)
• Innovation Management (C19IN)
• Consumer Behaviour (C19CB)
• Project Management (C19PM)
• Statistical Techniques (C08QU)
• Commercial Law (C18CL)
• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C38FM)
• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Financial Derivatives (C39SN)
  • Managing Corporate Value (C39CE)
  • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
  • Marketing Communications (C19MC)
  • Strategic Management (C19SM)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Operations Management (C18OP)
  • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Introduction to Psychology 2 (tbc)
  • Business Skills (C17BS)

 Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree

• At least 360 credits, with a minimum of grade D required in the 4 mandatory courses completed at Stage 3, and at least two designated Finance courses from the following:
  • International Bond and Currency Markets
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Financial Derivatives
  • Managing Corporate Value

Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree with distinction

Where a student obtains grade A in no less than 5 SCQF level 9 courses, out of the 8 courses completed at Stage 3, the examination board will consider whether to make the award of Bachelor of Arts with distinction