Comments about BA Accounting and Financial Management and Economics - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
students will gain a good technical grounding and will have the opportunity to specialise in particular areas of accounting and financial management, like financial accounting, management accounting or finance. Likewise, in the economics part of the degree, students will gain a good grounding in the basic principles of economics and then use this to study particular areas of economics in more detail.
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Entry requirements
-GCE/VCE A Levels - BBB -BTEC National Diploma - 2 Distinctions and 1 Merit -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+BB -Scottish Highers - B/AAB (Scottish Advanced/Highers) -Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB -International Baccalaureate - 32 points -Core Requirements - Grade B in Mathematics at GCSE or equivalent.
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Academic title
Accounting and Financial Management and Economics BA
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Course description
This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Economic Analysis and Policy 1
-Economic Analysis and Policy 2
-Introduction to Management Accounting
-Financial Accounting Introduction 1
-Introduction to Behaviour at Work
-Management Information Systems
-Mathematical Methods for Economics 1
-Mathematical Methods for Economics 2
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Financial Management
-Macroeconomic Principles
-Microecnomic Principles
-Statistical Methods for Economics
-Budgeting and Control
-Information Systems Development
-Intermediate Management Accounting
-Introduction to Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing
-Issues in Corporate Governance
-Issues in Financial Management
-Law for Management
-Project Management
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Advanced Economic Analysis
-Advances in Financial Accounting
-Advances in Management Accounting
-An Introduction to Financial Derivatives
-Applied Economics
-Auditing
-Case Studies in Accounting and Financial Management
-Corporate Finance
-Development Economics
-Econometrics
-Economics of the European Union
-Environmental and Resource Economics
-Financial Reporting Theory
-Further Mathematical Methods for Economics
-Health Economics
-Industrial Organisation
-International Trade
-Labour Economics
-Modern Finance
-Public Sector Accounting & Financial Management
-Public Sector Economics
-Taxation in Theory and Practice
-The Economics of Education
-The Economics of Well Being
-The International Economy
