Business and Management (Accounting) BSc

About the Course

This course offers a broad overview of all management issues and specialist knowledge in the applications of accountancy to the world of commerce. If you take recommended modules you are usually eligible for exemptions from the Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA) and Association of Chartered Certificate of Accountants (ACCA) entry examinations.

Aims

You will gain a broad overview of all management issues with specialist knowledge in the applications of accountancy to the world of commerce.

Students who take recommended modules are usually eligible for exemptions from the Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) entry examinations.

Enquiries

Course Enquiries
For questions about the degree itself or Home/EU enquiries prior to application.
Contact: Katie Moore
Email: bachelorbbs@brunel.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1895 265278 or 267124

Application Enquiries (Home/EU)
For Home/EU applications already submitted.
Email: admissions@brunel.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0)1895 265265

International Students
For all questions about this degree:
Fill out our Webform
Email: brunel-international@brunel.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0)1895 265519

Special Features

• Our students have excellent employment prospects – graduates have gone on to work for prestigious companies such as Merrill Lynch, Abbey, Lloyds, Price WaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, Coca cola, Ernst & Young, Virgin Trains, Accenture, HSBC, BT, Deutsche Bank and the BBC.
   
• The School hosts three world-renowned research centres in the areas of Emotion Work, Enterprise, Sustainability and Ethics, and Organisation and System Design.
   
• Emphasis is on gaining "employable knowledge" which is highly up-to-date. We aim to provide you with an education which will prepare you for the future needs of the working world, not simply to cope with its present preoccupations.
   
• The School's specialist areas include: marketing, small business management; human resource management; organisational change; technology and business; copy right and property rights; business computing; accounting; entrepreneurialism; gender; the culture and leisure industries; business ethics and management thinking and learning. Students also benefit from University-wide expertise in eCommerce and multimedia.
   
• High quality teaching from lecturers with 'hands-on' experience in business and commerce.
   
• You will have the opportunity to gain paid professional experience working in prominent companies or organisations. These are high-quality placements with graduate-like responsibilities. Many students get offered full-time graduate posts at the companies where they carried out their work placements.
   
• Good links with business. This means:
  • Better work placements
  • Up-to-date course content
  • Help finding a good job after you graduate.

Accreditation

• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA/ICAEW)
  

Facts and Figures

Brunel Business School

The School offers a range of single honours undergraduate programmes, Master's courses and the prestigious MBA programme.

Our courses will give you several advantages. Firstly, our degrees will equip you with the conceptual and analytical means for understanding business and management enabling you to progress with the future needs of the working world, not simply to cope with its present preoccupations.

Secondly, you will learn about the world of business and management and develop the skills to get a good job when you graduate. Thirdly, you will enhance your ability to communicate your ideas and to take responsibility for your learning. All these skills will be essential once you enter the world of employment.

Our range of degree programmes offers you the opportunity to specialise in a variety of areas. At Level 2, you will be able to specialise in Accounting, Computing or Marketing, or remain on the general management pathway. We also contribute to a number of courses elsewhere in the University.

If you opt for a sandwich course, you will have the added bonus of putting your academic study into practice and developing ideas about future careers.

Our staff are at the forefront of their subjects both through research activity - our research interests are reflected in some of the specialist modules offered as options - and via close links with the business community.

Ayo studied Business and Management (Accounting). He graduated in 2009 and now runs his own business.

Brunel University kick-started my life. It was not only an educational exercise but also provided life experience that acted as a solid foundation for my past, current and future achievements.
 
At the age of 19, whilst in the second year of my degree, I created a lifestyle brand called Elegance. 10,000 copies of our first project, the Elegance hair and beauty catalogue, were distributed throughout the country via over 30 sales reps. Our current project provides integrated promotional packages, focussing on using short videos to promote salons, barbers and spas across the UK. This project led to me winning first prize in Brunel University’s Dragons Den competition for 2009, as well as being named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Brunel Entrepreneurs Society and Brunel Business School.
 
Brunel University allowed me to meet like-minded people and encouraged me to think outside the box. One piece of advice I would give to students is to look at university as an opportunity to build your future.

Course Content

All business and management degrees have a common first year. During your first year you will take modules in the core areas of marketing, computing, accountancy, leisure, and general management concepts.

This will give you the essential foundation from which to develop your knowledge and skills at levels 2 and 3. During levels 2 and 3 you will specialise in Accounting.

Modules

Level 1 Core

• Introduction to Management Enquiry
• Managing Information with Technology
• Principles and Practice of Marketing
• Organisational Behaviour and Analysis
• Introduction to Accounting
• International Business Environment

Level 2 Core

• Principles and Practices of Financial Accounting
  
• International Business in Emerging Markets
• Introduction to Business Law 
  
• Management Accounting – Decision Making
• Management Accounting – Planning and Control 
  
• Quantitative Methods in Business and Management 

Level 3 Core

• Issues and Controversies in Accounting (Major Project)
• Strategic Financial Management
• Auditing

Optional modules
Any two from the following:

• Taxation
• Strategic Management
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ventures
• Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability and Governance
  

Teaching and Learning

Staff expertise
Many of our lecturers are:

• Internationally or nationally recognised for their innovative work and research
• Work as consultants for major companies worldwide
• Have practical and personal experience in business/have run their own companies

How will I be taught?

Lectures -These provide a broad overview of key concepts and ideas. They provide a framework from which to carry out more in-depth study.

Seminars - Small seminar groups allow students to make individual contributions. You will undertake in-depth analysis of issues and exchange and explore ideas with other students.

Workshops - You will practise using industry standard software, computing equipment, business, design and multimedia packages.

One-to-one - In your final year you will receive one-to-one supervision for your dissertation. Throughout all levels you will have a personal tutor who is available to help you with academic or personal problems. If you choose to do the four-year sandwich course, you will also be allocated an industrial tutor who will provide you with support when you are on your work placement.

Other - There are email discussion groups, research talks on key management issues, presentations by outside speakers and external visits. Throughout the course, you will also be expected to undertake group work and individual projects and presentations.

Assessment

Each subject is assessed either by a combination of continuous appraisal and examination or by coursework or examination alone. As a rough guide the split is approximately 50:50 exam to coursework but this amount varies depending on the options you select.

Level 1 does not count towards your final degree classification but you have to pass the first year to continue with the degree. Level 2 is worth a third of your final mark and Level 3 the rest. In your final year you will undertake an assessed dissertation of around 8,000 words. This is worth a third of your Level 3 marks.

Employability

If you choose to follow the four-year thick sandwich degree programme you will gain high quality professional experience in commercial, financial, or public sector organisations.

Four year thick-sandwich - this is a four year full-time degree course which includes one placement at level 3 which is about 44 weeks long.

Students on four-year thick sandwich courses have undertaken high quality work placements with organisations such as Microsoft, IBM, British Airways, LLoyds TSB, The Walt Disney Company, and innocent Drinks.

Careers

Our combination of academic and professional expertise gives our graduates, especially those that have carried out a professional work placement, a significant advantage over those with comparable academic qualifications from other business courses. What is more, career advancement for our students is often faster.

Past graduates
Past students have gone on to work as chartered accountants, general accountants and auditors, analysts, economists, in the City, with major international firms, as general managers, in industry and commerce. Many run their own businesses.

Graduates have gone on to work for prestigious companies such as:

• British Gas
• Coca Cola
• Merrill Lynch
• Morgan Stanley
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• The BBC
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
  

Fees for 2012/13 entry

Home/EU students: £9,000 full-time, £6,750 part-time

International students: £12,650 full-time

Brunel is introducing over 1000 new scholarships for 2012, meaning that one in three applicants who join Brunel next year will receive financial support from the University. See our fees and funding page for full details

Fees quoted are per annum and are subject to an annual increase.

Entry Requirements for 2012 Entry

• GCE A-level BBB (Critical Thinking/General Studies accepted as a third A-level).
• Irish Leaving Certificate ABBBB.
• Scottish Advanced Highers BBB.
• Advanced Diploma Progression Diploma Grade B in Business, Administration and Finance or Public Services, plus an A-level at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning (for Public Services, this must be in a business-related or science subject).
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDD in a business-related subject. BTEC Level 3 Diploma/National Certificate DD plus grade B in an Academic A-level. BTEC Level 3 Subsidary Diploma/National Award D plus grade B in two Academic A-levels.
• IBDP 32 points.
• Access Applicants offering Access courses in Business or a Business-related subject plus the equivalent of at least three years full time, relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

For all of the above, 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above are also required, to include English and Maths (please note that these must have been gained by the time you submit your UCAS application).

NB: Accounting pathway students are required to have a GCSE Maths at grade B or above or A/S Level Maths at grade C or above.

Entry Requirements for 2011 Entry (click to expand)

English Language Requirements

Brunel also offers our own BrunELT English Test and accept a range of other language courses. We also have a range of Pre-sessional English language courses, for students who do not meet these requirements, or who wish to improve their English.