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Module Selection Day

Module Selection Day. Dr Josie McLaren, DPD N400 Accounting and Finance 18 April 2013. Making your choice. Your N400 degree programme is made up of compulsory and optional elements

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Module Selection Day

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  1. Module Selection Day Dr Josie McLaren, DPD N400 Accounting and Finance 18 April 2013

  2. Making your choice • Your N400 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.

  3. Making your choice(s) • It’s a good idea to think about what you may wish to take when you are in stage 3 • Stage 3 choices will be governed by what you take at stage 2 • Some stage 3 modules have pre-requisites of stage 2 modules • In stage 3 you can take up to 20 credits of stage 2 modules that you have not already taken

  4. N400 Stage 2 STAGE 2 COMPULSORY MODULES: • ACC2002 Managerial & Business Economics 20 • ACC2003 Financial Control 20 • ACC2005 Intermediate Financial Accounting (was Income Measurement) 20 • ACC2007 Corporate Finance 20 • ACC2021 Understanding Company Accounts 20

  5. 20 credits of options STAGE 2 OPTIONS: LAW1054 Introduction to Business Law (was Introduction to English Law and the Law of Contract) 20 • MUST be taken if you have not taken it at stage 1 ACC2009 Strategic Business Analysis (ICAEW exemption)20 ACC2020 Auditing (ACCA & ICAEW exemption) 20 NCL2007 Career Development for second year students 20 • Other options in Business School or outside (with DPD approval) – subject to pre-requisites

  6. N400 Stage 3 STAGE 3 COMPULSORY MODULES: ACC3001 Financial Accounting 20 ACC3002 Management Accounting 20 ACC3006 International Financial Management 20

  7. 60 credits of options STAGE 3 ACC OPTIONS: ACC3008 Auditing as Social Accountability 20 ACC3009 Taxation in Accounting 20 (ACCA, CIMA & ICAEW exemptions) ACC3016 Accounting, Organisations & Society20 ACC3017 Derivative Securities 20 (Requires 60% in ACC2007 (first attempt)) 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 • Other options in Business School or outside (with DPD approval) – subject to pre-requisites

  8. Module Catalogue 2013/14 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/module-catalogue/

  9. ACC2020 Auditing • 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

  10. ACC2009 Strategic Business Analysis • 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

  11. What do you need to do? • You should have all received an e-mail about the S3P system for on-line selection • The portal is currently live - and all choices must be made by the deadline of 24th April • Do you know your password?

  12. Making sensible choices • All options listed in the regulations for N400 (above) are suitable. • Full details are on the web • You are entitled to choose other options – e.g. Economics/Management/Marketing modules, a language – BUT THESE ARE NOT FORMALLY PART OF THE REGULATIONS AND WILL SUBJECT TO THE TIMETABLE

  13. Finding alternative modules • If you wish to choose 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 regulations for these programmes to see the available modules, and possibly attend module choice sessions or meetings • Look on the MOFs database • Make sure that you have met the pre-requisites

  14. Procedure for choosing option modules – within regulations • Students make their module choice/s using S3P • Refer to school web site and emails for help on this • Option choices listed in the regulations can be made and will go into the timetabling system

  15. Procedure for choosing option modules – outside regulations • Process: register for a module that is part of your regulations • In Induction Week (or earlier), check the timetable • If the module you wish does not clash with your N400 modules in BOTH semesters and you have met the pre-requisites: • Contact me to ask if I would approve the module choice

  16. Making your decisions • If you need help to make up your mind: • Attend the various information sessions • Look at the MOF database • Contact the module leader for further information • Contact your tutor or me for advice • Any questions?

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