Teaching & Learning
The tabs below detail what and how you will study in each year of your course. The balance of assessments and overall workload will be informed by your core modules and the option modules you choose to study – the information provided is an indication of what you can expect and may be subject to change. The option modules listed are also an indication of what will be available to you. Their availability is subject to demand and you will be advised which option modules you can choose at the beginning of each year of study.
What you'll learn
Explore the foundations and understanding of the business and legal structures and environment. As you study this module you'll relate to the work of the accounting and finance professional as you study the English Legal system, legal business structures and contract law as it affects business. You'll gain an understanding of business stakeholders and the business environment as it applies to the current climate. You'll use current business scenarios to further your understanding.
Start to develop the soft skills required to begin your career planning journey. You'll begin to gain the digital and professional skills required to work as a professional accountant. This module will also incorporate personal development and resilience tools to enable your success in the modern workplace.
This module will provide an introduction to double entry bookkeeping and base accounting knowledge. You'll start to understand fundamental accounting terms and knowledge.
Begin to develop your knowledge base for preparation of simple financial statements and management accounting concepts. You'll gain further knowledge and continue to build your understanding of accounting terms.
Develop the use of double entry bookkeeping and other techniques to produce company financial statements. This will include the Statement of Cash Flow and the Statement of changes in Equity. This module also covers the detection and correction of errors in accounting information. You'll start to appreciate how desirable characteristics of accounting information and fundamental accounting concepts are applied in practice.
Explore the crucial area of digital marketing. You will study how digital media has historically been used in marketing and understand a variety of concepts, models and theories including web and app paradigms, search engine marketing and digital advertising.
Build on the Introduction to Accounting module to develop an understanding of management accounting concepts and principles.
What you'll learn
Understand the relationship between business ethics and decision-making.
This module will provide a pro-active, engaged environment to enhance your employability skills as you work on a business project. You'll practise decision making, time management, reporting, reflection, and presentation skills as you complete your project in a business or academic setting.
Explore the nature and challenges of corporate sustainability in a globalised environment. You'll improve your understanding of the responsibility business has to society, as well as the associated complexities and tensions and how that can be managed. You'll explore the theoretical foundations and practical application as you build competencies in managerial processes.
Understand the structure of business finance and its application to the decision-making processes in organisations.
Option modules may include
Further develop skills acquired in the Management Accounting module. You'll continue to explore processing and analysing information for the purposes of management reporting.
This module will enable you to practise applying international accounting standards in the production of financial statements. You'll also evaluate accounting standards in the context of accounting concepts and the qualitative characteristics.
Appreciate and critically analyse innovation and new technologies. This module will enable you to understand their importance for international businesses and how adopting new technology can support multinational companies. You'll assess new technologies using different approaches and methods, including from a consumer perspective. You'll learn to critically evaluate the main debates in this subject area as represented by recent research and explore how to make reasoned choices about alternative approaches.
Explore marketing planning in a digital context and equip yourself with the knowledge and abilities required to develop effective digital marketing plans. This module will focus on the early stages of the SOSTAC model (Situational Analysis, Objectives and Strategy).
Learn how to produce and interpret the financial statements for a group of companies.
Build creative solutions to the sustainability challenges facing contemporary new business enterprises. You'll work collaboratively to develop a proposed ethical small business venture. This could be articulated through a number of contexts, for example, a product or service, process, paradigm, position or business. You'll then attempt to raise crowdfunding finance by presenting your proposal to an ethical investment bank.
What you'll learn
Develop an understanding of the investment market. You'll study the economic environment, the range of investment types and the management of investment portfolios.
Practise applying the knowledge and skills you have developed in your degree in the context of a business simulation game.
Learn to select and apply appropriate financial techniques in the production of a realistic and practicable financial business plan.
Understand theoretical accounting issues and learn how to evaluate accounting regulation and guidance. Evaluate approaches to ethical issues and use a range of digital resources to explore accounting issues.
Option modules may include
Understand the process of carrying out an audit and its application in the context of the professional regulatory framework.
Explore the importance of ethical business decision-making, how the governance of firms should be organised and the consideration of stakeholders in developing approaches to the social responsibility of businesses.
This module will examine fundamental concepts of international business finance and international trade. You'll learn about the formation of multinational corporations and the business challenges they face in a dynamic global context.
Develop an understanding of the processes of leadership, strategizing and change and the links between these processes. You'll engage with current thinking and research in the fields of leadership, strategic learning and change as you develop your emotional and ethical awareness.
Study the corporate taxation matters that are most significant for UK accounting and business decisions. You will focus on the rules for computing the corporation tax and VAT liabilities of a trading company, and you will adopt the way in which professional accountants conventionally present the results to company directors and to the UK tax authorities.
You will demonstrate a full range of skills, knowledge, and competencies developed over three years of study. This module provides an opportunity for you to choose and explore a field of study that has particularly engaged your interest.
Apply for a placement and undertake a period of paid employment to give you the opportunity to develop business contacts and gain understanding of the jobs and career market.
This course offers the opportunity to take a ‘sandwich’ year – a year of paid employment in industry which will build your skills and experience. This is usually taken between the second and third year of your degree, typically making your course four years in total.
Students who choose the sandwich route find it helps with both their studies and getting a job after graduation. It can build your confidence, contacts, and of course your CV. Leeds Beckett advertise lots of placement opportunities and provide support in helping you find the right placement for you.