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Combine the study of accounting theory, principles and analysis with the key aspects of management practices.
Overview
At Kent Business School, we have designed the Accounting and Management with a Year in Industry degree to ensure that it responds to the needs and expectations of the modern accountancy and management professions. This programme equips you with knowledge, understanding and skills relevant to a career in accounting or management as well as for professional training in accounting.You will spend a year on a professional work placement and also can combine accounting modules with related subjects including a wide range of business management modules.
Our supportive and flexible approach to teaching gives you the confidence and skills you need to follow the path that most interests you.
We have an excellent record of graduate employment with our graduates moving into a whole range of careers, including professional training in public practice (chartered accountancy) or in industry, commerce, the public sector, financial services or general management.
Our Accounting and Management programme is accredited by the UK professional accountancy bodies, leading to exemption from specific examinations dependent on your choice of modules.
Year in Industry
You will undertake a professional work placement on this programme as a ‘Year in Industry’. Companies who have participated in providing work placements include The Walt Disney Co., Lloyds Banking Group, GE, Global Growth & Operations, First Capital Plus, Active Communication International, Macdonald's Restaurants Ltd, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, as well as corporations in New York, Kyoto, Dubai and Barcelona.
Organisations who provide placements for your year in industry view this scheme as an effective way to find potential new employees, so the scheme will give you a definite advantage when it comes to job prospects and really enhance your employability.
About Kent Business School
Studying at Kent Business School is an exciting life experience, especially if you are moving away from home. We have combined a solid academic portfolio with excellent accommodation options, as well as hosting plenty of social and cultural activities.
Kent Business School delivers a high standard of business education and is the largest department at the University of Kent. Our academic research and links with global business inform our teaching, ensuring a curriculum that is both rigorous and current. We are a top 30 UK business school for our academic teaching and student satisfaction.
Independent rankings
In the National Student Survey 2015, Accounting was placed in the top 20 in the UK for student satisfaction. In The Complete University Guide 2016, Accounting and Finance was ranked 4th overall in the south-east and in The Guardian University Guide 2016, it was ranked 12th in the UK for graduate career prospects.
In the National Student Survey 2015, business studies was ranked 5th in the UK for student satisfaction. In The Complete University Guide 2016, business and management was ranked 2nd in the south-east for overall performance.
Course structure
The course structure provides a sample of the modules available for this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules. You may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.
Based on sector research, the following innovative new modules will be offered on this programme from 2016/17:
CB718 - Consumer Insight
CB726 - Corporate Strategy and Leadership
CB743 - Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour
CB727 - Marketing and the Value Chain
CB719 - Sales Forecasting
The following modules are offered to our current students. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation:
Year in industry
All students spend a year in industry, supported by a dedicated placement team and a programme designed to ensure that students gain experience in the functional areas and industries of their choice.
The placement allows you to experience, first hand, many of the issues addressed in the taught programme and to use the tools, techniques and applications in a real business setting. It will become a vital component of your CV and will give you a distinct advantage over other business graduates.
Teaching and assessment
We use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, case-study analysis, group projects and presentations, and computer-based packages. You have approximately 12 hours of class time per week, and regular access to a personal tutor for advice on any matter concerning your studies or your performance on the course.
Assessment is by a mixture of coursework and end-of-module examinations, with the examinations normally counting for up to 60% of the marks for each module.
Programme aims
The programme aims to:
- develop students’ understanding of some of the contexts in which accounting operates
- provide an understanding of aspects of the conceptual underpinning to accounting
- provide knowledge, understanding and skills, predominantly from a UK perspective, relevant to a career in accounting or a related area and professional training in accounting
- provide opportunities for students to obtain a range of exemptions at the initial stages of professional examinations
- develop cognitive abilities and intellectual and transferable skills
- examine aspects of the roles and functioning of accounting from a range of social scientific perspectives
- offer students a structured opportunity to integrate developmental work experience with academic study.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
You gain knowledge and understanding of:
- some of the contexts in which accounting operates
- aspects of the conceptual underpinning to accounting
- the main current technical language and practices of accounting in the UK
- some of the alternative technical languages and practices of accounting
- contemporary theories and evidence concerning aspects of the role and functioning of accounting
- the subject from a practical business perspective.
Intellectual skills
You gain the ability to:
- critically evaluate arguments and evidence
- analyse and draw reasoned conclusions concerning structured and unstructured problems
- apply numeracy skills
- apply some of the intellectual skills specified for the common core beyond the standard attainable from the common core alone
- apply some of the intellectual skills specified from a practical business perspective.
Subject-specific skills
You gain the ability to:
- record and summarise economic events
- prepare financial statements
- analyse the operations of business
- undertake financial analysis and prepare financial projections
- apply some of these skills from a practical business perspective.
Transferable skills
You gain the ability to:
- locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources
- undertake independent and self-managed learning
- use communications and IT in acquiring, analysing and communicating information
- communicate effectively
- work in groups and apply other interpersonal skills
- apply some of these skills within the context of the industrial placement year.
Careers
Kent Business School equips you with the skills you need to build a successful career. Through your studies, and in addition to programme-specific skills, you acquire communication skills, the ability to work in a team and independently, and the ability to express your opinions passionately and persuasively. We give you the confidence and expertise you need to start your own business and, through our varied contacts in the business world, give you the opportunity to gain valuable work experience as part of your degree.
We have an excellent record of graduate employment with recent graduates going into accountancy training with firms such as KPMG, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers, other financial services with banks or private companies, or other types of management such as recruitment or marketing.
Kent Business School provides ideal facilities in an international learning environment for you to forge associations with friends and colleagues while at the School and after graduation, as part of the Kent Business School alumni, which will remain with you long after you graduate and may provide assistance in your future career.
At Kent Business School you will gain many of the key transferable skills employers are looking for. You are taught to analyse critically, think creatively, express your views cogently, manage your time effectively, and work well independently and in groups.
Professional recognition
The number of professional exemptions available to Kent graduates is a key benefit of the programme. For instance, our optional 'Taxation' module confers an important exemption, which is not available at most universities.
Successful completion of the BA (Hons) Accounting & Management programme typically provides exemption from the following papers:
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- F1 Accountant in Business
- F2 Management Accounting
- F3 Financial Accounting
- F4 Corporate and Business Law
- F5 Performance Management
- F6 Taxation
- F7 Financial Reporting
- F9 Financial Management
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- C1 Fundamentals of Management Accounting
- C2 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
- C3 Fundamentals of Business Mathematics
- C4 Fundamentals of Business Economics
- C5 Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law
- E1 Enterprise Operations
- P1 Performance Operations
- F1 Financial Operations
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Accounting
- Management Information
- Law
- Financial Management
- Business & Finance
Entry requirements
Home/EU students
The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.
| Qualification | Typical offer/minimum requirement |
|---|---|
| A level | BBB |
| GCSE | Mathematics grade B |
| Access to HE Diploma | The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above. |
| BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma) | The university will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF;OCR) on a case by case basis please contact us via the enquiries tab for further advice on your individual circumstances. |
| International Baccalaureate | 34 points overall or 15 at HL, including Mathematics 4 at HL or SL (Mathematics Studies 5 at SL) |
International students
The University receives applications from over 140 different nationalities and consequently will consider applications from prospective students offering a wide range of international qualifications. Our International Development Office will be happy to advise prospective students on entry requirements. See our International Student website for further information about our country-specific requirements.
Please note that if you need to increase your level of qualification ready for undergraduate study, we offer a number of International Foundation Programmes through Kent International Pathways.
English Language Requirements
Please see our English language entry requirements web page.
Please note that if you are required to meet an English language condition, we offer a number of pre-sessional courses in English for Academic Purposes through Kent International Pathways.
General entry requirements
Please also see our general entry requirements.
Fees
The 2016/17 annual tuition fees for this programme are:
| UK/EU | Overseas | |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time |
For details of when and how to pay fees and charges, please see our Student Finance Guide.
The Government has announced changes to allow undergraduate tuition fees to rise in line with inflation from 2017/18.
The University of Kent is currently considering whether to increase its regulated full-time tuition fees for all returning Home and EU undergraduates from £9,000 to £9,250 in September 2017. This would be subject to us satisfying the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework and the access regulator's requirements. The equivalent part-time fees for these courses might also rise by 2.8%.
For students continuing on this programme fees will increase year on year by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated.* If you are uncertain about your fee status please contact information@kent.ac.uk
UK/EU/International students on an approved Year Abroad for the full 2016/17 academic year pay an annual fee of £1,350 to Kent for that year. Those on an approved Year in Industry pay an annual fee of £865 to Kent for that year. Students studying abroad for less than one academic year will pay full fees according to their fee status.
Funding
Kent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. Details of our proposed funding opportunities for 2016 entry can be found on our funding page.
General scholarships
Scholarships are available for excellence in academic performance, sport and music and are awarded on merit. For further information on the range of awards available and to make an application see our scholarships website.
The Kent Scholarship for Academic Excellence
At Kent we recognise, encourage and reward excellence. We have created the Kent Scholarship for Academic Excellence. For 2016 entry, the scholarship will be awarded to any applicant who achieves a minimum of AAA over three A levels, or the equivalent qualifications as specified on our scholarships pages. Please review the eligibility criteria on that page.