Student exchange programmes are a great way for students world-wide to learn about different cultures and experience life in a different country - and all while continuing your studies!
Newcastle University is proud to take an active part in exchange programmes both within the European Union countries and further afield. The following pages provide information needed for all our student exchange programmes.
As an accounting and finance student, you learn about a subject that affects our everyday life, and which gives you the opportunity to embark on a truly rewarding vocation.
Accounting and Finance at Newcastle draws from other business disciplines, such as economics, law and business management to offer you courses that encompass academic theory, technical skills and real-life problem-solving.
Our unique Business Accounting and Finance degree brings your study even closer to the world of work, combining study of business accounting and finance with guaranteed paid work placements with industry giants PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).
Why Choose Newcastle?
Modules are taught by a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials. In a typical week most students will have eight to 16 hours of lectures and two to six hours of seminars, tutorials and workshops. In addition, optional help sessions and online self-study software programmes are available.
Assessment methods vary from module to module but predominantly comprise formal written examinations at the end of each Stage. Other assessment methods are also used including coursework, individual and group presentations, online assessment and dissertations.
Our students also develop the key skills employers are looking for, such as communication skills, the ability to work in a team, personal enterprise and commercial awareness.
Knowledge of accounting, finance, economics and law, together with the analytical and interpersonal skills that you will acquire while studying at Newcastle, provide you with a good foundation for the future.
The Business Accounting and Finance programme offers a fast track to one particular destination - the qualification as a Chartered Accountant. The Accounting and Finance degree leaves your options much more open and could lead to different sorts of accounting traineeships (such as public sector, management accounting, Certified Accountant), as well as to finance, financial services and careers in business. Graduates in accounting and finance do not have to become accountants, although in practice many of our graduates do.
There are different types of accountant and within accounting firms there are a number of specialisms which you can choose, such as audit and assurance, taxation, and sometimes insolvency and corporate finance. Some students also choose to undertake further study, often here in Newcastle.
It is worth stressing that a professional accounting qualification can open the door to a wide range of senior positions. A significant proportion of those accountants who train in a professional firm later work in industry, commerce and finance, some in the finance area, but many in general management. For example, a high proportion of the chief executive officers of FTSE-100 companies are accountants by training.
To find out more about how the University's award-winning Careers Service can help you make the most of your time in Newcastle and prepare you for life after graduation, go to: www.ncl.ac.uk/careers
This degree is therefore particularly relevant if you are considering a career in the accounting and finance professions. It can also be used as a springboard onto many postgraduate programmes, both in the UK and abroad.
Stage 1: You are introduced to the subject area through core modules. These lay the foundations in the key disciplines of accounting and finance, together with supporting disciplines. All modules are compulsory at this Stage to ensure you receive a firm and thorough grounding in the relevant topics.
Modules include foundations of accounting, introduction to business finance, core skills for accounting and finance, introduction to English law and the law of contract, introduction to management and organisation, introductory economics, and quantitative methods for business management.
Depending on their level of English, international students have the opportunity to study credit-bearing English language modules in place of law.
Stage 2: Core modules build on the knowledge acquired in Stage 1 to develop your skills in three main streams: finance, financial accounting and management accounting, together with the study of managerial and business economics.
You take compulsory modules in corporate finance, covering the theory and evidence of a firm’s financing decisions; income measurement, developing your financial accounting knowledge and skills; and financial control, which builds on the management accounting material introduced at Stage 1.
There are also two further compulsory modules. These are: understanding company accounts, a group project where you analyse a listed company and produce a written report and presentation; and managerial and business economics, which further develops your micro-economic knowledge from Stage 1 within a business context.
You also have the opportunity to choose an optional module, either from Accounting and Finance, the Business School or the wider university. Optional modules include, for example, auditing, strategic business analysis, marketing, human resource management, economics, career development or a foreign language.
Stage 3: You undertake three compulsory modules: financial accounting and management accounting, which together further develop the knowledge gained in the financial accounting and management account streams from Stage 2 by considering current practice, debates in the discipline and empirical research; and international financial management, which considers the key decisions faced by a financial manager of an international firm, using both theory and empirical evidence.
In the final year, optional modules make up half of your time and you have a wide range of modules to choose from including: taxation, derivative securities, accounting development and change, and a research project, which allows you to explore in greater depth an accounting and finance area of your choice.
There are also many modules available from the Business School and wider university allowing you to study and gain experience in other disciplines.
Newcastle University is proud to take an active part in exchange programmes both within the European Union countries and further afield. The following pages provide information needed for all our student exchange programmes.
Accounting and Finance
The discipline of accounting and finance is concerned with the management of the financial affairs of an organisation to ensure its ongoing survival and future prosperity. In the current global economic climate, this has never been more important.As an accounting and finance student, you learn about a subject that affects our everyday life, and which gives you the opportunity to embark on a truly rewarding vocation.
Accounting and Finance at Newcastle draws from other business disciplines, such as economics, law and business management to offer you courses that encompass academic theory, technical skills and real-life problem-solving.
Our unique Business Accounting and Finance degree brings your study even closer to the world of work, combining study of business accounting and finance with guaranteed paid work placements with industry giants PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).
Why Choose Newcastle?
- Accounting and Finance at Newcastle is ranked in the top 5 UK universities by The Sunday Times University Guide 2011.
- Make a head start on your professional career; our graduates gain exemptions from many professional examinations from the major accountancy bodies including ACCA, AIA, CIMA and ICAEW.
- Choose an accelerated route to qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with our Business Accounting and Finance degree: guaranteed paid work placements with PwC contribute towards the required technical work experience whilst University assessment enables you to complete the Professional Stage of the prestigious ICAEW ACA qualification.
- Choose from a range of optional modules in our Accounting and Finance degree programme (such as financial derivatives, or strategy); or study a foreign language and study abroad for one semester.
- Receive tuition from professionally qualified staff and internationally recognised researchers as well as regular guest speakers from top accountancy firms.
- Compete for one of the prizes for outstanding students sponsored by major firms and professional bodies.
Modules are taught by a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials. In a typical week most students will have eight to 16 hours of lectures and two to six hours of seminars, tutorials and workshops. In addition, optional help sessions and online self-study software programmes are available.
Assessment methods vary from module to module but predominantly comprise formal written examinations at the end of each Stage. Other assessment methods are also used including coursework, individual and group presentations, online assessment and dissertations.
Careers
We enjoy a good reputation for producing highly employable graduates. In addition to technical skills, we teach our students to use their initiative and be self-reliant.Our students also develop the key skills employers are looking for, such as communication skills, the ability to work in a team, personal enterprise and commercial awareness.
Knowledge of accounting, finance, economics and law, together with the analytical and interpersonal skills that you will acquire while studying at Newcastle, provide you with a good foundation for the future.
The Business Accounting and Finance programme offers a fast track to one particular destination - the qualification as a Chartered Accountant. The Accounting and Finance degree leaves your options much more open and could lead to different sorts of accounting traineeships (such as public sector, management accounting, Certified Accountant), as well as to finance, financial services and careers in business. Graduates in accounting and finance do not have to become accountants, although in practice many of our graduates do.
There are different types of accountant and within accounting firms there are a number of specialisms which you can choose, such as audit and assurance, taxation, and sometimes insolvency and corporate finance. Some students also choose to undertake further study, often here in Newcastle.
It is worth stressing that a professional accounting qualification can open the door to a wide range of senior positions. A significant proportion of those accountants who train in a professional firm later work in industry, commerce and finance, some in the finance area, but many in general management. For example, a high proportion of the chief executive officers of FTSE-100 companies are accountants by training.
To find out more about how the University's award-winning Careers Service can help you make the most of your time in Newcastle and prepare you for life after graduation, go to: www.ncl.ac.uk/careers
This degree is therefore particularly relevant if you are considering a career in the accounting and finance professions. It can also be used as a springboard onto many postgraduate programmes, both in the UK and abroad.
Stage 1: You are introduced to the subject area through core modules. These lay the foundations in the key disciplines of accounting and finance, together with supporting disciplines. All modules are compulsory at this Stage to ensure you receive a firm and thorough grounding in the relevant topics.
Modules include foundations of accounting, introduction to business finance, core skills for accounting and finance, introduction to English law and the law of contract, introduction to management and organisation, introductory economics, and quantitative methods for business management.
Depending on their level of English, international students have the opportunity to study credit-bearing English language modules in place of law.
Stage 2: Core modules build on the knowledge acquired in Stage 1 to develop your skills in three main streams: finance, financial accounting and management accounting, together with the study of managerial and business economics.
You take compulsory modules in corporate finance, covering the theory and evidence of a firm’s financing decisions; income measurement, developing your financial accounting knowledge and skills; and financial control, which builds on the management accounting material introduced at Stage 1.
There are also two further compulsory modules. These are: understanding company accounts, a group project where you analyse a listed company and produce a written report and presentation; and managerial and business economics, which further develops your micro-economic knowledge from Stage 1 within a business context.
You also have the opportunity to choose an optional module, either from Accounting and Finance, the Business School or the wider university. Optional modules include, for example, auditing, strategic business analysis, marketing, human resource management, economics, career development or a foreign language.
Stage 3: You undertake three compulsory modules: financial accounting and management accounting, which together further develop the knowledge gained in the financial accounting and management account streams from Stage 2 by considering current practice, debates in the discipline and empirical research; and international financial management, which considers the key decisions faced by a financial manager of an international firm, using both theory and empirical evidence.
In the final year, optional modules make up half of your time and you have a wide range of modules to choose from including: taxation, derivative securities, accounting development and change, and a research project, which allows you to explore in greater depth an accounting and finance area of your choice.
There are also many modules available from the Business School and wider university allowing you to study and gain experience in other disciplines.
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