BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

Explore business studies, including some of the core areas and concepts associated with the study of business. You'll look at people's motives for setting up in business and the different types of businesses they can create, as well as an introduction to marketing and some of the ways in which businesses promote themselves and their products. You will learn how business performance is measured; including an introduction to cash flow forecasts and the profit and loss account. Finally you'll study

This module will introduce you to the transferable skills and techniques used in environmentally and socially critical thinking through the exploration of issues of local and global concern. These skills will be put into practice through critical thinking and a problem-solving task. You will develop your argumentation skills using the A-C-R method. You will discuss conspiracy theories and misinformation and logical fallacies will be examined. In addition, you will learn how to conduct primary re

Study the basic concepts, theories and importance of culture and communication in a globalised world. You'll reflect on personal, consumer and global cultural identities and how these may impact on perceptions, behaviours and communication across human relations. Building your awareness of cultural diversity and intercultural competencies you'll understand how to communicate effectively across cultures, and be able to identify the barriers to doing so.

Learn the basic principles of economic analysis and how to apply them to the real-world situations facing businesses and consumers in the UK and elsewhere. You will develop competencies in applying basic economic concepts and theories with confidence, communicating in the language of economics. Also you'll learn how to analyse and assess economic issues impacting on business operations and decisions using appropriate economic concepts and theories as well as the use of diagrams.

Plan, research and submit an original paper on an interdisciplinary topic of sufficient depth to demonstrate your understanding of the conventions governing the presentations and submissions of academic papers in British Higher Education. The module will help you to develop your research, academic, personal literacies and your critical self-awareness.

This is your introduction to the institutional culture, practices, norms and expectations of British higher education and will help you to develop effective academic research and communication skills both written and oral. Also you'll focus on listening, notetaking and seminar skills that you'll progress while exploring pastoral, social and sustainability subject areas.

Explore some of the key issues (e.g. urbanisation, poverty and social exclusion, environmental concerns and gender issues) within the field of Development Studies and in particular to identify the factors causing poverty in countries defined as less developed. You'll look at the fundamentals of how sociology, human geography and economics interact in the process of development.

Build your foundational understanding of the basic characteristics of the English legal system such as the function of the courts, and key aspects of: Criminal law, Contract Law and Tort Law. Also you'll develop awareness of the difference between law in theory and law in practice, as well as the purpose and limitations of the law, equality of access to the law and how the value of justice is treated.

You'll look at current global issues, question their causes and impacts and reflect on how to drive the changes so urgently needed for a more equitable and sustainable future. You will explore three overarching areas; Power, People, Planet. You'll draw on theoretical models such as Systems Thinking and Futures Thinking that support a transformative learning approach.