BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year Bachelor's degree at the University of Salford

This module takes you through how to get to grips with the technology you need to succeed, as well as using the library, how to reference and how to produce the different styles of academic writing. It also helps you to develop yourself; you will create a CV, learn how to write a cover letter and find out what your learning style is. The module has guest speakers who share their expert knowledge and experience with you.

The module aims to acquire and develop an understanding of the employability skills required to succeed in your chosen industry. This is a practical module which will help you create and develop a professional CV and will develop your understanding of the recruitment and selection process.

This module explores the wide range of accounting and finance professions and the commercial environment in which accounting and finance operates. An effective accountant and finance practitioner needs to have a broad understanding of the commercial environment and modern practices, such as FinTech and this module develops this knowledge. This module introduces essential academic and employability skills, including preparation for internships and placements.

In the professional business world, an understanding of the legal and regulatory environment and practise ethical and responsible management is imperative. This module will introduce you to the legal and regulatory environment in which accounting and finance operates. You will gain an awareness of the current developments in the UK and international financial reporting standards and practices, as well as explore the legal frameworks and regulatory environment for ethical and responsible corporat

This module introduces you to the common industry digital applications used in business and will develop the quantitative skills demanded by employers in the accounting and finance professions. Employers routinely require graduates to possess working knowledge of how to use Excel, hence this module will enable you to develop that important knowledge. You will also be introduced to statistical techniques relevant to accounting and finance, including descriptive statistics and introductory regress

This module will enable you to understand the operation of markets and the economy. It considers both microeconomics - the analysis of choices made by individual decision-making units and macroeconomics - the analysis of the economy as a whole.

This module aims to provide you with a solid foundation in basic bookkeeping, accounting techniques, and the preparation and evaluation of financial statements. You will be introduced to the fundamental principles and concepts of financial accounting and will be supported to develop your skills and knowledge in the basic approaches to the preparation and analysis of financial accounts.

The purpose of this module is to develop an introductory knowledge and understanding of the nature and purpose of cost and management accounting information within organisations. You will be introduced to the fundamental principles around topics such as forecasting, budgeting and costing.

This module is designed to help develop graduate-level employability skills and plan for undertaking work-based learning via work placement and/or internship. The module will develop awareness of the recruitment requirements, processes and procedures which employers typically use to attract and recruit talent in accounting and finance.

This module introduces sustainability accounting and especially how sustainable development links to the roles of organisations, financial management, management activities, accounting and reporting. The module will expose you to key developments in sustainability reporting and it will examine the current requirements for companies to report sustainability information.

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the fundamentals of financial management and their practical application within a business context. You will learn about the role of financial management in achieving organisational goals and how to use financial information to make informed decisions.

This module introduces the necessary knowledge and skills to enable you to understand the nature and characteristics of financial planning in the context of entrepreneurship. The goal of this module is to help you to acquire a critical understanding of the processes of financial management in a way that facilitates financial and investment decision-making within entrepreneurial settings.

This module introduces both the subject of personal tax and the foundations of audit. It provides the core knowledge of the underlying principles of the main areas of UK taxes affecting the activities of individuals. It will consider the separate taxes such as income tax from self-employment, employment, investment, and the national insurance contributions liabilities of both employed and self-employed persons, as well as capital gains tax for individuals.

This Intermediate Financial Accounting and Reporting module builds on the knowledge gained in the first year of the degree and forms the second of three financial accounting modules studied as part of the overall degree. This module will enable you to prepare and evaluate further financial statements including consolidation and identify solutions to accounting problems drawing on their knowledge and exposure to additional accounting standards and theory.

The module aims to extend acquired accounting knowledge and skills to enable the interpretation of firms' performance and prospects and the consideration of stocks as investment vehicles. The module will cover approaches and techniques to analyse stocks, select stocks and make rational decisions.

The module will build on previously developed prior knowledge of financial and management accounting and introduce core issues in managing risk and business performance from a financial viewpoint. Core to this will be the understanding of the types of risk faced by organisations and the strategies, methods and techniques available to mitigate and manage them.

The module builds on the Level 4 Fundamentals of Management Accounting module and further develops competency in the analysis of information on costs and in applying costing techniques in addition to developing an understanding of risk of these decisions.

Technological innovation is altering the way organisations function and supply goods and/or services. Financial technology (FinTech) is radically changing the financial services sector, providing new financial products and improved customer experience. In this module, you will gain a multidimensional viewpoint on what FinTech means and gain the knowledge to critique FinTech innovations.

This module will build on the skills, knowledge and experience gained from earlier studies and enable you to apply and further develop crucial employability skills through working on a live project. You will work in groups with an employer or third sector organisation in order to address a specific issue related to employment and/or career development within accounting, finance and professional services.

This module provides grounds of the business taxation principles and the rules in the context of these principles. It will consider the business taxation specific to the UK tax system including Corporation tax, Capital gains tax, Inheritance tax and Value Added Tax.

This module explores the salient theories that purport to explain the phenomena of accounting fraud and financial crime, and how it can be detected and prevented. This module will also develop knowledge, skills and understanding of, and ability to critically evaluate issues associated with forensic accounting, including fraud examination.

Advanced management accounting concepts and techniques are organised around a focus on strategy to enable you to contribute to an organisations' successful navigation of mid-to-long-term challenges.