Year | Course title | Number |
Year 1 | AC111 | |
Contents: This is a full-year module, which introduces students to certain principles and techniques of accounting. | Narrative information, such as that concerned with social and environmental performance, is of no concern to investors looking to maximize their wealth. | ||
Literature: | Introduction to financial accounting – Silvia Gaia, Peter Atrill, E. J. McLaney, Alan Sangster c2017 | |
Year 1 | AC112 | |
Contents: The topics covered include maths revision, the time value of money, rates of change (calculus), statistics, probability distributions, and simple regression. The second part of this module is designed to give you an introduction to the finance subject area. In particular, the module gives an overview of the financial system, instruments, and markets and ideas about finance concepts and problems. | ||
Literature: | Materials location: from Moodle | |
Year 1 | AC114 | |
Contents: Introduction to Management & Marketing is a broad-ranging module that is intended to provide a foundation in the most significant issues in management and marketing theory and practice, as well as to prepare you for related modules in subsequent years of your degree course. | ||
Literature: | Materials location: from Moodle | |
Year 1 | EC111 | |
Contents: Introduction to Macro Economy and Micro Economy | ||
Literature: | N/A | |
Year 2 | BE110 | |
Contents: The course emphasizes both the process of financial reporting and the analysis of financial statements. Understanding IFRS regulations and implications, calculations of ratios estimation of EBITS, amortization, depreciation. | ||
Literature: | Financial Reporting and Analysis, (…) | |
Year 2 | BE111 & BE 113 | |
Contents: This course considers the ethics of managing, and how to balance a business’s priorities with the organization’s wider responsibilities to society and other stakeholders. Articles: “Report of the analysis of the production of Cake4U ltd”, 2010 | | ||
Literature: | Seal, Will. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, 3rd Edition. McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd, 01/12/2008. 16.1) | |
Year 2 | BE 311 & BE 313 | |
Contents: Explore how financial theory can aid financial decision-making in corporations. You discover how to apply the value maximization principle to corporate decisions, such as investment decisions, borrowing decisions, and dividend decisions. What is the appropriate measure of risk for particular security? How might an investor decide on the weightings of different assets in his/her portfolio? | ||
Literature: | Applied management science: modeling, spreadsheet analysis, and communication for decision making – John A. Lawrence, Barry A. Pasternack c2002 | |
Year 2 | BE314 | |
Contents: Making extensive use of Excel spreadsheets, you use real data to analyze different financial models. Applications will include models of portfolio selection, asset pricing, and risk management, as you learn to use basic statistical concepts to test hypotheses relating to financial models. | ||
Literature: | Introduction to econometrics – James H. Stock, Mark W. Watson 2015 Book Essential | |
Year 2 | BE510 | |
Contents: This course is based on the fundamental principles of marketing and the marketing process in modern organizations. We explore the set of conceptual and theoretical tools and techniques used to identify the major marketing problems. | ||
Literature: | Jobber, D. (2007) Principles and Practices of Marketing, Fifth Edition, Maidenhead: McGraw Hill. | |
Year 3 | BE130 | |
Contents: Analysis of the company Annual Reports and Statements. This course helps us understand the impact of large corporations described in the annual reports. | ||
Literature: | Barry Elliott and Jamie Elliott (2009). Financial Accounting and Reporting. 13th ed. England: Pearson Education Limited | |
Year 3 | BE 131 | |
Contents: This module aims to enhance further students’ knowledge of management accounting techniques alongside facilitating a critical understanding of the roles that management accounting (and accountants) plays within organizations. | ||
Literature: | Management accounting – Seal, W., Rohde, C., Garrison, R., and Noreen, E. 2015 | |
Year 3 | BE332 & Be 631 | |
Contents: This module explains the derivative market, in particular, futures and options markets. We explored futures markets including the stock index, FX, commodities and interest rate contracts, how they are priced and hedged, and different trading strategies; as well as considering different option positions, the relationship between call and put option prices, and trading strategies. Bear and Boul or Butterfly Strategy. | ||
Literature: | N/A | |
Year 3 | BE 140 | |
Contents: This course emphasized the importance of professionalism and the responsibilities of ethical accounting. Examples, such as Enron were discussed and the dilemma behind remaining ethical. We understood the importance of the profession of accountancy and its impact on society. | ||
Literature: | N/A | |
Year 3 | BE331 | |
Contents: This course explained different scenarios of market pricing of securities and risk calculations. We explored various methods and strategies to determine the most efficient prices for securities. | ||
Literature: | N/A | |
Year 3 | BE610 | |
Contents: We explored both theoretical and practical issues related to the modern banking business. This course gave an overview of the role and genesis of the financial system and the nature of financial intermediation. It covered the main characteristics and types of banks (e.g. commercial and mutual, retail and wholesale) and analyzed recent trends and developments in relation to both domestic and international banking markets. | ||
Literature: | N/A |