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Programme structure: Accounting and Finance with Study in Continental Europe (BSc) - what's running in 2019/20

Please note: Due to alternative arrangements for teaching and assessment in place from 18 March 2020 to mitigate against the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, information shown for 2019/20 may not always be accurate.

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

All mandatory units are 'must pass' including Language (if applicable). For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 1 EFIM10005 20 Mandatory TB-1
Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 2 EFIM10006 20 Mandatory TB-2
Economic Principles EFIM10010 20 Mandatory TB-1
Mathematical and Statistical Methods EFIM10008 20 Mandatory TB-1
Normally, students should take 20 credit points from the following list and a 20 credit point language unit. Students who are already fluent in the language of study for their year abroad may be given dispensation and allowed to choose 40 credit points from the following list. In this case, students may take any of the units listed or 'open' units (or a combination of the two). Please note students can take a maximum of 40 credits of open units across first and second year.
Globalisation and Development ECON10053 20 Optional TB-2
Global Business Environment EFIM10012 20 Optional TB-2
Accounting and Finance in Context EFIM10022 20 Optional TB-2
Open units OPEN 40 Optional
If you are not proficient in the language of your host university you must choose the appropriate 20 credit point language unit from:
Intermediate French UWLP10003 20 Optional TB-4
Intermediate German UWLP10006 20 Optional TB-4
Post-Beginners Italian UWLP10015 20 Optional TB-4
Post-Beginners Spanish UWLP10010 20 Optional TB-4
Certificate of Higher Education   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular optional or open unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.

Pre-requisite for studying abroad: 60% for the overall year 1 average.

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