Programme structure: Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement (BSc) - what's running in 2020/21

All mandatory units are 'must pass'. 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	Optional	TB-1
Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 2	EFIM10006	20	Optional	TB-2
Mathematical and Statistical Methods	EFIM10008	20	Optional	TB-1
Economic Principles	EFIM10010	20	Optional	TB-1
Accounting and Finance in Context	EFIM10022	20	Optional	TB-2
Plus units totalling 40 credit points from the following:
Globalisation and Development	ECON10053	20	Optional	TB-2
Introduction to Management	EFIM10015	20	Optional	TB-1
Global Business Environment	EFIM10012	20	Optional	TB-2
Accounting and Finance in Context	EFIM10022	20	Optional	TB-2
Open units available outside the School	OPEN	40	Optional
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

To progress onto the second year of the programme, students must achieve an overall average of 50% in year 1 units and an average of 55% across the units EFIM10005 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 1 and EFIM10006 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 2.

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.