2020-21 BSc Accounting, Business, Finance and Management Programme Design Document

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1	Programme Information & PLOs
2	This document forms part of the Programme Design Document and is for use in the roll-out of the York Pedagogy to design and capture new programme statement of purpose (for applicants to the programme), programme learning outcomes, programme map and enhancement plan. Please provide information required on all three tabs of this document.
3	Title of the new programme – including any year abroad/ in industry variants
4	BSc (Hons) Accounting Business Finance and Management, BSc (Hons) Accounting Business Finance and Management (with a year in industry), BSc (Hons) Accounting Business Finance and Management (with a Year Abroad)
5	Level of qualification
6	Please select:				Level 6
7	Please indicate if the programme is offered with any year abroad / in industry variants																				Year in Industry Please select Y/N								Yes
8																					Year AbroadPlease select Y/N								No
9	Department(s): Where more than one department is involved, indicate the lead department
10	Lead Department		Management
11	Other contributing Departments:
12	Programme leadership and programme team
13	Please name the programme leader and any key members of staff responsible for designing, maintaining and overseeing the programme.
14	Helena Pinto, Programme Leader
15	Particular information that the UTC working group should be aware of when considering the programme documentation (e.g. challenges faced, status of the implementation of the pedagogy, need to incorporate PSRB or employer expectations)
16	This programme must meet professional body accreditation requirements. The relevant professional bodies have been consulted in the development of the programme.
17	Who has been involved in producing the programme map and enhancement plan? (please include confirmation of the extent to which colleagues from the programme team /BoS have been involved; whether student views have yet been incorporated, and also any external input, such as employer liaison board)
18	The following have been consulted in the development of the programme: TYMS UGTC, ICAEW, CIMA, employer representatives, alumni and students. All TYMS colleagues have had the opportunity to review the PLOs and the programme team have contributed to the module mapping.
19	Purpose and learning outcomes of the programme
20	Statement of purpose for applicants to the programme Please express succinctly the overall aims of the programme as an applicant facing statement for a prospectus or website. This should clarify to a prospective student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
21	Due to the increasingly complex nature of the modern business environment, there is a high demand for technically skilled accounting and finance professionals who can work flexibly in teams across business boundaries. Graduates of accounting and finance must have a strategic focus, be able to influence decision making and apply judgement responsibly. The BSc (Hons) Accounting, Business Finance and Management is designed for students who want to place their accounting and finance knowledge in a broader business context. Graduates from this programme will have acquired the technical skills and problem solving abilities you might expect from an accounting and finance programme but will have also have the opportunity to develop strong communication skills, a broad commercial awareness and a critical approach to business problems.
22	Programme Learning Outcomes Please provide six to eight statements of what a graduate of the programme can be expected to do. Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme. They should also be outcomes for which progressive achievement through the course of the programme can be articulated, and which will therefore be reflected in the design of the whole programme.
23	PLO	On successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
24	1	Support and influence organisational decision making by analysing and evaluating financial performance and risk in the light of the organisation’s strategic objectives and the external environment.
25	2	Report on organisational performance by combining complex financial and non-financial information to clearly represent underlying economic activity.
26	3	Evaluate and explain the implications of significant issues in accounting and finance for organisations, stakeholders and society
27	4	Clearly communicate complex financial and non-financial information to colleagues and a broad range of external stakeholders both orally and in writing.
28	5	Operate effectively with colleagues in cross functional teams.
29	6	Identify the ethical dimensions of the problems organisations face and respond appropriately in the light of the individual’s ethical responsibilities to the communities within which they operate.
30	7	Consider the implications of decision making for the organisation as a whole by drawing on knowledge of management, accounting and finance.
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32	Programme Learning Outcome for year in industry (where applicable) For programmes which lead to the title ‘with a Year in Industry’ – typically involving an additional year – please provide either a) amended versions of some (at least one, but not necessarily all) of the standard PLOs listed above, showing how these are changed and enhanced by the additional year in industry b) an additional PLO, if and only if it is not possible to capture a key ability developed by the year in industry by alteration of the standard PLOs.
33	ALTERNATIVE PLO FOR 4 YEAR PROGRAMME 7. Utilise enhanced commercial knowledge of management, accounting and finance gained in the workplace to evaluate the way in which theory applies to real world practice.
34	Programme Learning Outcome for year abroad programmes (where applicable) For programmes which lead to the title ‘with a Year Abroad’ – typically involving an additional year – please provide either a) amended versions of some (at least one, but not necessarily all) of the standard PLOs listed above, showing how these are changed and enhanced by the additional year abroad or b) an additional PLO, if and only if it is not possible to capture a key ability developed by the year abroad by alteration of the standard PLOs.
35	Use intercultural understanding/awareness to adapt to culturally different management situations, to deal with people of other cultures, and to adjust and apply accounting, business finance and management theory and concepts to solve real-world accounting, business finance and management problems in different cultural contexts.
36	Explanation of the choice of Programme Learning Outcomes Please explain your rationale for choosing these PLOs in a statement that can be used for students (such as in a student handbook). Please include brief reference to:
37	i) Why the PLOs are considered ambitious or stretching?
38	PLOs 1 & 2 necessitate the development of the strong technical skills that you would expect on an accounting and finance programme and students will find the development of these technical skills a challenging aspect of the programme. However, PLO 1 requires that these technical skills are not developed in isolation and instead that students are able to contextualise their technical and problem solving knowledge in the light of organisational objectives and the external environment. This requires our graduates to be able to step outside specialist subject knowledge and understand how this knowledge can be utilised by the organisation. The combination of PLO 3 and 6 contributes to the development of a critical approach which underpins the ability to apply judgement responsibly and to approach problems with an appropriate degree of professional scepticism. Our graduates will have the ability to evaluate technical accounting problems and make professional judgements in the light of ethical responsibilities to stakeholders and society more broadly. This ability to be critical and reflective in the application of technical knowledge is particularly challenging. PLO 1 requires that our students are in a position to influence organisational decision making. This requires that they are able to bring together both their technical skills, their ability to communicate and to think critically, that is draw on PLO 3 and PLO 4. This sees our graduates to be ready to contribute to an organisation as a business partner and not just a producer of information to support decision making.
39	ii) The ways in which these outcomes are distinctive or particularly advantageous to the student:
40	PLO 7 requires that students to take a more holistic view of the role of the accounting or finance professional in the context of a broader knowledge of management gained in years 1 & 2 of the programme. This enables our graduates to enter the workplace with a broad understanding of the role of the accountant or finance professional in the context of other business specialisms. Such a breadth of knowledge is not typical of an accounting and finance programme however it will enhance the capacity of our graduates to work in cross functional teams. PLO 4 requires that our graduates can communicate to a variety of audiences both orally and in writing. The development of excellent written communication skills is a strong feature of the programme and this is not typical of an accounting and finance programme. It is a feature of the programme which our alumni chose to highlight when we asked them how they used the skills developed in the programme in their working lives. The flexibility in optional modules is a distinctive feature of the programme and we are able to offer this flexibility because the programme PLOS are covered by the core modules. Our graduates’ ambitions span a broad variety of areas but typically the encompass careers in accounting, finance or management or further postgraduate study in one of these areas. Students can choose 40 credits of optional modules in their final year and can tailor this choice to their aspirations, for example we have a broad choice of management options for students who wish to pursue a career or postgraduate study outside the area of accounting and finance. These include management consultancy, data analytics and human resource management. Students who wish to pursue a career or postgraduate study in finance or accountancy have specialist options to choose from in each of these areas. The range of optional modules available also allows students to focus on the further development of key skills in accordance with the student’s own perceived need, for example some optional modules will enhance communication skills while others will focus on the development of more advanced problem-solving abilities. Students can also pursue their own subject interests within management, accounting and finance by undertaking a dissertation in this area.
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42	The programme develops the higher order critical skills linked to finding, managing, creating and sharing information and data. Digital literacy forms an essential part of working toward programme learning outcomes. Students develop competency in data management in the attainment of PLO1; students use advanced spreadsheet skills and statistical analysis programmes to manage complex data. Data management skills are also necessary to the attainment of PLO 3; in their final year students will need to manage a large body of literature which will be obtained electronically and will need to be categorised and stored to facilitate final assessment production. The attainment of PLOs 3, 6 and 7 necessitates an ability to find and evaluate digital information. These skills will be developed across the three years of the programme and both academic and specialist subject specific sources will be considered. Digital technologies, for example google groups and google docs, will be used to support teamwork as part of the development of PLO 4. Students will use a variety of digital technologies in the creation of materials for seminars and for assessments; these will include presentation software, the use and manipulation of alternative document formats, dealing with images and numerical data in reports and presentations.
43	iv) How the PLOs support and enhance the students’ employability (for example, opportunities for students to apply their learning in a real world setting)? The programme's employability objectives should be informed by the University's Employability Strategy:
44	http://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/careers/staff/
45	Employability literature, employers, professional bodies and alumni have contributed to the development of a set of PLOs highly relevant to a career in accounting, finance or management. Completion of the programme will result in graduates who have strong problem solving abilities and broader technical skills, are commercially aware and digitally competent. Our graduates will be able to work in teams and will be able to communicate clearly in a wide variety of forms, for example, orally, in reports, in presentations and will have the flexibility necessary to tailor their message to their audience. The development of these skills in embedded throughout the programme and will include providing students with multiple opportunities to link their knowledge to real world settings through the use of case study materials, examples from practice and employer speakers. The real world relevance of technical material in the delivery of PLOs 1 & 2 and the strategic knowledge which forms part of PLO 7 is ensured via professional body accreditation.
46	vi) How will students who need additional support for academic and transferable skills be identified and supported by the Department?
48	vii) How is teaching informed and led by research in the department/ centre/ University?
49	All Accounting, Business Finance and Management students undertake research-based teaching as part of their core programme; in first year students will be introduced to inquiry-based learning in the context of a case study in the Introduction to International Business module. In second year these skills will be developed and students will undertake an independent, business focused inquiry as part of the Business Planning module in their second year of study. Students will also undertake an inquiry drawing on their skills of statistical analysis and will use SPSS to examine a real-world problem in Advanced Quantitative Methods. In their final year of study students are offered the opportunity to select elective modules which draw on this approach either in an academic context in dissertation or in a more commercial context in the Business Consultancy module. All modules which are inquiry based are research oriented in that they introduce students to the research processes needed to support the inquiry undertaken. Research-led teaching starts in year one but increases significantly as students move toward graduation. In the final year students have the opportunity to select elective modules delivered by staff who are actively engaged in research; this enable students to gain an insight into the frontiers of knowledge in a discipline of management. The research-led element of the programme facilitates the development of critical thinking skills which underpin professional scepticism. The following university research themes are incorporated into the programme as they apply in an accounting, finance or business context; environment sustainability and resilience, justice and equality and risk evidence and decision making. Students also have the opportunity to attend sessions run by experts from the school, the wider university and beyond who are actively engaged in research in these areas.
50	Stage-level progression Please complete the table below, to summarise students’ progressive development towards the achievement of PLOs, in terms of the characteristics that you expect students to demonstrate at the end of each year. This summary may be particularly helpful to students and the programme team where there is a high proportion of option modules. Note: it is not expected that a position statement is written for each PLO, but this can be done if preferred (please add information in the 'individual statement' boxes). For a statement that applies across all PLOs in the stage fill in the 'Global statement' box.
51	Stage 0 (if your programme has a Foundation year, use the toggles to the left to show the hidden rows)
52	On progression from the first year (Stage 0), students will be able to:											Global statement
53	PLO 1		PLO 2			PLO 3					PLO 4					PLO 5					PLO 6					PLO 7					PLO 8
54	Individual statements
55	Stage 1
56	On progression from the first year (Stage 1), students will be able to:											Write reports and develop arguments which demonstrate a broad understanding of business and the ethical problems facing organisations. Analyse data, produce simple financial statements and management accounting information.
57	PLO 1		PLO 2			PLO 3					PLO 4					PLO 5					PLO 6					PLO 7					PLO 8
58	Provide solutions to simple problems by selecting and applying appropriate statistical and accounting techniques to financial and non-financial information.		Combine simple financial and non-financial information to report on organisational performance in a single company scenario.			Discuss aspects of the relationship between the organisation and the external economic environment, identify stakeholder needs and understand a range of ethical issues relating to accounting, finance and management.					Develop an argument in their writing, structure an essay for clarity and reference in accordance with the Harvard style and present financial and statistical information clearly.					Reflect on group dynamics and their own place in a group on the basis of group case study based presentation tasks.					Discuss the concept of business ethics and the role it plays in business decision making.					Discuss the specialist areas that comprise organisational management and explain the role of the accounting or finance professional in relation to these management disciplines.
59	Stage 2
60	On progression from the second year (Stage 2), students will be able to:											Apply a range of more advanced techniques to financial information in real world scenarios including the delivery of a business plan , consider the role of financial information in the attainment of strategic objectives and appreciate the contingent, complex and ethical nature of accounting and finance practice.
61	PLO 1		PLO 2			PLO 3					PLO 4					PLO 5					PLO 6					PLO 7					PLO 8
62	Select and apply appropriate financial, advanced management accounting and advanced statistical techniques to analyse and evaluate organisational performance and make management decisions in the light of this analysis.		Apply accounting regulation to transactions in real-world case study based scenarios.			Explain the contingent and complex nature of accounting and finance practice and evaluate significant issues in audit and governance.					Clearly communicate financial and non-financial information in multiple formats including a report format. Develop more complex arguments in essay writing drawing on a substantial body of literature.					Operate effectively with colleagues in cross functional teams to deliver and present a business plan as part of a group.					Identify the ethical dimensions of the problems organisations face in the context of accounting and finance; this will include ethical issues in the development of strategy, in exercising judgement responsibly when reporting financial information and in audit and governance.					Consider the integrative nature of strategy in the management of organisations and operate in a team performing the role of specialist in one or more business functions.
63	Stage 3
64	(For Integrated Masters) On progression from the third year (Stage 3), students will be able to:											Global statement
65	PLO 1		PLO 2			PLO 3					PLO 4					PLO 5					PLO 6					PLO 7					PLO 8
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67	Programme Structure
68	Module Structure and Summative Assessment Map Please complete the summary table below which shows the module structure and the pattern of summative assessment through the programme. ‘Option module’ can be used in place of a specific named option. If the programme requires students to select option modules from specific lists these lists should be provided in the next section. From the drop-down select 'S' to indicate the start of the module, 'A' to indicate the timing of each distinct summative assessment point (eg. essay submission/ exam), and 'E' to indicate the end of the module (if the end of the module coincides with the summative assessment select 'EA') . It is not expected that each summative task will be listed where an overall module might be assessed cumulatively (for example weekly problem sheets). If summative assessment by exams will be scheduled in the summer Common Assessment period (weeks 5-7) a single ‘A’ can be used within the shaded cells as it is understood that you will not know in which week of the CAP the examination will take place.
83	Stage 1
84	Credits	Module				Autumn Term										Spring Term										Summer Term
85		Code		Title		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
86	10	MAN00012C		Financial Accounting			S								E	A
87	20	MAN00021C		Business Economics													S								E					A
88	20	MAN00022C		Introduction to Management & Professional Development			S									A									A					A
89	20	MAN00011C		Quantitative Methods													S								E					A
90	10	MAN00013C		Management Accounting													S								E					A
91	20	MAN00016C		Foundations of Business Ethics			S								E		A
92	20	MAN00001C		Behaviour in Organisations 1			S								E	A
93	Stage 2
94	Credits	Module				Autumn Term										Spring Term										Summer Term
95		Code		Title		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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97	10	MAN00016I		Financial Reporting			S								E	A
98	10	MAN00017I		Intermediate Management accounting													S								E					A
99	20	MAN00002I		Corporate Finance			S								E	A
100																	S								E		A
101	20	MAN000012I		Advanced Quantitative Methods			S								E	A									E		A
102	20	MAN00001I		Business Planning			S																		E		A	A	A
103	20	MAN00008I		Strategic management													S								E					A
104	10	MAN00028I		Corporate Governance													S								E		A
105	10	MAN00027I		Auditing													S								E		A
106	Stage 3
107	Credits	Module				Autumn Term										Spring Term										Summer Term
108		Code		Title		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
109	20	MAN00006H		Critical Perspectives in Accounting & Finance													S								E		A
110	20	MAN00001H		Advanced Financial Reporting		S									E	A
111	20	MAN00004H		Capital Markets			S								E	A
112	20	MAN00012H		Management Accounting & Control Systems													S								E		A
113	40			2 x options from list below
114	Stage 4
115	Credits	Module				Autumn Term										Spring Term										Summer Term