How do business leaders make decisions? Using advice from great financial accountants, which you'll become when you study with Kent Business School. You’ll master techniques for preparing complex financial statements to international requirements. You’ll go beyond the numbers to enable you to make sound, ethical business decisions and advise senior leaders – so you are ready to take a giant leap towards launching your accounting career.
Total contact hours: 66
Private study hours: 234
Total study hours: 300
Main assessment methods
Exam, 3 hours (70%)
Report (3500 words) (20%)
VLE Test (10%)
Reassessment method:
100% exam
ACCA Financial Reporting (FR) Study Text (2021), Wokingham: Kaplan Publishing UK
Crane, A., Matten,D., Glozer, S. and Spence, L. (2019) Business Ethics, Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization (5th Edition), Oxford: Oxford University Press
Elliott, B. and Elliott, J. (2019). Financial Accounting and Reporting, (19th edition), Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd
Melville, A. (2019). International Financial Reporting (7th edition), Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- prepare financial statements by applying accounting standards, regulations and terminology
- demonstrate how to account for complex transactions in financial statements by applying accounting standards;
- critically analyse the financial performance and position of a business using techniques such as financial ratios;
- demonstrate an understanding of the importance of corporate and social responsibility (CSR) for organisations and their stakeholders.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- critically evaluate arguments and evidence;
- manipulate financial data and provide financial information to a variety of stakeholders whilst understanding the limitations of the information provided;
- communicate effectively to a variety of audiences and/or using a variety of methods
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