BA Management, Leadership and Leisure / Course details

Year of entry: 2022

Course unit details:
Financial Management II

Course unit fact file
Unit code	EDUC20661
Credit rating	10
Unit level	Level 2
Teaching period(s)	Semester 1
Offered by	Education
Available as a free choice unit?	Yes

An introduction to management accounting and financial management including:

Unit title	Unit code	Requirement type	Description
Financial Management I	EDUC10761	Pre-Requisite	Recommended

To introduce students to the study of management accounting and financial management.

Category of outcome	Upon completion of the unit, students should have:
Knowledge and understanding	An understanding of the role and purpose of the management accountant in planning, decision making and control An understanding of costs, costing and accounting for overhead An ability to evaluate the different approaches to pricing An understanding of the importance of forecasting and the ability to prepare and evaluate an annual cash budget An understanding of the different sources of funding available to a business An ability to evaluate competing demands on an organisation’s capital resources An understanding of the means by which businesses seek to manage working capital
Intellectual skills	Be able to interpret and evaluate financial information
Practical skills	Possess the ability to produce cash budgets
Transferable skills and personal qualities	Be familiar with budgeting, costing, pricing and financial evaluation techniques Critical thinking skills

up to 12 x 2- hour lectures/seminars supported by individual or group tutorials

Assessment task

Word Length or Equivalent

Weighting within unit

One unseen examination

2 hours

100%

Online via Blackboard

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures	20

Independent study hours
Independent study	80

Staff member	Role
Paul Widdop	Unit coordinator