BSc Business Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience / Course details

BSc Business Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience is a collaboration between The University of Manchester, PwC, and the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).

It combines academic study, integrated professional work placements, and progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA.

The course's unique structure enables you to put classroom theory into commercial practice during your work placement in PwC's Audit department and then relate your practical experience back to your studies.

Throughout your time on the course, you will be supported by a network of dedicated staff at Alliance MBS, PwC and the ICAEW. In addition, you receive further support including:

• a paid work placement at a competitive starting salary;
• paid accommodation on work placement where needed;
• core learning material free of charge;
• technical skills training during your work placement.

You will normally study four or five course units per semester.

Each week there are usually two hours of lectures for each course unit and a one-hour workshop in alternate weeks, although this varies slightly.

You are expected to double this in private study.

Group work and group or individual presentations will form a regular part of your assignments.

Essays, multiple choice tests, project reports and presentations, in-class tests, and weekly assignments constitute the coursework component of assessment, although the nature and proportion of coursework varies across course units.

The remainder of assessment is by unseen examination.

Depending on the degree course, in your final year you can choose to do a research-based dissertation or project.

We aim to strike a balance between examinations and assessed coursework as well as providing opportunities for feedback on progress through non-assessed work.

Resources

John Rylands University Library is renowned as one of the most extensive libraries in the world.

This is complemented by our specialist business and management Eddie Davies Library which provides a dedicated service to Alliance Manchester Business School undergraduates.

There is increasing provision of information via various web-based services and much of your reading material will be available through e-journals.

These and other standard computing services, such as access to the internet and word processing, are available through computer clusters across campus in departmental buildings, libraries and halls of residence.

Many buildings in and around the campus are also equipped with free Wi-Fi access.

Personal development plans

PDPs are aimed at helping you develop awareness of generic transferable and subject-specific skills, improve independent learning and provide a record of your academic learning and achievement.

Academic advisors

All new Alliance Manchester Business School students are allocated an academic advisor who you will meet in regular sessions as part of a first-year course unit.

Where possible, you will keep the same academic advisor throughout your time here.

Your advisor will support you throughout your studies on matters of an academic nature, from providing feedback on a practice essay in preparation for your 'formal' assessment at the end of each semester to discussing your PDP or writing you a reference.

We also have a dedicated undergraduate assessment and student support centre within the School, who will be your first point of contact for any ill health or other personal problems which are affecting your work.