Accounting with Data Science

Year 1

You will be introduced to basic theoretical and practical financial and management accounting. You will develop general business skills, and cover an introduction to programming. You will also develop transferable skills: writing reports, presenting to peers and working in a small team.

Year 2

You will study specialist modules in business finance and financial and management accounting whilst continuing to develop your business acumen through business focused modules. You will also study database systems and a further introduction to programming.

Year 3

You can undertake an optional one year (minimum 48 weeks) paid work-based learning placement in a degree relevant position whilst continuing to develop your academic knowledge by studying two modules by distance learning. Alternatively you can choose to study campus delivered modules at RGU.

Year 4

You will study compulsory modules in Financial and Management Accounting, Assurance and Ethics, Business Strategy. In addition you will also study modules in data visualisation, data analytics and optimisation and decision support. The grade that you achieve in each module in year 4 determines your honours classification.

Learning Methods

Each termhas a block of 12 weeks of teaching and you will study 3 or 4 modules per term. Each module has approximately 3 hours of class teaching per week. While there are variations between modules, most consist of a lecture delivered to the entire class supported by tutorials delivered to smaller groups. Modules delivered by the School of Computing will also incorporate interactive lab work.

Your course resources will be available on CampusMoodle, our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and will enhance your learning experience and keep you up-to-date with coursework and assignments.

How long is a BA (Hons) Accounting with Data Sciencecourse?

The duration of the Accounting with Data Sciencedegree is 4years.

Activity Summary

Year 4

• Lectures - 90students per group,8hours per week
• Tutorial - 30 students per group, 7hours per week

Independent Study

In addition to lectures and tutorials you will spend approximately 24 hours per week outside of class working on your own. For example undertaking prescribed reading, preparing answers to tutorial assignments or researching and writing course assignments.

Staff delivering on this course

All of the staff who lecture on the accounting modules are professionally qualified and havesubstantial experience working within industry or professional practice.In our Honours year, all staff teaching accounting modules are Chartered Accountants, many of whom qualified with a Big Four firm: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Assessment

Typically students are assessed eachyear:

Year1

• 6 written exams, typically for 2 hours
• 4 written assignments, including essays
• 1 group report
• 1 portfolio
• 1 practical skills assessment
• 1 group presentation
• 1 class test
• 1module has ongoing quizzes

Year2

• 6 written exams, typically for2-3 hours
• 1 written assignment, including essay
• 2 practical skills assessments
• 1 group presentation
• 1 class test
• 1 module has ongoing quizzes

Year3

Placement Route

• 1 written exam for 2 hours
• 1 written assignment, including essays
• 1 individual presentation

Continuing Students

• 3 written exams, typically for2-3hours
• 3 written assignments, including essays
• 1 individual presentation
• 1 practical skills assessment
• 1 group business plan
• 2 group presentations

Year4

• 4 written exams, typically for 2-3hours
• 6 written assignments, including essays
• 1 practical skills assessment

Feedback

We aim to provide you with feedback within 20 working days of hand-in for all written exams, coursework and practical exams.