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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025

Module ACCT1097: Skills for the Professional Accountant

Department: Accounting

ACCT1097: Skills for the Professional Accountant

Type Tied Level 1 Credits 10 Availability Not available in 2024/2025 Module Cap None. Location Durham
Tied to N408
Tied to N409

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None

Aims

  • To introduce students to those skills that employers would like to see developed in future accounting graduates;
  • To provide students with various opportunities to acquire, develop and apply these skills;
  • To allow students to get know one another in the cohort and promote an accounting community for the future.

Content

  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Commercial acumen
  • Networking
  • Scepticism
  • Problem solving
  • Presentation skills

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • On completion of this module students should be able to:
  • Understand the key skills expected of a professional accountant in today's business environment.
  • Apply these skills accordingly to different simulated business situations.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • On completion of this module students should have the ability to:
  • work as part of a team;
  • communicate effectively using different methods;
  • present with confidence;
  • understand how industries and businesses operate successfully;
  • develop professional networks;
  • probe, question and challenge;
  • explore alternatives, evaluate options and propose solutions.
Key Skills:
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Commercial acumen

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Learning takes place through attendance at workshops and preparation for and participation in workshops.
  • Formative assessment is a series of group activities.
  • Summative assessment will include a group written report of 2500 words and a group presentation totalling 15 minutes.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Workshops 10 Weekly 2 hours 20
Preparation, Reading and Independent Study 80
Total 100

Summative Assessment

Component: Case Study Component Weighting: 100%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Group report 2500 words 50% individual report
Group presentation 15 mins 50% individual presentation

Formative Assessment:

A number of group activities throughout the module


Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University