Module ACCT1167: Professional Skills Development

Department: Accounting

ACCT1167: Professional Skills Development

Tied To

• N311: Accounting and Finance
• N312: Accounting and Finance with Placement Year
• N313: Accounting and Finance with Study Abroad
• N408: Accounting
• N409: Accounting with Placement Year
• N410: Accounting with Study Abroad

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

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

• Team work
• Communication
• Commercial acumen
• Problem solving
• Networking
• Recruit-ability
• Entrepreneurial
• Presentation skills

Learning Outcomes

• On completion of this module students should be able to:
• Understand the key skills expected of a graduate in today's business environment.
• Apply these skills accordingly to different simulated business situations.

• On completion of this module students should have the ability to:
• work as part of a team;
• communicate effectively using different methods;
• understand how industries and businesses operate successfully;
• explore alternatives, evaluate options and propose solutions.
• develop professional networks;
• understand the graduate recruitment process;
• identify opportunities to create a business;
• present with confidence;

• 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

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

A number of group activities throughout the module.