Introduction to Management Accounting (N1527)

15 credits, Level 4

Autumn teaching

You study the role and content of management accounting systems and learn computational and evaluative techniques for information analysis, organisational planning and problem solving. 

You learn how management accounting systems help organisations identify, measure and communicate information for valuation purposes and enable managers and employees in an organisation to make informed judgements and decisions.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Accounting and Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Accounting and Finance BSc