Manchester Business School - Online Undergraduate Handbook
Welcome Back! 2014/15 – Second year Penny Clarke Programme Director BSc Accounting [email protected] Academic Advisor Arrangements for 2014/15 Academic Advisers Penny Clarke, Mike Woodrow and Natalya Shiryaeva Individual meetings with your academic advisors over the next couple of weeks – check your e-mails for details CHECK YOUR EMAILS MBS Menu Reminders On-line Registration: Deadline for registering is 30 September 2014 after which a late registration fee of up to £200 will be charged ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY And is likely to be checked Office Hours Go and see your lecturers MBS Menu Reminders Changing optional course choices: Instructions are available via the MBS UG intranet Co-requisites: you must take these courses as well Pre-requisites: you must have passed at 40% or more (not a compensated fail) Choose your courses by 3 October 2014 Can’t always guarantee your chosen option – there may be timetable clashes Choosing seminar groups: Move from ‘holding seminar / workshop’ to the slot of your choice MBS Menu Degree Classification – Weighted Average The overall mark for a programme is a weighted average of the overall marks for different years of the programme For the BSc (Hons) in Accounting 3 year programme, the weightings are: The overall mark ranges for determining – Year 1: Zero – Year 2: 33% – Year 3: 67% final class are: · for class 1, not less than 70.0%; · for class 2i, less than 70.0% but not less than 60.0%; · for class 2ii, less than 60.0% but not less than 50.0%; · for class 3, less than 50.0% but not less than 40.0%. MBS Menu Progression to final year reach the minimum pass mark overall (40%); reach the pass mark (40%) in individual course units totalling at least 80 credits; reach the pass mark (40%) in all designated core course units*; and reach the compensatable fail mark (30%) in all remaining course units (a maximum of 40 credits) *BMAN 23000 Foundations of Finance *BMAN 21020 Financial Reporting and Accountability MBS Menu Core Course Units* You HAVE to pass these at 40% You may as well do it first time around Keep on top of your work Complete homework exercises and reading Practise, Practise, Practise GO AND SEE YOUR LECTURERS *BMAN 23000 Foundations of Finance *BMAN 21020 Financial Reporting and Accountability MBS Menu Sources of information Online Undergraduate Handbook: https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/ Regulations – incl. progression and classification Undergraduate Office (D20) or email: [email protected] UG Student Support Office (D14) MBS Menu Reminders for 2014/15 Attendance monitoring Absence from class Mitigating circumstances Academic integrity / plagiarism Personal development plans Student Charter – see on-line handbook The Learning Commons MBS Menu Continues for 2014/15 C11 – Group study room Book via D20 Leave student ID card Available 10am – 4pm (Learning Commons has more space) MBS Menu Successfully breaking into the job market Connect Bounce back Reflect Employability Explore 2013 research - University of Manchester graduates Communicate MBS Menu Career Development – thinking of the future? UPP Interview Skills ‘Speed Dating’ Event Wednesday 5 November; MBS East Atrium; 5pm Opportunity to gain valuable interview experience as well as network with potential employers and practise what we’ve been learning Sign up by e-mailing Viv ([email protected]) AFTER 9am tomorrow morning. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis Arrange a practise interview with Mike. E-mail [email protected] MBS Menu Other events to note: 1 October opportunities for international students (James Lee – regional director ICAEW) 27 October – MyFuture – full day event Employer presentations & opportunity to network Career skills workshops 5 November – speed interviewing 12 November – Women in Accountancy Look out for information MBS Menu Finally….. Work hard – your grades all count towards your final degree classification If you find yourself in need help or support – PLEASE ASK [email protected] [email protected] MBS Menu
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