Manchester Business School - Online Undergraduate Handbook

Welcome Back!
2014/15 – Second year
Penny Clarke
Programme Director BSc Accounting
penny.clarke@mbs.ac.uk
Academic Advisor Arrangements
for 2014/15
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Academic Advisers
 Penny Clarke, Mike Woodrow and Natalya
Shiryaeva
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Individual meetings with your academic
advisors over the next couple of weeks –
check your e-mails for details
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CHECK YOUR EMAILS
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Reminders
 On-line
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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
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Reminders
Changing optional course choices:
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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:
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Move from ‘holding seminar / workshop’ to the slot of your
choice
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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%.
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Progression to final year
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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
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Core Course Units*
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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
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Sources of information
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Online Undergraduate Handbook:
https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/
Regulations – incl. progression and classification
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Undergraduate Office (D20) or email:
undergraduate@mbs.ac.uk
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UG Student Support Office (D14)
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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
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Continues for 2014/15
C11 – Group study room
 Book via D20
 Leave student ID card
 Available 10am – 4pm
 (Learning Commons has more space)
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Successfully breaking into
the job market
Connect
Bounce back
Reflect
Employability
Explore
2013 research - University of Manchester graduates
Communicate
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Career Development –
thinking of the future?
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UPP Interview Skills ‘Speed Dating’ Event
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Wednesday 5 November; MBS East Atrium; 5pm
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Opportunity to gain valuable interview experience as
well as network with potential employers and practise
what we’ve been learning
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Sign up by e-mailing Viv (vivien.browne@mbs.ac.uk)
AFTER 9am tomorrow morning. Places will be
allocated on a first come first served basis
Arrange a practise interview
with Mike. E-mail
mikewoodrow@hotmail.com
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Other events to note:
1 October opportunities for international
students (James Lee – regional director
ICAEW)
 27 October – MyFuture – full day event
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 Employer presentations & opportunity to
network
 Career skills workshops
5 November – speed interviewing
 12 November – Women in Accountancy
 Look out for information
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Finally…..
Work hard – your grades all count
towards your final degree classification
If you find yourself in need help or support
– PLEASE ASK
Penny.clarke@mbs.ac.uk
Vivien.Browne@mbs.ac.uk
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