BTEC International Level 2 Certificate in Business

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Course Details

The BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance program at KCB Vietnam, delivered in collaboration with the University of Essex, offers a comprehensive curriculum that combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills. Students will explore key areas such as financial reporting, management accounting, corporate finance, and risk management. The program emphasizes ethical decision-making and the strategic role of accounting in business success.

Internationally Recognized Degree: Earn a degree accredited by the University of Essex, a leading UK institution known for excellence in business education.
Practical Learning Environment: Engage with real-world scenarios through case studies, simulations, and access to financial data platforms.
Career-Focused Curriculum: Develop skills aligned with industry requirements, enhancing employability in accounting and finance roles globally.
Expert Faculty: Learn from experienced professionals and academics who bring industry insights into the classroom.
Global Opportunities: Benefit from the potential to complete your final year at the University of Essex in the UK, expanding your international exposure.

Course Structure

Introduction to Financial Accounting

Introduction to Financial Accounting
This module will introduce students to the fundamentals of financial accounting; incorporating international terminology, accounting standards and accounting regulations. Students will develop skills in processing a wide range of accounting transactions, adjustments and corrections and action these using the process of duality. Students will also learn how analyse financial statements using various ratios.
Introduction to Management Accounting

Introduction to Management Accounting
Management Accounting enables one to handle financial information in a manner that will enhance the financial and operational performance of a business. In this module, students will be introduced to the context of management accounting – accounting for management, sources of data, cost classification and presenting information. Students will learn how to cost products and services, budgeting, performance measurement and cost reduction and value enhancement.
Professional Accountant Toolkit

Professional Accountant Toolkit
In this module, students will learn how to create their own personal brand and develop the skills needed for successful study and prepare themselves for the jobs of the future. Students will be given the digital skills needed to be the next generation of accountants and everything needed to be an effective professional that everyone would want on their team. The content will include personal branding, effective communication, impactful study skills, critical management tools, entrepreneurial skills and Microsoft skills. The module will also focus on the different professional bodies’ ethics and codes of conduct.
Financial Management

Financial Management
This module will focus on the development of financial strategy within an organisation. Students will look at various financial and non-financial strategies to achieve this objective as well as ensure organisation goal congruence through effective decision making. This module will focus on the practical application of financial strategy in today’s dynamic business environment. The content will include ownership and control, ratio analysis, sources and cost of finance, workings of the capital market and investment appraisal techniques.
Personal Taxation

Personal Taxation
In this module, students will be introduced to the UK and Vietnamese taxation system. The focus will be on individual, personal income tax by looking at the calculation of income tax using the right tax rates within the right bands, personal allowances, payments on the termination of employment and other lump sums received by employees. Further topics include property business profits, Capital Gains Tax (CGT), Inheritance Tax (IHT), National Insurance Contributions and a thorough understanding of the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR).
Economics and Law for Managers

Economics and Law for Managers
In this module students will learn how to apply economics to make informed business decisions and be introduced to the legal system. In economics, students will learn to apply microeconomics and macroeconomics principles and how to apply economic analysis to different personal, business and societal situations. In law, students will learn about Employment Law, Contract Law, Intellectual Property rights, Health and Safety Law and Consumer Law.

Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting
You will learn how to apply accounting standards, theoretical frameworks and principles to a range of financial statements including a statement of financial position which conforms with international accounting standards.
Management Accounting

Management Accounting
This module will focus on the three pillars of management accounting: cost accounting, decision making and planning and control. In cost accounting, students will learn about marginal costing, absorption costing and Activity-Based Costing (ABC). In decision making, the focus will be on relevant costing and decision making with risk and uncertainty. And finally in planning and control, students will focus on advance standard costing principles, budgeting, big data analytics and performance measurement.
Fintech & Digitisation

Fintech & Digitisation
In this module, you will analyse the ways in which Financial Technology (FinTech) is revolutionising finance. You will gain an appreciation for the role of digitisation in business by exploring concepts such as automation, artificial intelligence and data mining and the challenges and opportunities these concepts present.
Advanced Management Accounting

Advanced Management Accounting
In this module, students will learn about managing the costs of creating value, capital investment decision-making, managing and controlling organisational performance and risk management. These advance concepts will equip students with management accounting tools to make strategic business decisions.
Business Taxation

Business Taxation
This module will focus on taxation on self-employment (sole traders and partnerships), company taxation, National Insurance and Value Added Tax (VAT). This will be from UK and Vietnamese taxation system point of view.
Business Research Methods

Business Research Methods
This module aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the research process, various methodologies, and approaches pertinent to Accounting and Finance research. It emphasizes the importance of aligning research objectives with appropriate data collection methods, analysis techniques, and interpretation frameworks. Through critical review and discussion of major developments in Accounting and Finance research, students learn to design and implement research effectively, addressing organizational challenges.

Advanced Financial Reporting

Advanced Financial Reporting
In this module students will learn how to apply accounting standards, theoretical frameworks and principles to a range of financial statements. The main focus will be on accounting for group financial statements and the equity method. Students will also learn about primary aims of not-for-profit and public sector entities and those of profit-oriented entities, the extent to which International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) are relevant to them.
Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance
In Corporate Finance, students will examine the development of financial strategy within an organisation. Topics include corporate finance and corporate treasury management and company and share valuation.
Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance
In Corporate Governance, students will focus on the relevance and importance of corporate governance, Board of Directors and Committee structure and responsibilities, regulations relevant to company directors and officers, and corporate governance reporting. Students will also learn about the impact of ethics and corporate governance on corporations.
Auditing and Assurance

Auditing and Assurance
In this module, students will learn about the legal and regulatory framework within which audits are conducted, concentrating on Ethical and Quality Control Standards, International Standards of Auditing (ISAs), auditor independence, fraud, internal auditing, audit evidence and audit procedures. Further, students will learnt about computer auditing and controls, as well as audit opinion and audit reporting.
Term Project

Term Project
At the end of this module students need to produce a term project that will reflect accounting and finance skills. This module focuses on developing skills in conducting investigations for problem-based individual projects. It emphasizes selecting appropriate methodologies, evaluating conclusions with theoretical frameworks, and making recommendations. Through analyzing secondary or primary data, students learn to draw robust conclusions and recommendations, considering wider business implications.

Course Outcomes

Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
A student will be able to:
- Communicate knowledge and understanding of several of the major contexts within which accounting operates, based on a critical evaluation of related theoretical and conceptual frameworks and of empirical evidence as to its effects;
- Communicate knowledge and understanding of, and appropriate ability to use and critically evaluate, current and major alternative technical languages and practices of accounting, together with appropriate ability to apply them;
- Record and summarise financial data and prepare financial statements;  Manipulate financial and other numerical data and appropriate understanding of and ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts;
- Communicate and apply knowledge and understanding of the principles of business information systems management at an appropriate level;
- Analyse business activities and perform financial analyses and projections in appropriate contexts of planning, decision making and control at an appropriate level; and to recognise the limitations of these techniques;
- Communicate knowledge and understanding of financial management, risk, and the operation of financial markets at appropriate level, based on critical evaluation of theories and empirical evidence.
Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding
A student will be able to:
- Formulate and build statistical and algorithmic models in a logical manner.
- Understand, formulate and use quantitative models arising in social science, business and other contexts.
- Understand probability theory and the concept of uncertainty.
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of prediction, classification, regression and clustering.
- Show a good knowledge and understanding in advanced areas of statistics.
- Learn and use a variety of statistical software packages and the programming language R and Python to conduct data analysis.
- Apply advanced quantitative techniques to the analysis of large and complex data.
Intellectual and cognitive skills

Intellectual and cognitive skills
A student will be able to:

• locate, extract, analyse and draw reasoned conclusions from multiple sources (including electronic sources) of appropriate literature and relevant data and acknowledge and reference these sources appropriately.
• critically analyse data and text using quantitative and qualitative techniques.
• assess the relative merits of quantitative methodologies and use them appropriately for the problem in hand.
Transferable skills

Transferable skills
A student will be able to:

• communicate effectively in a written context;
• use information technology (spreadsheets, word-processing and online databases) appropriately.
• organise information, and to assimilate and evaluate competing arguments and methods.
• manage their own learning, including working effectively to deadlines.
• be open minded and have a capacity to handle ideas and scrutinise information in critical, evaluative and analytical ways.

Employability

Apart from Staffordshire University’s internationally recognised degree, graduates in Accounting and Finance will also gain professional accounting qualifications while still in university such as:

ICAEW CFAB (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business)
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
CIPFA (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)

Our graduates are more than ready to take on various opportunities in business-related and management roles in areas such as:

Financial services
Banking
Taxation
Insurance
Public sector

Course Requirements

Academic Requirements
Academic Requirements
Aged 17 or over. One of the following qualifications:
- Vietnamese High School Diploma and Pathway to Staffordshire University Programme
- Pass 2 subjects at Advanced GCE (A-Level)
- An access programme passed at the required QAA-recognised standard for entry to Higher Education
- An award of the European Baccalaureate Diploma, with at least 60 percent overall; English at 60 percent
- An award of the International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 24 points; English at 4 points
English Requirements
English Requirements
One of the following:
- A proficiency test within the last 2 years:
  - IELTS (non UKVI): 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component; or
  - TOEFL IBT: Listening: 17; Speaking: 20; Reading: 18; Writing: 17
- A proficiency test within the last 5 years:
  - International Baccalaureate (taught in English) Pass in English B at Standard Level grade 5 or High Level grade 4; or
  - IGCSE English: IGCSE English as a first or second language: Grade C; or
  - Cambridge International English GCE O-Level/GCSE: English Language grade A – C

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