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BSc/BA (Honours) BSc/BA (Honours) Accounting, Management Accounting, Management and Information Systemsand Information Systems

Programme Induction

Dr. Pedro Sampaio

AMAIS Programme Director

Office: MBS West 3.21

pedro.sampaio@manchester.ac.uk

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Presentation StructurePresentation Structure

• Course Aims

• Learning Outcomes

• Programme Structure

• Finding Information

• English, Maths and Skills Development Support

• Progression Rules

• Key People

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Course AimsCourse Aims

The AMAIS programme aims to:

• Enable students to acquire state of the art knowledge and understanding of the fields of accountancy, management and information systems

• Provide an educational experience which will facilitate and promote students' intellectual development and life-long learning skills

• Promote an appreciation of the association between theory and practice

• Enable students to develop appropriate practical and transferable skills

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Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes

• Knowledge, understanding and an appreciation of the complex relationship between management, and information systems.

• An understanding of subject specific theories, ideas, issues and practices relating to the programme.

• An appreciation of the specific technical skills and the issues relating to the design, development and application of information systems within organisations and society.

• Understanding of organisational change in relation to the role of an information system which is located in a complex historical and social context.

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Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes

• Knowledge of database design and development, programming principles, systems analysis and design and project management.

• Knowledge and understanding of the latest research on the 3 core dimensions, the limits of such knowledge and the effects of this on analysis and interpretations.

• Knowledge and understanding of the key areas of business and management (e.g. economics, marketing, operations management) and the relationship with information systems.

• Knowledge and understanding of the key areas of accounting (e.g. financial reporting and management accounting) and the relationship with information systems.

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Structure of ProgrammeStructure of Programme

• Each year involves 120 credits of study, this consists of taking courses (each course is normally 10 or 20 credits)

• Note: courses may get updated/changed, but programme learning outcomes will not

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11stst Year Programme Year Programme StructureStructure

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Medical/Personal ProblemsMedical/Personal Problems

• In case of medical, personal or other problems of a serious nature which have (or are likely to have) an adverse effect on your studies, ideally students should seek help from their academic adviser, the Assessment and Student Support Centre (ASSC) at D14 (Absence, Illness, Forms) and the Programme Administrators.

• NOTE: It is important that the School is informed about issues affecting your study

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BlackboardBlackboard

Blackboard is the University wide virtual learning environment for students and a virtual blackboard space will be attached to each first year course.

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Work and Attendance Work and Attendance MonitoringMonitoring

• Attendance at all seminars, tutorials, labs and workshops is compulsory and will be monitored

• If you are unable to attend a class because of illness or other good reason, you will need to complete an ‘absence from class’ form and submit it to the undergraduate office. Forms are available from the UG office (D20) or can be downloaded from the MBS UG intranet

• If a student misses 3 or more consecutive seminars, tutorials, labs or workshops, this will be followed up by the Assessment and Student Support Centre. As we have a duty to make sure students attend classes and do not have any serious problems that are the cause of non-attendance.

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Study Skills, and English Study Skills, and English LanguageLanguage

• Study Skills within BMAN10780 Business & Management Study Skills:

This 10 credit course runs over Semester 1 and 2 and is taken by all MBS undergraduate students. This course will include study skills, academic advisor sessions, library information and personal development plans.

As part of the seminar activities students will write a practice essay and will receive feedback on this. Attendance on this course is compulsory and will be monitored.

English Language

• Students whose first language is not English can sign up for English language classes if necessary. Further details will be covered in Thursday’s induction session. Information on help available can be found at: http://www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk/english/academicsupport/

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Maths RevisionMaths Revision

• Maths revision sessions will be available at the end of each semester for student who take Quantitative Methods for Business and Management 1 and 2.

• Don’t feel out of depth with the maths element of your course .

• If you feel that you need additional support then

drop into a maths surgery where a tutor will be on hand to help. Keep a look out for more information during your lectures!

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FeedbackFeedback

• You will receive feedback on your work in various forms:– Non-assessed coursework may be marked and returned to

you

– On-line quizzes on Blackboard

– Comments on group or individual presentations

– Generic feedback on examinations

• The objective is to help you monitor your progress and improve your performance

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Time ManagementTime Management

• Key to 1st Year Success!

• You are responsible for your own learning and the time management implications of this!

• Organisation and Discipline required to juggle social life and Uni responsibilities

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Student Surveys andStudent Surveys and Questionnaires Questionnaires

• We often ask you to help us by completing student surveys and questionnaires

• These may be about one of your courses, or about other aspects of your teaching and learning

• Or we may ask you to take part in focus groups on specific topics

• We value your help with this, as it helps us to improve the quality of your experience at MBS

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Progression Rules Part IProgression Rules Part I• The minimum overall pass mark will be 40% to progress

from one year of a programme to the next for the Degree of Bachelor

• To progress from one year to the next, a student must:– reach the minimum pass mark overall (40%); and– reach the pass mark (40%) in individual courses totalling at least

100 credits of the 120 credits for that year; and– reach the pass mark (40%) in all designated core courses. For

the first year AMAIS students these are:

BMAN10621(B) Fundamentals of Financial Reporting AND BMAN10632(M) Fundamentals of Management Accounting

– reach the compensatable fail mark (30%) in all remaining course (a maximum of 20 credits)

• If you fail 30 credits or more (<40%) = RESITS

• If you fail any course below 30% = RESITS

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Progression Rules Part IIProgression Rules Part II

• The first year average does not contribute to the degree classification which is currently 25/75% second/final year.

• Resits take place in August. They are not a ‘second chance’ to gain better grades, only the chance to gain credits lost

• Prizes – there are several programme prizes for high achieving students at the end of each year.

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Academic Advisors Academic Advisors

• Students will meet with their AA every other week as part of Business & Management Skills Module

• AAs can help with any aspect of academic life and refer to the Assessment & Student Support Centre for non academic issues.

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Course Coordinators, Seminar Course Coordinators, Seminar Leaders and Academic Staff Leaders and Academic Staff

Hours Hours • Course coordinators should be approached in the first

instance if there is a problem at course level.

• Seminar leaders are often GTA/PhD candidates that provide additional help with course related issues

• Use of academic staff ‘Office Hours’ – hours that are designated as time that academics are free to meet students

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Student RepresentativeStudent Representative

• We need volunteers for the role!

• This role entails representing fellow students on their programme/level and Student Reps are also expected to attend programme committee, the staff/student liaison committee and Student Rep Focus Groups.

• The admin talk following this talk will give details of how you can apply.

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Good luck for the Good luck for the

forthcoming year!forthcoming year!