Course overview
This programme is aimed at undergraduate students from the UK and Europe, North America and Asia with an interest in both contemporary China and Accounting and Finance. It is suitable for UK, EU and international students.
This course offers you the opportunity to combine your study of elements of Accounting and Finance with in-depth study of contemporary China. The options available in the Chinese studies element of the course allow you either to range broadly across various aspects of and disciplinary approaches to contemporary China, drawing on the critical mass of research and teaching expertise in the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in this area.
Year one
In the first year of study, you will take 60 credits in modules which serve compulsory modules, then you will take a further of 40 credits in Mandarin if you are non-Chinese speakers, or 30 credits in English and study skills. The remaining 20-30 credits can be chosen from optional modules offered by our School or by the School of Economics and the Business School.
Year two
The modules during this year focus more on intermediate level of accounting and finance subjects relating to China, as well as language improvements. You will spend year two at Nottingham's Ningbo Campus if you are non-Mandarin speakers, continuing progression in the study of Mandarin as well as accounting, finance and other relating modules. Chinese students will stay in Nottingham campus continuing year 2 as normal. As part of your research training, you will devise and carry out an individual research project on a topic of your choice during the year at Ningbo. Chinese students will be offered the option of spending the full four years studying in Nottingham, rather than spending a year in China, and native speakers of Mandarin will substitute additional optional modules for the compulsory Mandarin modules on the course.
Year three
Having established a basis in both contemporary Chinese studies and Accounting and Finance, the third year involves specialised courses on a range of topics.
Year four
Year four is made up of postgraduate-level modules; in effect, you take a one-year masters course as part of your overall four-year degree programme. Modules in this final year include Chinese Financial Market Analysis, Managing International Business in China, and Chinese Bank Management. As an alternative to the year four dissertation, students may instead arrange an internship in a Chinese organisation or a company which does business with China and write up this experience in an internship report.
You may be required to study until September in the final year of this course.
Entry requirements
A levels: AAB-ABB, A Level Accounting, Economics or Maths preferred.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 (no less than 5.5 in any element)
TOEFL iBT 79 (minimum 17 in Writing and Listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking)
Alternative qualifications
For details please see the alternative qualifications page
Flexible admissions policy
We may make some applicants an offer lower than advertised, depending on their personal and educational circumstances.
Notes for applicants
If you are a non-native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, you will spend the second year of your course at our Ningbo Campus in China. For this year, you will pay your tuition fees to Nottingham in the normal way and will be eligible for a China Campus bursary, which is currently £500. If you are a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, you will remain in Nottingham for your second year.
Modules
The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result, may change from year to year. The following list is therefore subject to change but should give you a insight of the modules we offer.
Typical year-one modules
• Introduction to Accounting with application to China
• Applied Quantitative Methods for Business in China
• Introduction to Finance with application to China
• Introduction to Contemporary China
• Mandarin
• Approaches to Contemporary Chinese Studies
• How do Markets work?
• Women and Culture in China
Typical year-two modules (UNNC)
• Research Techniques in Contemporary Chinese Studies
• Mandarin
• Financial Management
• Accounting Information Systems
• Management Accounting and Decisions II
Typical year-two modules (UK)
• Managerial Finance in China
• Accounting in China
• Chinese Business Law
• Environment and Development in China
• The Rise in Modern China
Typical year-three modules
• Advanced Quantitative Methods and IT Skills for Business
• Corporate Finance in China
• Advanced Financial Reporting and Auditing
• Introduction to Chinese Financial Markets
Typical year-four modules
• Chinese Accounting
• Chinese Financial Management
• Research Design and Practice in China
• Dissertation or Internship
Typical optional modules
• Human Resource Management and Marketing for China
• Mandarin Chinese for Beginners/ Intermediate/ Advanced
• East Asian Business in the 20th Century
• Media studies
• Women and Culture in China
• Approaches to Contemporary Chinese Studies
• Insurance Firms and Markets
• Introduction to Management Accounting
• Economic Development in China (UNNC)
• International Organisation (UNNC)
• Politics of Development (UNNC)
• The Rise of Modern China
• Risk Management Processes
• China through Film and Literature
• Managing International Business in China
• Chinese Financial Management
• Human Resource Management and Marketing for China
Careers
You will have combined an in-depth study of China's contemporary economy with an solid and sophisticated understanding of the disciplines of Accounting and Finance and practical experience of working in China. Optional modules allow, to some degree, the further study of the society, business, law, media, culture, politics, geography and history of contemporary China. After four year of inspiring and rigrerous study, you will achieve the specific purpose of this degree, which is to train you not only in China studies, but to equip you with the specific skills required for work in or relating to China today.
Average starting salary
The average starting salary for 2010/11 full-time graduates of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies was £25,833.*
*Average starting salary from known destinations of first-degree leavers who studied full-time, 2010/11.
Careers Support and Advice
Studying for a degree at The University of Nottingham will provide you with the type of skills and experiences that will prove invaluable in any career, whichever direction you decide to take. Throughout your time with us, our Careers and Employability Service can work with you to improve your employability skills even further; assisting with job or course applications, searching for appropriate work experience placements and hosting events to bring you closer to a wide range of prospective employers.
Have a look at our Careers page for an overview of all the employability support and opportunities that we provide to current students.
KIS
Key Information Sets (KIS)
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Assessment
This course contains a period of study abroad. Mandarin is compulsory when students spend their second semester at our China Campus.