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Open Units Offered by the School of Economics, Finance and Management

For 2011/12 the School offers the following Open Units:

• Introduction to Accounting (ACCG10052) 20 Credit Points
  The first part of the course teaches participants to prepare and analyse the three main financial accounting statements - the Statement of Financial Position, the Income Statement and the Statement of Cash Flows. The second part introduces students to the production and use of financial information for the management of a business and for making long-term financial decisions.

• Principles of Economics (EFIM10050) 20 Credit Points
  The aim of the course is to teach a set of core economic principles, to help you apply these principles to a variety of economic problems.   The course is particularly suited to students who wish to acquire analytical writing skills.  The unit is divided into two parts: Teaching block 1 covers the core principles of Economics.  Teaching block 2 uses the tools developed in the first part of the course to analyse a range of topical economic problems.  This unit is not open to students studying degrees within the School of Economics, Finance and Management.
  

• Globalisation and Development (ECON10053) 20 Credit Points
  This unit starts by asking why some countries developed faster than others before the 20th Century.  It moves on to introduce models of development and under development.  It looks at the influence that international trade, financial globalisation etc have on modern development.  Finally examining in detail the agricultural and industrial sectors and what governments can do to facilitate their transformation as well as development of the whole economy.

• Introduction to Management (EFIM10001) 20 Credit Points
  This unit will provide a rigorous grounding in management and organisational approaches to different methods of structuring analysis, with special emphasis on structuring analysis in using non-quantitative models.  As a consequence, students taking the unit will develop a critical understanding of the complex nature of effective analysis in management, which will help them to be better managers themselves.    

  The units do not assume any previous knowledge of Economics, but some GCSE level Mathematics will be used. See the individual unit descriptions for pre-requisites and restrictions.

  Registration for School of EFM Open Units

  FIRST YEAR STUDENTS (from outside the School of EFM)
  New incoming first year students who wish to take any of the open units offered by the School of EFM must register at the Central University Open Unit Fair on Thursday 6 October 2011, 2-5pm. There is no facility for pre-registration. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis at the Open Unit Fair, so arrive early to avoid disappointment.

  Please note: if you are asked to complete any kind of pre-registration form (e.g. for your home department or Faculty) indicating your wish to take one of the units listed above, you must still register with the School of EFM at the Open Unit Fair in October to be allocated a place on any of these units.

  RETURNING STUDENTS (from outside the School of EFM)
  Returning students from Schools/Departments outside the School of EFM can reserve a place on any of the above open units by sending an email to the School's Information Office (efim-info@bristol.ac.uk). Please include in the email your name, student number and the unit(s) you want to register for. Please ensure that you comply with all the pre-requisites before signing up.