ASBS Courses Available to Incoming Exchange Students - Session 2014/15
The courses listed below are available to business students who are visiting Glasgow from overseas as part of an exchange
programme.
Click on each course name for further information and a link to the course handbook, noting that this link will be available
only when the course handbook is complete. For semester 2 courses, this is likely to be in December.
Accounting and Finance
Level 4 - Honours
Pre-requisites: Students are expected to achieve a pass or better in the appropriate core Level 2 Accounting and Finance courses (normally Financial
Accounting 2, Management Accounting 2 and/or Finance 2) or suitable equivalent. Please check the course handbook for further details.
Course Name
Accounting for Management Control
Advanced Financial Accounting
Auditing Theory and Practice
Capital Markets Theory
Corporate Insolvency
Derivative Securities
International Financial Management
Managerial Accounting and Organisational Behaviour
Tax Theory and Practice (Tax T&P)
Advanced Accounting Theory
Advanced Taxation
Business Reporting, Accounting and Management Information Systems
Contemporary Financial Reporting Issues
Ethics in Accounting and Business
Financial Markets and Financial Institutions
Financial Statement Analysis and Evaluation
Human Rights and Business
International Financial Accounting
Issues in the Accountancy Profession
Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting
PreReq
Semester
ECTS
Credits
UoG
Credits
MA2
FA2
FA2
Fin2
FA2+Fin2
Fin2
Fin2
MA2
FA2
FA2
Tax T&P
MA2+FA2
FA2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
7.5
10
10
7.5
7.5
10
7.5
7.5
10
7.5
7.5
10
7.5
10
10
10
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
15
20
20
15
15
20
15
15
20
15
15
20
15
20
20
20
15
15
15
15
Fin2
Fin2+FA2
FA2
FA2
FA2
Level 3
Pre-requisites: None but only available to students undertaking an Honours dissertation.
Course Name
Research Thinking, Thinking Research
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
2
5
10
Level 2
Pre-requisites: Generally, students are expected to achieve a pass or better in the appropriate core Level 1 Accounting and Finance course or suitable
equivalent. Please check the course handbook for further details.
Course Name
Financial Accounting 2 (FA2)
Statistical Analysis and Methods
Finance 2 (Fin 2)
Management Accounting 2 (MA2)
The Accountancy Profession (FA1)
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
1
1
2
2
2
10
10
10
10
10
20
20
20
20
20
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
1
1
2
10
10
10
20
20
20
Level 1
Pre-requisites: None. Open to Non-Accounting students.
Course Name
Introduction to Management Accounting and Control
Introduction to Financial Investments and Institutions
Introduction to Business Reporting and Financial Accounting
Further information regarding contacts and indicative reading can be found on the ASBS Accounting and Finance course webpages by looking under “Find
Out More” and then clicking “Courses”: http://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/accountancy/. The “Programme Structure” link will also provide
provisional timetabling information for each course.
Business and Management
Levels 3 and 4 – Honours
Pre-requisites: A pass in equivalent core Level 2 Business and Management courses. Please check the course handbook for further
details.
Course Name
Contemporary Issues in Consumer Behaviour
Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
Internationalisation and International Market Entry
Managing in the Public Sector
Project Management
Research Methods
Strategy
Advanced Strategy: Mergers and Acquisitions
Development of International Business
Digital Marketing Strategy
Ethics and Business
Innovation and Participation at Work
Managing Complex Change
Managing Innovation for Public Service Delivery
Marketing Research
Social and Community Entrepreneurship
Business Start-Up
Human Resource Management
Learning and Development Theory and Practice
Marketing Communications
Small Business Consultancy Project
Strategic Marketing
The Art of Influencing
Financial Management
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1&2
1&2
1&2
1&2
1&2
1&2
1&2
1 or 2
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Level 2
Pre-requisites: Normally, a pass or above in a core Level 1 Business and Management course or suitable equivalent. Please check
the course handbook for further details. Not open to students who have previously studied Business and Management but may be
open to non-Business and Management students
Course Name
Business and Management 2A: Operations & Financial Decision Management
Business and Management 2B: Organisation and Management
Semester
1
2
ECTS Credits
10
10
UoG Credits
20
20
Level 1
Pre-requisites: None. Not open to students who have previously studied Business and Management but may be open to non-Business
and Management students
Course Name
Business and Management 1A: People at Work
Entrepreneurship 1A: Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Business and Management 1B: Marketing
Entrepreneurship 1B: New Venture Planning
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
1
1
2
2
10
10
10
10
20
20
20
20
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
1
2
2
10
5
5
20
10
10
Service Courses
These courses are available only to students studying engineering degrees.
Course Name
Professional Practice 4
Managerial & Organisational Context E1
Marketing E1
Further information regarding contacts and indicative reading can be found on the ASBS Business and Management course webpages by looking under
“Find Out More” and then clicking “Courses”: http://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/businessmanagement/. The “Programme Structure” link will
also provide provisional timetabling information for each course.
Economics
Levels 3 and 4 – Honours
Pre-requisites: Entry to an Honours programme in Economics. Students taking an Honours programme in another subject require a
minimum grade passes in a suitable equivalents of Economics 2A and 2B. Please check the course handbook for further details.
Course Name
Advanced Macroeconomics
Collective Welfare and Distributive Justice
Econometrics 1: Basic Statistics and Simple Linear Regression
Economic Growth, Finance and Development
Economics of Business 1: Contracts and Governance
Economics of Industry 1: Basic Theories of Market Structures
Environmental Economics
Financial Markets and Asset Pricing
Government Debt and the Macroeconomy
International Trade
Microeconomic Analysis: Games and Industry
Public Economics
Behavioural Economics: Theory and Applications
Contemporary Issues in Inequality
Econometrics 2: Multiple Regression and Applications
Economics of Business 2: Regulation and Business Strategy
Economics of Industry 2: Advanced Topics
Financial Markets and Corporate Finance
Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Firms in Developing Countries
Game Theory for Economists
History of Economic Thought
International Finance
Macroeconomic Analysis: Inflation, Unemployment and Growth
Market Microstructure
Natural Resource Economics
The Economics of Housing
The Economics of Team Sport
Health Economics
Labour Economics
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
Level 2
Pre-requisites: Pass or above in a core Level 1 Economics course or suitable equivalent. Please check the course handbook for further
details. Not open to students who have previously studied Economics but may be open to non-Economics students.
Course Name
Semester
ECTS Credits
UoG Credits
Economics 2A
Economics 2B
1
2
10
10
20
20
Level 1
Pre-requisites: None. Not open to students who have previously studied Economics but may be open to non-Economics students.
Course Name
Economics 1A
Economics 1B
Semester
1
2
ECTS Credits
10
10
UoG Credits
20
20
Service Courses:
This course is available only to students studying an engineering degree.
Course Name
Microeconomics E1
Semester
2
ECTS Credits
5
UoG Credits
10
Further information regarding contacts and indicative reading can be found on the ASBS Economics course webpages by looking under “Find Out More”
and then clicking “Courses”: http://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/businesseconomics/courses/. The “Programme Structure” link will also
provide provisional timetabling information for each course.