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The F4 Corporate and Business Law paper assesses your knowledge and understanding of the corporate and business law framework. It’s an essential element of the ACCA Fundamentals Level, and is one of six ACCA Fundamental Skills training programmes delivered by the University of Bolton to support your achievement of the external ACCA qualification.
Key information
Award:
Cert(CPD)
Mode of Study:
Part-time
Duration:
15 weeks
Location:
The University of Bolton
Start date:
26/08/2021
Course Details
If you want to work as a chartered certified accountant, ACCA’s F4 Corporate and Business Law paper is an essential step in helping you to realise your ambitions.
The University’s highly qualified and experienced staff will offer you support and expert tuition to help you develop a deep understanding of corporate and business law, starting with an introduction to the overall English legal system and moving through closer examinations of employment law, the formation of companies, financing, capital, management, administration, regulation, insolvency law, and fraudulent and criminal behaviour.
During your studies, you’ll have the opportunity to learn how to identify the essential elements of the legal system; recognise and apply appropriate legal rules; recognise and compare types of capital and financing; explain how companies are managed, administered and regulated; and demonstrate an understanding of corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviour.
Highlights
Regular examination practice sessions give you the chance to get detailed feedback about your knowledge and future objectives.
You’ll be taught by a subject specialist with either a relevant PhD or full CCAB qualifications.
You’ll be allocated a personal tutor who will guide and advise you throughout the programme.
The University of Bolton is a gold status ACCA Approved Learning Partner.
Key Features
This is step four of the ACCA Fundamentals Programme qualification pathway, continuing your ongoing professional development and expertise.
You’ll receive up to 45 hours of tuition over 15 weeks, giving you the chance to develop your knowledge and understanding at an advanced level.
Weekly sessions cover tuition, revision, question practice and examination technique, and are taught by friendly and dedicated tutors focused on helping you become a qualified accountant.
You’ll have the chance to support your learning with the University of Bolton’s extensive library, 24/7 IT facilities, and free Wi-Fi access.
Professional recognition
You must have successfully completed papers F1-F3 of the ACCA programme, or have a qualification that gains you exemptions from papers F1-F3; such as a Level 4 Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification or a relevant Honours Degree in Business.
You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
Want some reassurance or advice? Speak to one of our advisors. Email us at admissions@bolton.ac.uk or call us on +44 (0)1204 903 394.
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
This paper is an essential element of the ACCA Fundamentals Level, and is one of six ACCA Fundamental Skills training programmes delivered by the University of Bolton to support your achievement of the external ACCA qualification.
Course fees
Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £500 for the academic year 2021/22.
Overseas students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Overseas fee of £500 for the academic year 2021/22.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2021-2022 academic year:
EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for ‘Home’ fee status.
If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for ‘Home’ fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement.
Please read the
student finance eligibility 2021-2022 policy on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student’s course of study will be set for the
normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in
March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
For details of how to apply for this course, please choose your status from the options below:
You may apply directly to the University using the University's online application form. Please select your chosen
start date from the list below:
You should have to hand:
Details of the educational establishments you attended and dates
Your certificates for the qualifications you are using to gain entry to the course –
you will need to enter the completion date and upload copies
Details of any employment history including name, address, dates and role
Personal statement – this can be either input into the relevant field or uploaded separately
Details including e-mail addresses of two referees, at least one of which should be
someone who can provide an academic reference
Please make sure any documents you wish to upload in support of your application are in pdf or jpeg format.
Personal statements may be word documents.
Please ensure your data is correct at each stage of the application before you proceed to the next page.
If you use the back button at any time during the application, you should check the validity of the data
you have already input.
If you experience difficulties during the application process, contact the Admissions Team on 01204 903394
or admissions@bolton.ac.uk
International applications are not possible for this course
As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the
restrictions on your visa.
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as well as your personal address. If you do not add your college address as your contact address we will be unable to
identify you as a partner and you will be referred to apply via UCAS, which incurs a cost.
We look forward to receiving your application and you continuing your academic journey with us!
You’ll be expected to attend a three-hour learning session (6pm to 9pm) once a week for 15 weeks.
The first hour of each session will be a formal lecture introducing a key topic on the syllabus. The following two hours will be conducted in a seminar format, looking at past exam questions on the subject area covered in that week’s formal lecture.
There is no written coursework for this qualification. Your grade will be based entirely on the results of a professional written examination set by ACCA.
Modules
Corporate and Business Law
Assessment methods
Level
Assesment method
Level one
Written exams 100%
Learning activities
Level
Learning activity
Level one
Guided independent study 22%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 78%
Disclaimer
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
