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Accounting for Global Challenges (N1608)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module you’ll explore how global challenges in society impact accounting.

You’ll examine issues such as:

• sustainability
• poverty
• extraordinary events
• artificial intelligence (AI).

You’ll evaluate how these challenges affect accounting practices and how accounting can respond to them. You’ll develop creative solutions on how accounting can help address unresolved problems that arise from these issues.

Additionally, we’ll examine the role accounting plays in shaping how organisations and societies respond to global challenges.

In particular, you’ll critically discuss:

• how accounting is viewed, understood and interpreted in society
• the requirements of accounting regulation and their wider implications
• the role accounting plays in governing global challenges.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Accounting and Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Accounting and Finance BSc