University of Exeter Business School

International Partnership Students

International Partnership Direct Entry Students Optional Module Selection

Open the tabs to see your programme structure, as these are different to that of other students.

Whichever programme you are following you will be automatically put on the compulsory modules listed.

(Compulsory modules are ones that you MUST take)

You can then choose optional modules, these have to be taken from the list that you can download from below.

(Optional modules are ones that you can CHOOSE) 

Familiarise yourself with your Programme structure –

Year 2

  • BSc Accounting and Finance
    • NUFE -30 optional credits in Term 1 and 15 optional credits in Term 2, with 15 possible Level 1 modules.
    • GDUFE - 30 optional credits in Term 1 and 15 optional credits in Term 2, with (no further Level 1 modules).
    • Lixin Metro - 30 optional credits in Term 1 and 15 optional credits in Term 2, with 15 possible Level 1 modules.    
  • BSC Business Economics
    • Lixin Metro and GDUFE-  60 optional credits with no further Level 1 modules.
  • BSc Economics and Finance
    • GDUFE No further optional modules

Please note that you can only request to add optional modules from Level 2 in the spring, to add Level 1 optional modules you will need to wait until September.

Year 3

  • BSc Accounting and Finance
    • GDUFE - 60 optional credits (max.15 credits level 2 module)  
    • Lixin Metro and + NUFE -  75 optional credits
  • BSc Business Economics
    • Lixin Metro and GDUFE- 120 credits of optional modules, 30 out of this 120 credits should be Economics modules (not to include BUS3001 if you decide to take this module).
  • BSc Economics and Finance
    • GDUFE - 75 optional credits (max. 15 credits level 2 module)

Please note that you can only request to add optional modules from Level 3 in the spring, to add Level 2 optional modules you will need to wait until September.

Please check the list carefully for pre-requisites, co-requisites and non-requisites

Some modules are condonable. You can fail up to 30 credits, as long as your average is over 40%, if a module is Condonable. If it is non-condonable then you MUST pass it.

Programme structures for students entering year 2 in September 2023

NUFE Programme Structure

 Module Term Credits Condonable?
BEA2017 Intermediate Management Accounting 2 15 No
BEA2019 Financial Accounting A  1 15 No
BEA2020 Financial Accounting B  2 15 No
BEA1003 Business Law for Accountants  1 15 Yes
BEA2018 Corporate Finance 1 15 No

PLUS: 45 credits optional modules

(15 credits can be level 1 module, not to be chosen until September 2023)

GDUFE Programme Structure

 Module Term Credits Condonable?
BEA2017 Intermediate Management Accounting 2 15 No
BEA2019 Financial Accounting A  1 15 No
BEA2020 Financial Accounting B  2 15 No
BEA1003 Business Law for Accountants  1 15 Yes
BEA1010 Business Finance for Accountants  2 15 No

PLUS: 45 credits optional modules with no further level 1 modules.

Lixin Programme Structure 

 Module Term Credits Condonable?

BEM1028 -Introduction to Business and Management

 2 15 No

BEA2018 Corporate Finance

 1 15 No
BEA2019 Financial Accounting A  2 15 No

BEA2017 Intermediate Management Accounting

 2 15 No
BEA2020 Financial Accounting B  2 15 No

PLUS: 45 credits optional modules 

(15 credits can be level 1 module, not to be chosen until September 2023)

Please download the exemptions list for the Professional Bodies here: Accounting and Finance Exemption from Professional exams, updated March 2023

Module Term Credits Condonable?
BEM1023 Discovering Management  1&2 30 Yes
BEE2038 Intermediate Microeconomics 1 15 No 
BEE2039 Intermediate Macroeconomics  1 15 No 

Plus 60 credits of optional modules (No further level one modules) 

Programme structures for students entering year 3 in September 2023

GDUFE 

 Module Term Credits Condonable?
BEA2018 Corporate Finance 1 15 No
BEA3017 Advanced Management Accounting  1 15 No
BEA3018 Advanced Corporate Finance 2 15 No
BEA3020 Advanced Financial Reporting   2 15 No

PLUS: 60 credits optional modules

(15 credits can be level 2 module, not to be chosen until September 2023)

Lixin and NUFE

Module Term Credits Condonable
BEA3017 Advanced Management Accounting  1 15 No
BEA3018 Advanced Corporate Finance 2 15 No
BEA3020 Advanced Financial Reporting   2 15 No

PLUS: 75 credits optional modules

(30 credits can be level 2 module, not to be chosen until September 2023)

Accounting and Finance Exemption from Professional exams, updated March 2023

120 credits of optional modules, 30 out of this 120 credits should be Economics modules (not to include BUS3001 if you decide to take this module).

Module Term Credits Condonable?
BEE2031 Econometrics  1 15 Yes
BEE3034 Financial Markets and Decision II  2 15 Yes

Plus 90 credits of optional modules 

GDUFE, Lixin Metro or NUFE Optional Module requests

If you are currently studying at GDUFE, Lixin Metro or NUFE please use the forms below to make your Optional Module requests:

Current Business School Students going into Year 3 or Year 4 

If the OMS form does not allow you to add a module that you wish to take, because the system does not recognise the pre-requisite that you have taken while at your previous university, please complete the form below.

You will need to put the temporary module that you have chosen, then add the module that you would like to take in its place.

Opens 9.00am 20th March 2023, you must submit and confirm your selections by 12noon on Friday 31st March 2023. 

Once the OMS has closed, and checks have been made to ensure that you have met the module requirements, your record will then be updated.