Most undergraduate degree programmes require IELTS 6.0 or equivalent with no subtest score below 5.5.
Our programme is recognised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), and can lead to a range of exciting careers in business as well as a number of exemptions from their professional exams.
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Year one modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Quantitative Methods I
Business Law
Accounting Principles
Quantitative Methods II
Financial Accounting
OPTIONAL MODULES
Introductory Microeconomics
Management in Context
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Academic English for Business Students ( 2)
The British and Global Economy
Introductory Macroeconomics
Foundations of Human Resource Management
Introduction to International Business
Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives
Year two modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Finance I
Cost and Management Accounting
Finance 2
Intermediate Financial Accounting
OPTIONAL MODULES
Banking
Intermediate Microeconomics
Statistics with Bloomberg
Taxation
Professional development
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Introduction to Econometrics
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Social Enterprise and Alternative Organisin
Year three modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Investment Management
Management Accounting
Placement Year
The Audit Framework
Advanced Management Accounting
OPTIONAL MODULES
International Finance
Applied Financial Analysis
Advanced Financial Reporting
Economic and Business Forecasting - ISP
Risk Management with Derivatives
Analysing Company Performance ISP
96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017)
A high percentage of business leaders have finance backgrounds, and accounting has one of the highest graduate employment rates.
With the increasing internationalisation of business and the capital markets, you will have extensive opportunities. You might work as a chartered accountant, chartered certified accountant, chartered public finance accountant or chartered management accountant. Or you might work as a commodities trader, stockbroker, management consultant, banker, financial or tax advisor or insurance broker, or go on to study at master’s or PhD level.
Accredited by ACCA, CIMA and CIPFA subject to passing the relevant modules.
Recent employers
AECOM UK
BAE Systems
Barbon Insurance Group
Barclays
Deloitte LLP
Barratt Developments
Cape PLC
Chartered Accountants
Interserve
Jobs that a graduate of this course could go on to do:
Chartered Accountant
Chartered Certified Accountant
Chartered Public Finance Accountant
Chartered Management Accountant
Accounting Technician
Finance Trader
Retail Manager
Tax Adviser
Management Consultant
Banker
Pensions Consultant
Insurance Broker
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
