IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.
Use your love of numbers to gain a sound technical knowledge and understanding of the business world.
Learning from leading academic researchers and experienced practitioners in the field, the degree offers the perfect blend of theory and practice, taking you to the heart of key questions such as: ‘Why do some companies excel and others go bust?’ and ‘How can profits go up while share prices fall?
We encourage you to pursue your interests, develop your strengths, and move towards your ideal career, offering flexibility and the opportunity to specialise your studies based on your strengths and interests.
The degree is accredited by globally-recognised accountancy bodies (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and CPA Australia). This provides graduates with exemptions from many core professional examinations, depending on your module choices, and means, on graduation, you will be further along the route to qualifying as an accountant than many of your contemporaries.
In your first year, you study accounting and finance using real-world data from actual companies, and discover more about economic issues such as inflation, costs and pricing.
Second year core subjects include auditing, financial accounting, risk management, corporate finance and management accounting for business decisions. You can also select from courses such as law, management decision making and advanced finance topics. Your third year builds on this knowledge while offering specialist options such as ethics, investments and taxation.
Throughout, you learn from academics whose global perspectives inform government and regulators, and from practitioners with experience of running businesses and working in accounting and finance.
Specialist accounting and finance careers events put you in contact with potential employers, and our expert careers team help you develop practical skills and assets highly-valued in the world of work. Modules prepare you for interviews and assessment centres, build your CV and make you attractive to potential employees, placing you in a strong position to start your future career.
Whether it’s a tech start-up or a multinational industrialist, every company needs an accountant. Your studies can also be a route into corporate finance and business. Many Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) began their careers as accountants.
Accounting and Finance is also available as a four-year programme with a year in industry. It is possible to switch to that programme soon after starting your degree, subject to availability.
You can also choose to spend one term in your third year studying abroad, learning selected modules in a new environment, subject to availability. Students have previously studied in the USA and Australia, among other countries.
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Year 1
Core
Future Global Leaders: Sustainability Across Business
Introduction to Accounting and Finance
Principles of Economics B
Professional Skills
Quantitative methods for accounting and finance
Year 2
Core
Accounting Information Systems and Auditing
Career Skills in Accounting and Finance 1
Management Accounting for Business Decisions
Principles of Finance
Principles of Financial Accounting
Optional
Business Law I
Introduction to Asset Pricing
Techniques for Management Decision Making
Year 3
Core
Career Skills in Accounting and Finance 2
Financial Accounting I
Financial Accounting II
Optional
Accounting and Finance Project
Advanced Management Accounting
Business Law II
Corporate Finance
Financial Markets
Financial Statement Analysis
International Financial and Risk Management
Investments
Issues in Auditing
Professional Ethics
Professional Financial Analysis
Quantitative Finance
Taxation
All our Accounting and Finance degrees prepare you for a wide variety of careers in business, with many of our graduates working with professional firms and financial institutions, as well as large commercial and local government organisations. Roles include trainee accountants, finance managers and banking advisors.
Your degree will also equip you with highly desirable transferable skills which have helped recent graduates find work in the fields of financial customer service, IT support and marketing and communications. Several graduates have also continued their academic studies and embarked on Masters Degrees.
Insurance--Single: 300 GBP/year
