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BA (Honours) Accounting and Economics
BA (Honours) Accounting and Economics

BA (Honours) Accounting and Economics

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  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

English Requirements

  • IELTS for UKVI*, IELTS for UKVI* 6.0, Listening: minimum level 5.5, Speaking: minimum level 5.5, Reading: minimum level 5.5, Writing: minimum level 5.5

  • TOEFL Internet based: (including TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition), 79, Listening: minimum level 17, Speaking: minimum level 20, Reading: minimum level 18, Writing: minimum level 17

  • Pearson, 52: Listening: minimum level 51, Speaking: minimum level 51, Reading: minimum level 51, Writing: minimum level 51

  • Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522): Grade C, Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500), Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500), Reading: minimum Grade E, Writing: minimum Grade E

  • Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (Syllabus 0510 and 0511): Grade C, Listening: minimum Grade A, Speaking: minimum Grade C (0511) or 2 (0510), Reading: minimum Grade D, Writing: minimum Grade D

  • Cambridge English C1 Advanced (Formerly: Certificate in Advanced English): Grade C, Listening: minimum score 162, Speaking: minimum score 162, Reading: minimum score 162, Writing: minimum score 162

  • City and Guilds International ESOL Diploma: Communicator Level, Listening: minimum score 15/30, Speaking: minimum score 6/12, Reading: minimum score 15/30, Writing: minimum score 12/24

  • Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): Score 80

  • Michigan Test: Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE), Pass

  • IGSE English as a Second Language, Grade C or above

  • Completion of Sheffield Hallam University pre-sessional English course, Pass

Course Information

Course summary

  • Obtain a broad understanding of accounting and economics within the business environment.

  • Learn to practically apply theoretical concepts.

  • Study from evolving course content to reflect the continually changing world economy.

  • Undertake an one year optional paid work placement.

  • Over 90% of our graduates secure jobs or go on to further study within six months of graduation.

This course will help you develop a broad understanding of accounting and economics but gives you the ability to specialise in accounting or economics in your final year.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You will learn within formal teaching sessions and during guided and independent study, including collaborative group work. You will be provided with tasks, exercises, resources, and references to additional useful learning materials to access, utilise and respond to as part of your study programme.

Your learning incorporates real life context to the topics you cover where possible by requiring you to use such skills as independent research, teamwork and presentations. The accounting focus of the course is designed in consultation with the main professional accountancy bodies.

You learn through

  • lectures

  • seminars

  • workshops

  • research

  • independent and group study

  • optional work placement

Applied learning

Learning, teaching and assessment activities encourage you to develop key skills such as problem solving, numeracy, IT skills, as well as a deep and critical knowledge of the subject matter of the programme, and are designed to foster those employability attributes (for example, reflection on learning, personal development planning, interpersonal communication skills) identified as important in modern organisations.

All modules make a significant contribution to the employability pathway by providing students with a real life context to the topics they cover and by requiring them to use such skills as independent research, teamwork and presentations. This is done by using case studies, real life examples and scenarios, which form the backbone of the employability policy by engaging you in the study and evaluation of industry sectors and at the same time developing key graduate skills such as literacy, critical thinking, personal organisation and time management.

There are specific employability modules identified at each level, which allow you to gain a good understanding of the roles available to you. They help you understand how to go about searching and applying for such roles, and culminating in the final year with a consultancy project that enables each student to demonstrate their critical and problem solving capabilities and the opportunity to be creative and innovative. Between your second and final years, we help and encourage you to complete an optional one year paid work placement. This enables you to apply and develop your knowledge and skills in a real business environment.

Previous students have gained placements with organisations such as Astra Zeneca, GE Capitalm IBM, the Metropolitan Police and Oxford Economics. We have an excellent employment record with over 90% of our graduates on related accounting and economics courses securing jobs or going on to further study within six months of graduation.

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Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Module

  • Developing Professional And Academic Skills

  • Financial Accounting

  • Introduction To Macroeconomics

  • Introduction To Microeconomics

  • Management Accounting

  • Maths For Economics

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Module

  • Applied Professional Skills

  • Financial Accounting And Reporting

  • Intermediate Macroeconomics

  • Intermediate Microeconomics

  • Management Accounting Applications

Elective modules

Module

  • Alternative Perspectives In Economics

  • Business Law

  • Data And Business Decisions

  • Financial Management

  • International Entrepreneurship

  • Introductory Statistics For Business Economics

  • Leading Innovative Organisations

  • Organisational Management

  • Planning Your Own Business

Year 3

Optional modules

Module

  • Placement Year

Final year

Compulsory modules

Module

  • Advanced Topics In Macroeconomics

  • Consultancy Project

  • Corporate Reporting

  • Industrial Economics

  • Strategic Management Accounting

Elective modules

Module

  • Audit And Assurance

  • Corporate Finance

  • Enterprise Management

  • Forensic And Fraud Examination

  • Global Governance In International Business

  • International Strategy

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

The course is focused on maximising your ability to gain employment in accounting, finance and economics roles, although the skills and knowledge you acquire do not limit you to working in these areas. With this degree, you can pursue a career in roles such as

  • economist

  • economic analyst

  • economics researcher

  • business / data analyst

  • management accountant

  • financial accountant

  • business manager

Our top undergraduate employers for previous economics or accounting graduates are

  • Asda

  • BAE Systems

  • The Civil Service

  • The Bank of England

  • Lloyds Banking Group

  • Barclays Capital

  • HSBC

  • Oxford Economics

  • PwC

  • Bloomberg

  • Capita

  • Ernst & Young

  • KPMG

  • Deloitte

On successful graduation, you can apply for exemptions from a number of professional accountancy body examinations. The vocational nature of this course and the optional work placement, places you in a strong position in the graduate employment market. It also enables you to progress to the higher level of these qualifications and gain professional recognition more quickly.

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