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In general, international applicants will need to have achieved an overall IELTS grade of 6.0 with a minimum score of 5.5 in each component.
The Foundation Year in Accounting and Finance forms part of an integrated four-year degree programme, and is designed for students who do not currently meet the admissions criteria for direct entry onto a a degree course in subjects including BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance.
Accounting and Finance course will allow you to explore areas including business, psychology and computing, alongside giving you the skills, knowledge and confidence to progress to continue onto a Degree course and have the opportunity to meet your aspirations.
This course will be taught over three days per week to allow students to manage study around other work and family commitments.
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Year One - Accounting degree
Your first year includes the core disciplines of financial accounting, management accounting, an introduction to finance, quantitative techniques for accounting, the business environment, and business and corporate law. Modules studied:
Financial Accounting
Introductory Management Accounting
The Business Environment for Accountants
Business and Corporate Law
Quantitative Methods for Accounting and Finance
Introduction to Finance
Year Two - Accounting degree
Year two studies include financial reporting, performance measurement and control, audit and assurance, taxation, an introduction to financial management and a specialist employability module where you will develop your Excel spread-sheet skills, work on some of the softer skills that employers require and benefit from an impressive range of guest speakers.
You can also gain the CIMA accredited Sage Accounting Certificate. For students who do not have prior relevant work experience, the employability module incorporates a 70-hour work placement that will allow you to become instantly more employable, learning both profession-specific as well as more general work-related skills.
Modules studied:
Financial Reporting
Management Accounting and Performance Measurement
Fundamentals of Financial Management
Taxation
Auditing and Assurance
Professional Practice and Employability in Accounting & Finance
Year Three - Accounting degree
The final year explores advanced aspects of accounting and has specialist optional modules, including forensic accounting and the theory and practice of securities trading, where you can use our simulation trading room on campus.
Core modules include:
Advanced Financial Reporting
Global Governance, Risk and Ethics
Business Analysis for Accountants
Accounting Research
You can also choose to undertake a further two modules from the following list:
Advanced Management Accounting
Theory and Practice of Securities Trading
Cases in Audit
Principles of Forensic Accounting
Introduction to Islamic Finance
Option availability will be subject to student demand
Foundation Year
The BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance is also available as a four year course including an integrated Foundation Year, and is designed for students who do not currently meet admissions criteria for direct entry onto the degree.
Accountancy careers offer great salaries, travel opportunities and the chance to work your way to the top. All kinds of financial careers will be available to graduates with an accounting and finance degree, in all kinds of organisations. You could work in management or financial accounting, tax-related work or management consultancy. Accounting and finance is an ideal foundation for senior management roles, or even starting your own business.
To give you a head start following graduation the University organises an annual employability conference for its accounting students. Previous attendees have included PwC, Eversheds, JK Accountancy, Civitas Law and Watkins & Gunn.
Insurance - Single: 300GBP/ year
