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 Forensic Accounting 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 degree course in subjects including BA (Hons) Forensic Accounting.
This Forensic Accounting 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 - Forensic 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
Statistical Techniques and Data Analysis for Accounting and Finance
Introduction to Finance
Year Two - Forensic Accounting degree
Year two covers the principles of forensic accounting, and develops your knowledge of financial reporting and management accounting. You’ll study financial management, audit and undertake 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. Sage is the UK’s biggest accounting software provider. For students who do not have prior relevant work experience, the employability module incorporates a live brief where you will work on a real life problem and have the opportunity to interact with external organisations, enabling you to become instantly more employable, learning both profession-specific as well as more general work-related skills.
Principles of Forensic Accounting
Management Accounting and Performance Measurement
Fundamentals of Financial Management
Financial reporting
Financial Crime Investigation
Professional practice and Employability in Accounting & Finance
Year Three - Forensic Accounting degree
You’ll specialise further in your final year, with modules on forensic accounting and the expert witness, and fraud investigation. You can also choose optional modules from a range of subjects, including advanced financial reporting, business analysis, taxation and cases in auditing.
Core modules
Fraud Examination
Forensic Accounting and the Expert Witness
Global Governance, Risk and Ethics
Auditing and Assurance
You can also choose to undertake a further two modules from the following list:
Advanced Financial Reporting
Business Analysis for Accountants
Taxation
Cases in Audit
Theory and Practice of Securities Trading
Option availability will be subject to student demand
Foundation Year
The BA (Hons) Forensic Accounting 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.
You will start by completing a foundation year, which provides well structured support, allowing you to develop your skills and knowledge before continuing onto the three year degree programme.
This includes: one-to-one appointments from faculty based Career Advisers, in person, over the phone or even on Skype and through email via the "Ask a Question" service. We also have extensive online resources for help with considering your career options and presenting yourself well to employers. Resources include psychometric tests, career assessments, a CV builder, interview simulator and application help. Our employer database has over 2,000 registered employers targeting USW students, you can receive weekly email alerts for jobs.
Our Careers service has dedicated teams: A central work experience team to help you find relevant placements; an employability development team which includes an employability programme called Grad Edge; and an Enterprise team focused on new business ideas and entrepreneurship.
Insurance - Single: 300GBP/ year
