You can fast-track your accounting career with our BSc Accountancy Flying Start degree. It's been developed in partnership with ICAEW and PwC, where you’ll spend three to four months on paid work placement in your second, third and fourth years, assisting on real client work.
You’ll get a solid grounding in fundamental disciplines including business finance, financial and management accounting, and business law. In addition, many of the modules you will study carry accreditation towards the ACA accountancy qualification.
You can follow your individual interests and career aspirations by selecting from optional modules alongside your core subjects. You could choose from areas such as entrepreneurship, risk management and corporate governance.
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Modules
Year 1
Your first year will cover financial and management accounting, assurance, principles of taxation, business law, principles of economics, quantitative methods and business computing.
You will also find out where you will be placed with PwC in year two onwards.
Core Modules
Computers in Business
Economic Principles
Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting
Principles of Taxation
Quantitative Methods 1B
One of:
Year 2
After a study block in early September on audit and assurance, you will spend September to December on placement with PwC. You will assist on real client work, applying the knowledge you have learnt earlier in the course.
Returning to your studies in January, you will take modules on tax compliance, financial accounting and reporting, and corporate finance.
Core modules
Year 3
You will start year three by undertaking another block of study in early September on financial accounting and reporting.
Following this, you will spend September to December on placement, where you will take on more complex work before returning to your studies in January.
Core modules
Optional modules
You must take two 10 credit modules. At least one must be from:
If you have only selected one of the above modules, you can choose your remaining module from:
Plus a paid work placement with PwC from September to December.
Year 4
Starting your final year in late September, you will study contemporary issues in accounting, also choosing from a range of optional modules.
Your studies at the university will conclude in early February and you will then undertake the Professional Practice module during your final placement, ending in May.
After the course, if you have performed strongly, you could be offered a full-time role at PwC.
Core modules
Example optional modules
Plus a paid work placement with PwC from February to May.
We actively seek to develop your practical business, leadership and management skills through a range of professional development programmes.
Our employer programme enables you to network with top employers throughout your degree, with many of these companies choosing to sponsor prizes for high-performing students.
Graduate destinations
Our graduates are highly sought after, gaining employment in accountancy, banking and other financial services. If you graduate with a 2:1 or higher on our BSc Accountancy, PwC may offer you a full-time position as a Senior Associate, where you'll earn a very competitive salary.
Recent Business School graduates have also gone on to work at prestigious companies including Barclays, EY, and Morgan Stanley.
Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year
