This degree thinks beyond the numbers and makes sure your learning is applicable to real-life situations by giving you both theoretical and practical skills and knowledge.
As part of the BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance degree, you will gain invaluable work experience to help your CV stand out to future employers.
Our degree will teach you the accounting and financial strategies that underpin the running, operation and performance of organisations, which you can apply to any business that you work for in your career.
What you’ll learn
You will learn about management accounting, financial accounting, financial analysis of a business, and the specialisms of audit and taxation. Financial management will also introduce you to valuable business disciplines that will develop your commercial and financial decision-making skills, and give you an appreciation of the importance of risk management.
Real-world learning
This theoretical understanding will be applied to real-life situations during your integrated placement year, before you tailor your final year to the areas in which you want to specialise.
Accounting and finance are brought to life through case studies and examples from real businesses, plus creative coursework opportunities where topical business case solutions will be explored.
This course offers a double degree option: Study 4 year with integrated placement year/3 year course without integrated placement year,
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Year 1
In your first year you will study a wide range of business subjects, gaining the broad insight into management required by all accounting professionals.
You will study topics, designed to give you a solid foundation for your business degree.
The core and compulsory modules are:
Year 2
From the second year you will explore financial and management accounting in depth, participate in events organised in conjunction with accountancy firms, visiting businesses and undertake an interactive business game module.
This structure ensures your degree is taught with both a professional orientation and a proper regard for the conceptual bases of the subject.
The core and compulsory modules are:
Year 3
Professional placement year in accountancy, finance or management or you have the option to undertake an international study placement. This year is compulsory for all UK students.
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
In your final year, accounting studies are taken to a more refined level, similar to professional qualification standard, but retaining theoretical analysis.
The core and compulsory modules are:
Plus a range of optional modules:
Availability of any optional modules will be subject to staff availability and a minimum number of students who express an interest in studying the optional modules.
This course will provide you with the theoretical knowledge and skills you can apply to real-world situations in an international business context and, is beneficial to a broad range of career paths. You will develop analytical, problem-solving skills enabling you to provide logical solutions to challenging business problems.
During your placement year, you will be able to develop your learning and showcase your skills, helping you to accelerate your employability, through real work experience. The creative coursework will provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your applied learning through real business-case solutions that you’ll put forward.
You’ll also benefit from our extensive range of professional accreditations and exemptions, which along with your placement year, contribute to demonstrable skills which will help you progress your career path.
Recent graduates
Our recent graduates were successful in finding graduate accounting and financial management roles such as:
Graduates went on to work at companies such as Grant Thornton, Carphone Warehouse, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), RSM UK, Deloitte LLP, BDO and Grant Thornton.
Insurance Single: 300 GBP/year
