Accounting and Business Management BA (Hons)

About the course

Accounting plays an essential role within business and being able to competently discuss finance and accounting concepts is a skill highly sought after by employers in all sectors. The course is ideal if you wish to understand accounting within a wider business context. The Joint Honours course develops an understanding of accounting information rather than developing technical expertise in its creation.

• Leicester Business School is a Gold Status ACCA Learning Partner and a CIMA Learning Quality Partner
• The Department of Accounting and Finance was awarded the best possible result from the Government's QAA review, for excellent teaching and student support
• Listed as 'excellent' for Accounting and Finance in the Sunday Times University Guide
• Optional paid placement year offers experience with employers such as IBM, Intel, Audi, VW, HSBC, M&S, Siemens and Centrica

Modules cover topics such as the social and environmental aspects of accounting and company performance evaluation – designed to complement your studies in the subject that forms the other half of this Joint degree.

Key facts

UCAS course code: NN14

Duration: Three years full-time, four years with a placement

Institution code: D26

Entry and admission criteria

• Typical offers at 280 UCAS Points. You need to study at least two subjects at A Level and achieve one grade B or above in one subject
• Five GCSEs grades A–C including English Language and Maths
• International Baccalaureate: 28+ points.

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

International students:

If English is not your first language, we require an English language level of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Teaching and assessment

Lectures, tutorials and seminars, group work and self-directed study. Assessment will include coursework (eg presentations, essays and reports) and normally an exam or test.

You will normally attend around 15 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures, tutorials etc) each week, and are expected to undertake at least 15 further hours of independent study to complete project work, research etc as required.

Course modules

First year

• Introduction to Accounting
• Law for Accountants
• Quantitative Methods

Second year

• Environmental Management and Auditing
• Performance Management in Organisations
• Corporate Finance
• Business Taxation

Third year

• Contemporary Business Issues
• Accounting and Finance Project
• Public Sector Accounting and Finance
• Forensic Accounting
• Audit and Assurance
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Governance and Sustainability and more

Joint degree options

• Business Management (Joint Honours)

Graduate careers

Accounting offers essential skills when searching for a career in many fields, and can enhance your career prospects when combined with subjects such as Business Management. This Joint Honours option does not, however, give significant exemptions from professional accounting body exams (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) – if you wish to gain these you should study our Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) or Financial Management BA (Hons).

Fees and funding

UK/EU Fees: £9,000

International Fees: £10,750

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