Accounting and Finance BA (Hons)

About the course

• An Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Gold Status Learning Partner
• Awarded the best possible result from the Government's Quality Assurance Agency review, for excellent teaching and student support
• Optional paid placement year offers experience with employers such as IBM, Intel, Audi, VW, HSBC, M&S, Siemens and Centrica

For those committed to a professional career in accounting who wish to maximise exemptions from the following professional body exams:

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Key facts

UCAS course code: N420

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

Institution code: D26

Entry and admission criteria

• Typical offers at 320 UCAS Points. A Level candidates need to study at least two subjects at A Level and need to achieve one grade B or above in one subject
• Five GCSEs grades A–C including English Language and Maths.
• International Baccalaureate: 30+ 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 are used for teaching and learning. Assessment will include coursework (eg presentations, essays and reports) and normally an exam.

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

• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Quantitative Methods
• Business Environment
• Introduction to Law

Second year

• Financial Reporting
• Accounting Standards and Theory
• Business Taxation
• Decision Management
• Corporate Finance
• Management and Strategy
• Company Law

Third year

• Advanced Financial Reporting
• Advanced Decision Management
• Audit and Assurance
• Advanced Corporate Taxation
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Liquidity and Financial Risk Management

Options include:

• Forensic Accounting
• International Developments in Accounting
• Public Sector Accounting
• Governance and Sustainability.

Work experience and placements

Fees and funding

UK/EU Fees: £9,000

International Fees: £10,750

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