Accounting - BA (Hons) - Full-time

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Accounting - BA (Hons) - Full-time

Edinburgh Napier University
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These days, accounting is about so much more than crunching numbers. Accountancy at corporate level is complex, and brings into a play a number of expert skills. You'll learn and develop a combination of accounting, finance and other business skills on this course, including specific accounting techniques, and policies relating to corporate finance, tax, auditing, corporate governance and statistics. You’ll also learn to use relevant IT systems, and acquire relevant knowledge of law, economics and the business environment.

In this course, you'll develop the skills, creative thinking and strategic planning that you'll need to successfully chart a business' course through financial waters. Mos…

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These days, accounting is about so much more than crunching numbers. Accountancy at corporate level is complex, and brings into a play a number of expert skills. You'll learn and develop a combination of accounting, finance and other business skills on this course, including specific accounting techniques, and policies relating to corporate finance, tax, auditing, corporate governance and statistics. You’ll also learn to use relevant IT systems, and acquire relevant knowledge of law, economics and the business environment.

In this course, you'll develop the skills, creative thinking and strategic planning that you'll need to successfully chart a business' course through financial waters. Most importantly, this course is accredited by the major UK accounting institutes including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). Useful for rapid progression into the industry, these accreditations indicate the strength and industry-relevance of this course. The Accounting and Finance group also received the highest possible recognition from the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) for the quality of its teaching. Through this course, you'll learn and develop a combination of accounting, finance and other business skills. These include specific accounting techniques and policies relating to corporate finance, tax, auditing, corporate governance and statistics. You'll learn to use relevant IT systems, and acquire relevant knowledge of law, economics and the business environment. In addition, transferable skills of time management, project management, communication, collection and management of data, and IT skills will all serve you well in the future, whatever your eventual field of work. Professionally accredited by: View Full Screen

What's involved You will study six modules, over two trimesters, per year. The course will involve a combination of lectures, tutorials, workshops, directed learning and independent study. On successful completion of Year 3, you will be eligible for an unclassified degree, and on successful completion of Year 4, an Honours degree. The course is also available on a part-time basis which involves fewer than six modules per year but takes longer to complete. Below is an indication of the compulsory modules you could study. These will be supplemented with choices from a course-specific option pool: Year 1 Financial Accounting; Management Accounting; Introduction to the Financial Services Sector; Principles of Economics; Accounting Information Systems; plus one option module Year 2 Corporate Accounting; Business & Corporate Law;, Reporting Corporate Performance; Financial Management;, Management Science & Statistics; plus one option module Year 3 Advanced Corporate Reporting; Advanced Management Accounting; Corporate Financial Management; plus three option modules Year 4 Dissertation, plus four option modules

Requirements at a glanceEntry to the courseTypical year 1SQA HigherBBCC A LevelCCC Irish Leaving CertificateB2, B2, C1, C1 Subjects requiredStandard Grade (3 or above) English and Maths, GCSE (Grade C or above) English and Maths Typical year 2SQA Advanced Higher A Level300 UCAS Points from Advanced Highers/ 3 A Levels, in Business-related courses HNCAccounting course, with A in Graded Unit Typical year 3HNDAccounting course, with AB in SQF level 8 Graded UnitsFees Table2012/3 2013/4 Scotland £1,820 £1,820 European Union £1,820 £1,820 Rest of UK £6,500 £6,630 Overseas £9,690 £10,080 Fees displayed are correct at the time of publication but the University Court reserves the right to make changes in fees at any time, and without notice, before or after the student's admission to the University.Tuition fees are reviewed annually and will rise each year during your programme of study, at least in line with inflation.

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