Accounting and Finance BA (Hons)

Course Information

Our BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance programme is about enabling you to develop the experience and skills to be a highly effective financial manager. As a result, it will equip you for a career in finance or accounting. Underpinning the programme is a broad-based business and management education, which combines with the vocationally focused finance and accounting elements to provide you with a strong foundation for career development as a financial manager. Over the course of your degree studies you will encounter a range of practice based topics. The learning environment is based primarily around group workshops, and there will be work-based learning opportunities.

Indicative Course Content Modules are designed to be active and experiential so that the skills and knowledge you develop can be implemented in realistic settings. The content of the programme reflects the need for financial managers to have a good foundation in business and management based knowledge and skills in addition to more specialist expertise. Consequently, alongside fields of study such as financial analysis, corporate finance, financial accounting and management accounting, the programme includes business strategy, economics, marketing principles, people management and law. The first year of the course shares much in common with our other business and management based programmes. After the first year you have a choice. You can continueto focus on accounting and finance from Year2 onwards or you also have the opportunity toswap to, or combine your finance studies with,another business and management baseddiscipline.

Core Subjects include:

• Financial Accounting

• Management Accounting

• Corporate Finance

• Business Economics

• Business Law

• Management

• Business Strategy

• Marketing

Option Subjects include:

• Operations Management

• Human Resources Management

• Web Design

Why this Course?

• A practical, vocational focus

• The course prepares you for a career as a financial manager. On graduation you may progress onto professional programmes (e.g. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)

• A supportive, group learning environment

• A strong grounding in business and management subjects

• Work-Based Learning enables you to use skills in a live environment

• An emphasis on critical thinking and problem-based learning

• Part-time study routes available

Careers

• Accountancy

• Banking

• Management

• Insurance

• Finance and investment management

Work-based learning

Work based learning opportunities are an integral part of the three-year version of this degree. However, there is also the opportunity to undertake a four-year, ‘professional placement’ programme that involves a 48- week work placement in Year 3.

Entry Requirements

UCAS Code NN43 - BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance. Indicative Modules