Accounting and Finance-BA

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Bachelor's degree

In Durham

£ 9,000 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Durham

Throughout the BA Accounting and Finance you’ll study a breadth and depth of accounting and finance subjects giving you the opportunity to take your knowledge to a new level. Areas of study may include accounting information; the legal, regulatory and social context within which accounting operates and the design and operation of information systems. What’s more, if you choose the relevant modules, you will gain exemption from some of the ACA, ACCA and CIMA examinations once you’ve completed your degree. Just another small step that will help make your way up the career ladder a little easier. Flexibility – subject to optional module choice and successful completion of your first year – it may be possible to change your degree path to either Accounting and Management or Finance. (Students who require a Tier 4 visa will need to check this in...

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Durham
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Stockton Road, DH1

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On request

About this course

Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: We require AAB from A-levels. We consider all A-level subjects, with the exception of General Studies – therefore General Studies would not be included in any offer. For all Business, Marketing, Accounting and Finance degrees a strong proficiency in Mathematics is required. If Mathematics is not taken as an A-level subject a grade A in Mathematics at GCSE is required. We consider each application...

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Course programme

Year 1

In the first year, compulsory modules will provide you with the key fundamentals to examine and evaluate modern financial markets. These include:

  • Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • Introduction to Management Accounting
  • Foundations of Finance
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Quantitative Methods.

A further optional module will be chosen from a range which has in the past included:

  • People Management and Organisations
  • The Global Economy
  • A Foreign Language
Year 2

In the second year, compulsory modules investigate:

  • Auditing and Assurance
  • Corporate Financial Reporting
  • Corporate Finance
  • Management Accounting.

You also choose two optional modules from a selection which have in the past have covered, for example:

  • Macroeconomics and International Finance
  • Microeconomics
  • Introduction to Financial Econometrics
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Principles of Business Law
  • Introducton to Taxation
  • A Foreign Language.
Year 3

Moving to a more research-led teaching orientation in the third year, you are required to produce a double module Dissertation in any of the accounting and finance areas, such as financial accounting, management accounting, auditing or finance. Additionally, you will study three compulsory modules exploring:

  • Financial Planning and Control
  • Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting
  • Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

And choose one module from a large selection covering business and finance options. Subjects covered in previous years have included, for example:

  • Corporate Governance
  • Security Investment Analysis
  • International and Multinational Finance
  • Financial Engineering
  • Behavioural Finance
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Strategic Management
  • Islamic Economics and Finance
  • Historical Studies in Accounting
  • A Foreign Language.

Accounting and Finance-BA

£ 9,000 + VAT