Accounting and Finance (BSc)

The Accounting and Finance degree programme shares a common first year syllabus with the Accounting degree programme, providing essential grounding in a range of business related areas including statistics, economics, law, marketing and management.

The second and third years of the programme combine the study of the core areas of financial accounting, business finance and management accounting with a diverse range of specialist finance topics. Final year students in particular have the opportunity to select areas of relevance and benefit to their career interests.

Graduates of this versatile degree programme will be equally prepared for a career within the accounting profession or within the financial services sector, including corporate finance, financial consultancy, investment and retail banking, insurance and share dealing.

A number of classes are taught by practising accountants currently working for global firms such as PwC, KPMG and Grant Thornton. Each year we organise a range of skills-based workshops in partnership with the large accounting firms and the professional accounting bodies.

Year one

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsPrinciples of Marketing and StrategyBS163010 creditsIntroduction to EconomicsBS154720 creditsApplied Stats & Maths in Econ & BusinessBS150120 creditsLegal StudiesBS150520 creditsFundamentals of Financial ReportingBS161110 creditsIntroduction to FinanceBS161010 creditsIntroduction to Financial and Management AccountingBS150920 creditsPrinciples of Business ManagementBS153010 creditsYear two

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsManagement AccountingBS250720 creditsFinancial Markets & InstitutionsBS251420 creditsCorporate ReportingBS251620 creditsBusiness FinanceBS250220 creditsOptional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsAuditing and AssuranceBS251520 creditsTaxationBS250920 creditsInferential Statistics, Statistical Modelling and Survey MethodsBS250620 creditsLaw of Commerce, Banking and InvestmentBS251120 creditsYear three

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsAdvanced Corporate ReportingBS352120 creditsFinancial DerivativesBS351510 creditsSecurity Analysis & Portfolio ManagementBS361510 creditsManagement Accounting and ControlBS351720 creditsBusiness FinanceBS350220 creditsInternational Corporate FinanceBS351420 creditsOptional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsCorporate Governance & AccountabilityBS361410 creditsDevelopment of AccountingBS350310 creditsInternational AccountingBS350610 creditsExploratory Data AnalysisBS351910 creditsThe Accounting ProfessionBS361810 creditsPublic Sector AccountingBS361210 creditsModelling in Management ScienceBS361910 creditsAnalysis of Financial Reporting InformationBS352010 creditsDissertation (Accounting)BS352220 credits The University is committed to providing a wide range of module options where possible, but please be aware that whilst every effort is made to offer choice this may be limited in certain circumstances. This is due to the fact that some modules have limited numbers of places available, which are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, while others have minimum student numbers required before they will run, to ensure that an appropriate quality of education can be delivered; some modules require students to have already taken particular subjects, and others are core or required on the programme you are taking. Modules may also be limited due to timetable clashes, and although the University works to minimise disruption to choice, we advise you to seek advice from the relevant School on the module choices available.