B.A. Financial Management for Business

The first year provides you with a broad understanding of how business operates. Your studies in the first year will form an essential base for your development in the following years.
Core units in this year include:

• Business Accounting
• Business Environment
• Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis
• Marketing Principles and Practice
• Managing People in Organisations
• Operations and Systems

The second year has a slightly different approach. Alongside the core elements of your degree, you will have the chance to tailor your studies to your individual interests and your preferred career path.
Core units in this year include:

• Financial Reporting for Finance Pathways
• Corporate Finance
• Portfolio Theory
• Managing Business Relationships

Options to choose from in this year include:

• Professional Adviser
• Accounting Packages
• Taxation for Finance Pathways
• Financial Crime and Fraud Investigation
• Language

After the optional placement year you will be well prepared to tackle your final year. You will undertake a project or dissertation, which allows you to carry out an in-depth investigation of a subject of your choosing.
Core units in this year include:

• Behavioural Finance and the Psychology of Investment
• Strategic Management
• Enterprise World Futures
• International Financial Management

Options to choose from in this year include:

• Dissertation (Accounting)
• Work-based Financial Project
• Independent Study for Accountants
• International Accounting

*This course is also available as a 4-year sandwich (work placement)