BA (Hons) Accounting and Taxation

Bachelor's degree

In Bournemouth

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bournemouth

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The fields of accounting, finance & economics have developed considerably in recent years and today’s graduates are expected to have a range of skills that transfer into a business environment.
Each of the courses in our accounting, finance and economics framework will give you vital core skills, as well as offering specialist options depending on the pathway you choose to pursue. All courses’ first year units are the same, allowing you the flexibility to transfer to another pathway at the end of the first year. This keeps your career options open and enables you to make more informed choices.
On the Accounting & Taxation degree you'll gain a thorough understanding of taxation, a skill that many employers are seeking in accountants. We’ve taken our expertise in taxation and combined it with some of the best aspects of our accountancy courses to ensure you graduate with a full set of skills that will help you go far in any business environment.
As well as having industry accreditations, this course offers exemptions for accountancy qualifications, which means you may not have to take all the exams required to become a Chartered Accountant. It also covers communication and IT skills, which are vital in the modern business world. What's more if you opt to include the a minimum of 30-weeks placement as part of your course, you’ll gain invaluable workplace experience and can see how everything you’ve learned translates into the real world.
We are proud to be one of a select number of UK universities that can offer its top performing Accounting and Taxation undergraduates the opportunity to obtain the ICAEW’s Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (CFAB) in your final year. The CFAB is an internationally recognised professional qualification which will further boost your employability prospects.
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Facilities

Location

Start date

Bournemouth (Dorset)
Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, BH12 5BB

Start date

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Subjects

  • Company Law
  • IT Law
  • Taxation
  • Business Environment
  • Staff
  • Options
  • Audit
  • Teaching
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Financial
  • Law
  • Industry
  • Accountancy
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Financial Training
  • Finance Economics
  • Learning Teaching
  • Tax

Course programme

Course details On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Year 1 Core units Economics for Accounting & Finance: You'll develop an understanding of the operation of markets, including the interaction between related markets along with an understanding of the impact of economic policies on business and society in the context of a global economy. Introduction to Accounting: This unit aims to provide you with a sound foundation in the fundamentals of accounting, together with a basic understanding of the regulatory framework. Professional Studies & Quantitative Techniques: You'll develop knowledge of the fundamental mathematical processes, techniques and ideas used in the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data. Law for Accounting & Finance: This unit will embed the core legal principles and concepts within the legal environment for a graduate operating in the finance sector. Business Management: Providing you with an introduction to marketing, human resource management and organisational change in the context of business management in a global environment. Basic Statistical Techniques: By the end of this unit you'll be able to calculate a range of basic statistical techniques and interpret the results and perform various significance tests. Year 2 Core units Management Accounting: Providing you with the practical ability to deal with fundamental cost and management accounting issues. Business Tax Planning: This unit will equip you with a working knowledge of the UK taxation system as it impacts upon business decision making and encourages you to critically evaluate the principles underlying the UK system of taxing business. Professional Studies: The aims of this unit are to develop relevant transferable academic and vocational skills. Financial Reporting: You'll expand upon your theoretical knowledge of financial accounting and critically apply the principles to a consideration of alternative methods of accounting and to the practice of accounting in more advanced applications. Audit & Control: The unit is designed to give you an insight into the modern audit process, with an emphasis on the statutory audit process, although the work of internal audit will also be considered. Law of Personal Tax: You'll analyse and appraise the system of personal taxation applying in the UK. Enabling you to examine the impact of taxation on the economic decisions of individuals and the scope for personal tax planning. Year 3 You may choose to complete an optional (minimum) 30-week work placement which can be carried out anywhere in the world. The placement year offers a chance to gain experience and make contacts for the future. Year 3/4 Core units Advanced Accounting Theory & Practice: This unit will develop your understanding of the theoretical aspects of financial reporting and teach you how to apply this to technical issues. Law of Business Tax: You'll adopt a transactional approach, to engage in critical analysis of the effects of taxation in the various stages in the expansion of a business, from sole trader to corporate group. Taxation - Economics and Policy: You'll discover an insight into the impact of taxation on the economy, ways of appraising taxes and consideration of alternative types of tax policies, resulting in a broad knowledge of taxation issues. International Taxation: The aim of this unit is to provide a technically and academically challenging examination of the issues in international taxation faced by multinational corporations and individuals. Option units (choose two) Indirect Tax: You'll evaluate the application of VAT to specific business sectors in the UK and its interaction with the EU and overseas jurisdictions in the context of cross-border trade. Law of Personal Tax: The aims of this unit are to enable you to explore and critically evaluate opportunities for mitigating the impact of personal taxation on the decisions of individuals. Company Law: You'll extend your competence in the field of Company Law, and gain the necessary knowledge to apply Company Law at an advanced level. Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. Scheduled learning and teaching activities The emphasis of this course is in guided independent learning, which helps you develop into a self-motivated learner. When not attending lectures and seminars, you will be expected to read around the subject. Your typical week’s activities will include reading books and journal articles, working on group projects, preparing presentations, conducting library research and writing your assignments. The hours below give an indication of how you can expect to spend your time during each year of this course. Year 1 – 20% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 225 hours Independent learning: 975 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 19 hours Year 2 – 18% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 217 hours Independent learning: 975 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 2 hours Year 3 (optional placement year) Year 3/4 - 16% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 186 hours Independent learning: 1014 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 3 hours 42% of the course is assessed by coursework Year 1: 40% Year 2: 38% Year 3: 0% (optional placement year) Year 3/4: 48% Throughout the course you will be assessed by coursework culminating in your final year research project, but you will also undertake group work and written exams. Programme specifications Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for BA (Hons) Accounting & Taxation. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance. 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BA (Hons) Accounting and Taxation

£ 9,250 + VAT