Accounting and Finance BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Leicester
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Original amount in EUR:
9,250 €
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Leicester
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Duration
3 Years
Kick-start your professional accounting career on a course that is designed to develop industry-ready graduates, with a number of exemptions from professional body exams to speed up the process to become a qualified accountant.
Gain core knowledge and skills, with a huge range of modules covering topics such as Financial Accounting, where you will explore relevant procedures and techniques. As you progress, Management and Strategy will come into play, introducing the theory and practical aspects of managing organisations and the people who work for them. Other modules include Forensic Accounting, Advanced Corporate Finance and Advanced Decision Management.
Our Trading Room simulates what it’s like to work in the financial industry in roles such as trading, portfolio management, investment banking, corporate finance and financial or economic analysis. You will also have free access to news, analysis and commentary from the Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.
Our close links with employers and professional accounting bodies will give you opportunities to enhance your career prospects. Depending on your module choices, you could gain exemptions from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the Certified Practicing Accountants Australia (CPA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Association of International Accountants (AIA).
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About this course
A degree in Accounting and Finance opens up a wide range of career opportunities as you develop a broad base of skills that are in great demand with employers.
You may choose to specialise in a discipline that you enjoyed studying on the programme.
Recent graduates have progressed to careers in positions such as Commercial Finance Analyst at Red Bull, Auditor at KPMG, Cost Technician at PepsiCo, Tax Processor at Grant Thornton and Financial Criminal Analyst at Barclays.
A typical offer is 112 UCAS points from at least two A-Levels, or
BTEC National Diploma/Extended Diploma at DMM
Plus, five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Mathematics or equivalent
Alternative qualifications include:
Pass Access with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit (or equivalent) with English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSE required as separate qualifications at grade 4
We will normally require students to have had a break from full time education before undertaking the Access course
International Baccalaureate: 26+ Points.
Accreditations
You can qualify for exemptions and potentially gain a professional qualification at an accelerated rate from the following bodies:
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
The Certified Practicing Accountants Australia (CPA)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
The Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
The Association of International Accountants (AIA)
The professional accounting bodies award exemptions in line with a student’s prior learning to provide the quickest possible route to qualification. A student with exemptions gains from an employability perspective. Such students are a good option to a prospective employer as the employer will not have to cover the costs of the professional examinations or provide study leave, which may disrupt the work schedule.
The number of exemptions awarded will be dependent on the programme and modules selected.
You could gain up to the maximum nine exemptions from ACCA exams if you choose the appropriate modules, and be exempt from the first eight exams with CIMA - a great start towards gaining your professional qualification and developing a wealth of industry knowledge to kick-start your career.
Our graduates have landed roles such as financial analysts, management accountants and banking advisors for globally-renowned organisations including Dunelm, EY, Yorkshire Bank, General Electric and the NHS.
Benefit from our close links with employers and professional accounting bodies and enhance your career prospects with visiting sessions by industry speakers, work placements and networking events.
Gain access to Bloomberg and Refinitiv/Eikon self-study certifications and their online training materials.
Expand your horizons with international experiences linked to your studies through our DMU Global programme. Accounting and Finance students have previously visited New York, where they experienced an insider’s tour of Wall Street and met former traders who gave them an insight into the billion-dollar institutions that influence the global economy.
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Subjects
- Accountants
- Employability
- Teaching
- Business Taxation
- Financial Reporting
- Corporate Finance
- IT Law
- Taxation
- Management
- Trading
- Accounting
- IT
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Economics
- ACCA
- International
- Global
- Banking
- Accounting MBA
- Finance
- Financial
- Law
- Public
- Industry
- Accounting and Finance
- Financial Training
- IT Development
- IT Management
Course programme
Year 1
- Financial Accounting
- Global Financial Issues
- Introduction to Law
- Management Accounting
- Professional Communications
- Quantitative Methods
- Company Law
- Decision Management
- Financial Reporting
- Management and Strategy
- Business Taxation
- Corporate Finance
- Organisation Management
- Accounting Standards and Theory
- Ethics for Professionals
- Business Intelligence using Excel
- Advanced Decision Management
- Advanced Financial Reporting
- Audit and Assurance
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Advanced Corporate Taxation
- Forensic Accounting
- Governance and Sustainability
- International Business Taxation
- International Developments in Accounting
- Investment and Portfolio Management
- Liquidity and Financial Risk Management
- Managerial Development and Control
- Public Sector Accounting and Finance
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. Tutorials, seminars and workshops are less formal and students will be expected to contribute to the session. Lectures are formal teaching periods that provide key content and assessment material. Group work helps to embed employability skills and it provides an opportunity to learn from each other. Blackboard is used as a virtual learning environment to support study. Each module will have its own shell and will incorporate material such as; lecture slides, tutorial solutions, assessment material, announcements and pilot examination papers.
Assessment will be through a mix of coursework and examinations. Coursework will include: presentations, academic essays, professional reports, multiple-choice tests, reflective reports and numerical computations. Some assessments will be prepared by students individually and others will be prepared in groups. Assessment is typically weighted as follows in your first year:
- Exam: 42%
- Coursework: 58%
Contact hours
This is a full-time course and in total you should be prepared to devote approximately 38 hours a week to your studies. In the first year, you will typically have up to 14 contact hours of teaching most weeks. Teaching is through a mix of lectures, tutorials, seminars and lab sessions and the breakdown of these activity types is shown in each module description.
Other: In addition each module provides a two hour surgery each week for individual consultation with the lecturer. You will also have timetabled meetings with your personal tutor and careers and/or subject meetings scheduled throughout the year.
Self-directed study: In order to prepare for, and assimilate, the work in lectures and seminars you will be expected to use our on-line resources, participate in flipped or virtual classroom discussions on our virtual learning environment (VLE) and engage in personal study and revision for approximately 25 hours per week.
Subsequent years follow a similar pattern, however, the contact time will vary depending on your subject mix and options chosen, and the teaching methods appropriate to the module. Further details are contained in each module description.
Additional information
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons)
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
9,250 €