Accounting and Finance BSc

First Year

Core modules

• Financial Accounting and Accountability
• Decision-Making and Control

Take one of the following pathways depending on your prior qualifications. Students will be counselled as to the most appropriate pathway.

• Academic Skills A
• Critical Thinking A
• Widening Accounting Horizons A
• Widening Accounting Horizons B

• Business and Communication Skills A and B
• Academic Skills B
• Critical Thinking B

You must also take one of the following: (dependent on whether you have A level Economics)

• Economics for Business A
• Economics for Business B

You must also take one of the following: (dependent on whether you have A level Mathematics)

• Numeracy, Statistical Analysis and Financial Literacy A
• Numeracy, Statistical Analysis and Financial Literacy B

Core modules

• Financial Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Corporate Finance

Optional modules

Take one of the following pathways dependent on prior qualifications:

• Taxation: Principles and Planning
• Audit
• Business Law

• Econometrics
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Security Analysis and Evaluation

• Responsible Business, Theory and Practice
• Business, Economy and the Government
• Additional option from the Professional Accounting or Finance pathway

Core modules

• Advanced Financial Accounting Practice and Theory
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Advanced Management Accounting and Control
• Extended Essay

Students on the Future Leaders Pathway must also take Fundamentals of Leadership

Optional modules

Students will also choose either 20 or 40 credits of optional modules (dependent upon pathway chosen) from a list provided by the department.

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.