Accounting & Finance BSc

Course detail Description

We’ve designed this course to open your mind to a broad range of financial functions and principles. From management accounting and financial reporting to business law and investment management, you’ll explore different disciplines to help you understand every aspect of accounting and finance.

Research plays a vital role in the way you learn at King’s. And this helps you develop vital analysis skills and understand the latest strategies for managing global businesses.

When you study at King’s you won’t just learn about finance – you’ll be in the centre of a city with a thriving economy. There are always opportunities to learn more about the industry and meet people who know everything there is to know.

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials and independent study. A typical 15 credit module will include a 1 -2 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial each week. We encourage critical analysis and debate on contemporary management issues.

At King's, we place great emphasis on independent study and research and encourage students to discuss their ideas and discoveries. As a student of management you will use resources which include books, newspapers and magazines, the internet, social media, TV and radio and more to understand the discipline: how things were done and have developed; contemporary management issues and challenges; and what might be in the future.

Assessment methods depend on the modules you will be studying, the primary methods of assessment used for this course are written examinations, presentations (both individual and group), in-class tests and coursework.

King's Business School benefits from being situated right in the heart of London, one of the most exciting cities for finance in the world. We are close to the Square Mile – the hub of international commerce & finance, a short tube journey from Canary Wharf, home to world leading institution such as JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and many more.

We are surrounded by the many famous attractions and cultural highlights that London has to offer, including the South Bank Centre, the West End, several museums and galleries and much more. Most teaching takes place on the Strand and Waterloo Campuses.

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Structure

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

During the first year, students are required to take the modules listed below. Students also have the opportunity to take one additional 15 credit module.

Additional credit modules are optional and do not count towards progression. Options offered may vary from year to year.

You are required to take the following modules:

• Introduction to Financial Reporting (10 credits)
• Microeconomics (10 credits)
• Principles of Finance (10 credits)
• Mathematics for Accounting & Finance (10 credits)
• Organisational Behaviour (10 credits)
• Social Science & Modern Business (10 credits)
• Business Ethics (10 credits)
• Introduction to Management Accounting (10 credits)
• Macroeconomics (10 credits)
• Capital Markets & Financial Institutions (10 credits)
• Statistics for Accounting & Finance (10 credits)
• Programming for Accounting & Finance (10 credits)

Additional credit modules

There are no optional modules available in your first year, but you can choose to study one additional credit module. Additional credit modules do not count towards progression, but contribute to your overall degree score:

• A Foreign Language (15 Credits)

Year 2

During your second year, you will complete the required modules outlined below, plus three optional modules. Students also have the opportunity to take one additional 15 credit module. Additional credit modules are optional and do not count towards progression. Options offered may vary from year to year.

You are required to take the following modules:

• Corporate Finance (15 credits)
• Management Accounting (15 credits)
• Financial Accounting & Reporting (15 credits)
• Asset Management (15 credits)
• Audit and Assurance (15 Credits)

You are required to take three of the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• Technology and Innovation (15 Credits)
• Law and Management (15 Credits)
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship (15 Credits)
• Markets, Organisation and Society (15 credits)
• Human Resource Management (15 Credits)
• Government & Business (15 Credits)
• Industrial Organisation (15 Credits)
• Career Development: Theory & Practice (15 Credits)
• The Psychology of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (15 Credits)
• Work and Organisational Psychology (15 Credits)
• Governance and Accountability (15 Credits)
• Audit and Assurance (15 Credits)
• Algorithmic Approaches in Accounting and Finance (15 Credits)
• Consumer Behaviour (15 Credits)
• Strategic Management (15 Credits)
• Intermediate Macroeconomics (15 Credits)
• International Business (15 Credits)
• Intermediate Microeconomics (15 Credits)
• Managing Diversity & Inclusion (15 Credits)
• Introduction to Econometrics (15 Credits)
• Economics of Strategy (15 Credits)
• Econometrics Project (15 Credits)
• International Trade (15 Credits)

Additional credit modules

Students can take one additional credit module:

• A Foreign Language (15 Credits)

Year 3 Required Modules

In your final year of study, you will complete the following required module:

• Derivatives and Risk Management (15 Credits)
• Accounting, Organisations & Society (15 Credits)

You are required to take six 15-credit of the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• Mergers and Acquisitions (15 Credits)
• Taxation (15 Credits)
• Private Equity and Venture Capital (15 Credits)
• Fixed Income (15 Credits)
• Advanced Audit and Assurance (15 Credits)
• Applied Economics (15 Credits)
• Project (30 Credits)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (15 Credits)
• Globalisation and Employment (15 Credits)
• Organisational Change (15 Credits)
• International HRM (15 Credits)
• International Financial Systems (15 Credits)
• Communication in Organisations (15 Credits)
• International Marketing (15 Credits)
• Leadership: Theory and Practice (15 Credits)
• Marketing Communications (15 Credits)
• International Corporate Governance (15 Credits)
• Company Law (15 Credits)
• The Social Psychology of Financial Markets (15 Credits)
• Applied Econometrics (15 Credits)
• Money and Banking (15 Credits)
• Economic Growth (15 Credits)
• Public Economics and Public Policy (15 Credits)
• Health Economics (15 Credits)
• Governance and Accountability (15 Credits)
• Financial Statement Analysis (15 Credits)
• London Living (Classroom Project) (15 Credits)