B.A. Accounting with Finance

This common first year across all our accountancy courses provides you with a broad understanding of key concepts and techniques. What you learn in the first year will form an essential base for your development in the following years.
Core units in this year include:

• Essentials of Financial Accounting
• Economics for Accounting
• Toolbox for Accounting Professionals
• Organisational Management Accounting
• Business Law for Accountants
• Quantitative Methods for Accountants

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:

• Business Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Operational Management Accounting

Options to choose from in this year include:

• Crime and Fraud Investigation
• Taxation for Accounting Programmes
• Personal Finance
• Management Science
• Professional Adviser
• Language
• Accounting Packages and Information Systems

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

• Advanced Business Finance
• Advanced Financial Accounting
• Accounting for Strategic Management and Control

Options to choose from in this year include:

• Independent Study for Accountants
• Enterprise World Futures
• International Accounting
• Social Financial Practitioner
• International Financial Management
• Auditing

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