Accounting Degrees

Professionally accredited and practically focused accounting degrees.

Degrees available:

• Accounting – BA (Hons)

• Accounting & Finance – BA (Hons)

• Accounting & Economics – BA (Hons)

Our professionally accredited accounting degrees will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to all areas of accounting. They will prepare you with the skills and knowledge you will need to pursue professional accounting qualifications and a career in the industry.

Our Accounting - BA (Hons) will allow you to obtain maximum exemptions from the ACCA and substantial exemptions from ICAEW and CIMA, and our other Accounting degrees will also allow you to obtain substantial exemptions from these professional body examinations. By completing any of these degrees you are therefore giving yourself a head start towards obtaining your professional accounting qualifications.

Work experience plays a major part in each course allowing you to gain real-world industry experience. The Accounting & Finance - BA (Hons) and Accounting & Economics - BA (Hons) allow you to complete a credited Work Experience or Volunteering Project in your second year. You can also choose to take the sandwich option on all three degrees and undertake a year-long work placement between your second and third years. Past placements have taken place at organisations such as Warner Bros., Proctor & Gamble and Deloitte. Coursework is generally very practical, reflecting the skills and techniques required by a professional accountant. Assessment for ACCA-accredited modules includes a closed-book examination in order to satisfy exemption requirements.

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Place of study: Llandaff Campus

Course length: 3-5 years full-time dependent upon taking foundation year (see page 92) and/or year-long sandwich placement

Entry requirements: Typical offer: 112 UCAS Points

Typical modules

The three degrees share first year modules before specialising in years two and three, with Accounting students covering core modules including corporate and business law, taxation, financial management and financial reporting, while Accounting & Finance students explore core modules in money, banking and risk, investment management and more.

For those following the Accounting & Economics route, you will combine core accounting modules with economics modules that focus on the CORE economics curriculum of providing real-world economics learning.

Examples of compulsory modules include:

• Financial and Digital Accounting

• Global Financial Services

• Management Accounting

• Performance Management

• Financial Management

Your future

• As an Accounting graduate you will be in considerable demand from UK and international employers.

• Past graduates have obtained graduate training places in ‘the big four’ accounting companies (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) and HMRC with many others employed by smaller accounting firms.

• You would be well prepared to undertake a variety of roles in finance departments of businesses, high street practices and the public sector.