BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Accounting and Financial Management
Finance and Management BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: N300
BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: NN34 Typical offers A level: AAB-ABB IB: 35-34 (6,6,5-6,5,5 HL) with 4 in English A SL and 4 in Maths SL BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDD (for other combinations please refer to the online prospectus) GCSE: Majority 7/6 (A/B) grades at GCSE including minimum grade 6/B in Maths and English Language
This course is designed to prepare you for careers in diverse areas of accounting, finance and management and to equip you to deal with the challenges of an ever-changing business world. One of our key goals is to place accounting and financial management firmly in its business context and we offer the opportunity to study a much wider range of subjects than those included in the professional syllabuses. This course is approved by major professional accounting bodies in the UK (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, and ICAEW) and graduates can gain exemptions from some of their examinations or credits for prior learning.
Year 1
Typical offers A level: AAB-ABB IB: 35-34 (6,6,5-6,5,5 HL) with 4 in English A SL and 4 in Maths SL BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDD (for other combinations please refer to the online prospectus) GCSE: Majority 7/6 (A/B) grades at GCSE including minimum grade 6/B in Maths and English Language
The global finance sector requires professionals and managers equipped to deal with complex problems. This degree will help you develop vital technical skills that will give you a head start pursuing a career in finance. Covering topics that are often seen only at master’s level, it combines rigorous finance theory with general management studies to prepare you for a successful career in financial services or general management.
Year 1
Areas studied include principles of finance, quantitative business skills, macro and microeconomics, financial accounting fundamentals, organisational behaviour and skills for study, placement and employment.
Year 2
Areas studied include economics of the financial system, corporate finance, financial markets and derivatives, performance appraisal and stock valuations, ethics in finance and accounting, more advanced mathematical methods, management accounting and knowledge, data and information systems.
Areas studied include financial accounting fundamentals, principles of finance, quantitative business skills, law, macro and microeconomics, organisational behaviour, organisations in the international context and skills for study, placement and employment.
Compulsory placement/study abroad year
Year 2
Areas studied include financial reporting, management accounting, performance appraisal and stock valuations, ethics in finance and accounting, financial markets and derivatives, and knowledge, data and information systems.
Salaried professional placement and/or overseas study.
Final year
Salaried professional placement and/or overseas study.
Students will take core modules in portfolio management and financial trading, and specialised optional modules in financial risk management, behavioural finance, and multinational financial management, plus choices from a wide range of other optional modules.
Final year
Graduate destinations
Compulsory placement/study abroad year
Areas studied include advanced financial reporting, management accounting and control systems, strategic management accounting, corporate finance.
Graduate destinations
Recent examples include Accounting Associate (PwC), Operations Analyst (Goldman Sachs), Tax Advisor (EY) and Finance Analyst (Aston Martin). *Diploma in Professional/International Studies
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Placement opportunity
Study abroad
This degree equips graduates for financial careers in industry as well as finance. We have very close links with banks, asset managers and other financial institutions, nationally and internationally. Whilst our graduates are in high demand in the financial services sectors, a number have chosen to move into accounting and general management. *Diploma in Professional/International Studies
Additional award
Accredited course
