Accounting and Finance, BSc (Hons)

The BSc Accounting and Finance degree combines accounting, management, and finance to build a solid foundation for careers in accountancy and business. It covers essential topics like financial accounting, quantitative methods, management accounting, ethics, sustainability, financial economics, foundations of finance, and principles of taxation. Students can opt for a year abroad, placement, or complete the program in three or four years, with opportunities for exemptions from professional exams such as ACA, ACCA, and CIMA.Assessment methods include examinations, written assignments, reports, projects, presentations, and a 10,000-word dissertation, which accounts for one-third of final-year marks. This curriculum blends theory with real-world practice, allowing students to tailor their studies and develop skills for the global financial landscape.

Year 1 Core modules: Financial Accounting teaches the techniques of double entry accounting and its application in recording transactions, adjusting financial records and preparing non-complex financial statements. Quantitative Methods 1 provides the fundamental quantitative techniques needed for your degree. Additionally, it provides a rigorous introduction to the foundation mathematical techniques needed for various modules throughout the degree program. Fundamentals of Management Accounting teaches you to understand, apply and critically appraise the fundamental knowledge and techniques that underpin the area of management accounting, from planning and control to costing and decision making. Ethics and Sustainability will introduce you to the social and ethical contexts in which business operate, using real-world examples. You will learn about the professional codes of ethics, learn to identify when an issue arises and develop the skills to propose alternative solutions. Additionally, you will gain understanding of the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their implication in the wider business societies. Introduction to Financial Economics introduces the basic principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics explores areas including the role of consumers and businesses in the marketplace, markets in action, market structure, strategic rivalry and growth strategies. Macroeconomics includes exchange rates and the balance of payments, globalisation, fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and economic growth. Foundations of Finance examines the key principles of corporate finance and their importance to firms. It also provides students with a solid grounding in issues of finance as they relate to business and financial markets. Principles of Taxation enables you to understand the general objectives of tax and to complete basic calculations in relation to income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, corporation tax, and VAT. You will also be able to prepare basic tax computations and provide tax advice to individuals and companies.