Accounting and Taxation, BSc (Hons)

Course summary

This degree is a flexible course that can be tailored to your own interests and career plans. You could choose pathways towards an accountancy professional recognition and gain expertise in green finance, accounting, assurance/audit, pension and tax technologies. Unlike many other BSc Accounting courses, this degree focuses on the public sector and how businesses and policymakers interact.With this Accounting and Taxation degree you'll: • Understand and apply theories and practices within audit, taxation and public sector accounting. • Learn the skills required to play key strategic roles in businesses and other organisations. • Build, analyse and communicate data in areas of accounting, audit, tax and sustainability. Show businesses how to ethically, responsibly and sustainably apply new concepts and practices. • Work on real-world projects and case studies from the University's partners.We also offer a variant of this course with a Placement Year.Choose Southampton and you'll also be joining a department ranked in the top 100 in the world for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024).

On our Accounting and Taxation course you'll explore financial accounting and management, including a research project. Some of the modules you may study include Management Accounting; Advanced Taxation; Information, Organisation and Accountability from a Historical Perspective; Strategic Management; and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business.