Accounting and Finance BA (Hons)

Our degree in accounting and finance aims to build your skills portfolio for a rewarding career in business, in the field of accountancy or finance. You'll actively engage with employers and the leading professional bodies during your time at the University, as you position yourself to enter this highly influential sector.

With its strong focus on business sustainability, including environmental, social and governance issues, this degree will show you're a highly analytical, numerate and commercially-driven graduate. You'll also be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills that employers value, and have the opportunity to gain 'real world' experience through the optional placement year.

Key Features:

• In the latest graduate activities survey 100% of graduates are in work or further study 15 months after completing the course
• Gain exemptions from professional exams (as attached handbook), plus Associate Membership of the IFA
• Enhance your employability in a one-year paid placement, internships, consultancy projects and company visits
• Compete for the Hereford & Worcester Chamber of Commerce prize for 'Outstanding Performance in Accountancy & Finance', the Bishop Fleming Award for ‘Excellence in Financial Reporting’ and the Haines Watts ‘Audit Excellence Award’
• Experience international cultures through opportunities to work and study abroad  

What Will You Study:

• Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative. 
• Year 1
• Mandatory
• Introduction to Management Accounting
• Introduction to Financial Accounting
• Law for Accounting and Finance
• Unlocking Individual Potential
• Optional
• All first and second year modules are mandatory. This enables you to acquire the core knowledge and skills that you need for the rest of your degree, maximise professional body accreditation and identify specialist topics which interest you and may wish to select in Year 3.
• Year 2
• Mandatory
• Financial Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Financial Markets and Investment
• Unlocking Organisational Potential
• Optional placement year or year abroad
• You can choose to take a placement year and convert your degree to a 4-year sandwich degree with virtually all of our full-time Single Honours degrees in Business or Computing by taking a year in industry between your second and final years.
• You will be able to apply to spend your placement year at an organisation of your choice, anywhere in the UK. Placement opportunities are available in all business sectors, including accounting, finance, banking, economics, marketing, advertising, PR, HR and business management.
• Year 3
• Mandatory
• Audit and Ethics
• Strategic Financial Management
• Advanced Financial Reporting
• Advanced Management Accounting
• Strategic Business Management
• Optional
• Taxation
• International Banking and Finance
• Applied Economics
• Rethinking Organisational Value

Entry Requirements:

• 112 UCAS tariff points 
• The normal minimum entry requirement is 2 A Levels (or equivalent Level 3 qualifications).
• Applicants with no formal qualifications may be considered for Mature Student Entry Routes.
• T Levels may be used to meet the entry tariff requirements for this course. 

How Will You Be Taught?

• The University places emphasis on enabling you to develop the independent learning capabilities that will equip you for lifelong learning and future employment, as well as academic achievement. 
• A mixture of independent study, teaching, academic support through integrated coaching and the personal academic tutoring system enables you to reflect on progress and build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will enable you to flourish and be successful.