Accounting With Finance BA (Hons)

Modern accountancy isn't all about number crunching and spreadsheets. As an accountant you need to be able to understand, visualise and present financial data to ensure businesses make the right decisions. You'll be at the heart of the business, analysing performance and informing strategy.

This degree focuses on modern accountancy skills as well as general business. You'll learn to inform and persuade using numbers. You'll work in small groups that replicate the workplace, with a focus on teamwork, real world case studies and developing strategy from financial data.

From your second year you'll be able to tailor your learning to your area of specialist interest, choosing your modules to focus on:

• professional modules: take the fastest route to becoming an ACCA chartered accountant
• finance modules: your best preparation route for working in banking or investment management
• analytics modules: combine accounting with data analysis, including data cleaning, visualisation and modelling

The course is accredited by 4 key accounting bodies (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA), so whichever route you take you'll have lots of exemptions from professional exams.

Course Highlights:

• Be taught by professionally qualified accountants who have industry experience with companies such as KPMG, Deloitte and HSBC
• Get on the fast track to becoming a chartered accountant through our accredited exemptions from professional exams with 4 global accounting bodies
• Be employment-ready by using industry-standard software and databases such as Oracle, SAP, Sage and S&P Capital IQ
• Choose options in business analytics to develop the skills that modern accounting needs
• Benefit from the opportunity to gain additional certifications, for example the ACCA Data Analytics Certificate
• Gain a Bloomberg Certificate (a trading platform that's used by 250,000 financial service professionals) in our dedicated Bloomberg Suite
• Apply your learning by helping student entrepreneurs and local charities such as Age Concern and The Rowans Hospice with their finances
• Feel supported throughout your studies through our peer mentoring, maths support and our team of friendly staff who'll get to know you well

What You'll Study:

• Year 1:
• Core modules
• Organisations and Accounting - 20 credits
• An accredited introductionto the nature and form of organisations, the influence that external environment and human behaviour can have on the management of organisations, and the role of accounting in organisational management and development.
• Toolbox for Accounting Professionals - 20 credits
• Use Sage accounting software and Microsoft Office to develop the IT, communication and presentation skills you need in the academic study of accounting, as well as in accountancy as a profession.
• Introduction to Finance for Accountants - 20 credits
• Develop your overview of the ideas and theories that accountants use to understand financial markets and institutions.
• Introduction to Data Analytics - 20 credits
• Learn fundamental concepts in business analytics which is of relevance to the accounting and finance profession.
• Economics - 20 credits
• This module gives you an overview of the principles of economics and looks at how to use economic and financial theory to evaluate relevant and contemporary issues.
• Essentials of Financial Accounting - 20 credits
• An introductionto the principles of financial accounting, including how to use the double-entry booking system to record business information and prepare financial statements.
• Year 2:
• Core modules
• Financial Management - 20 credits
• Learn the essentials of financial management, including corporate finance, investment, capital structure, cost of capital, working capital management and dividend policy, with an emphasis on discounted cash flow and risk.
• Financial Reporting - 20 credits
• Learn about all aspects of financial reporting and how to apply it in practical situations.
• Management Accounting - 20 credits
• Learn how to resolve business problems while developing a range of accounting skills and techniques.
• Critical Issues in Accounting and Finance - 20 credits
• This module will teach you theories and help you identify ethical issues in accounting and finance through weekly lectures and supporting seminars.
• Year 3:
• Core modules
• Advanced Global Financial Management - 20 credits
• Gain a greater understanding of global financial mechanisms and learn how to evaluate, synthesise and illustrate concepts of risk and return.
• Advanced Financial Reporting - 20 credits
• Expand on your basic understanding of corporate financial reporting and gain additional insight into theories that underpin practice.
• Strategic Management Accounting - 20 credits
• Develop your knowledge of management accounting.