BSc (Accounting And Finance)

On our BSc Accounting and Finance degree you will be taught using a variety of methods by leading researchers and academics who have worked professionally in the accounting and finance sector.

Your first year is designed to raise your knowledge and understanding so that you are operating at degree level. It doesn’t count towards your final degree classification but you must pass it to proceed. 

The second year of this programme allows you to take optional modules in the form of pathways, which most suit your interests and maximise your exemptions from those areas. Your second year contributes 25% of your final degree classification and your third year 75%.

You can apply for a placement year during your second year and undertake a year-long placement during your third year. If you successfully secure a placement you will be moved on to the four-year BSc Accounting & Finance with Placement Year degree. 

You can apply for any paid placement opportunity from multi-national, third sector, and SME employers in the UK and internationally. BBS Careers also source exclusive opportunities that are only available to BBS students. 

Why Study This Course?

• You will study at one of the handful of business schools in the UK that holds the prestigious ‘triple-crown’ accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).
• Your employability options are vast and varied, our strong links with industry mean that rigorous undergraduate academic study is combined with a real practical focus, leading to excellent job opportunities.
• We are the 3rd most targeted university of top UK employers (High Fliers Research 2023).
• On successful completion of your degree, you may be eligible for exemptions from a number of professional examinations offered by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
• The finance pathway of this programme is affiliated with CFA and IMC. This means the curriculum for this programme is closely tied to professional practice and prepares students well to sit the examinations of CFA and IMC. Scholarships from the CFA will be offered every year to selected students who take the CFA examinations during their programme.
• You may apply for a placement year during your 2nd year and undertake a year-long placement during your third year. If you successfully secure a placement you will be moved on to the four-year BSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year degree. 

Modules:

• Unless indicated otherwise the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2024.
• First Year
• Core modules
• Decision Making and Control
• Financial Accounting and Accountability
• Academic Skills A
• Critical Thinking A
• Widening Accounting Horizons A
• Widening Accounting Horizons B
• Principles of Economics and Finance 
• Economics for Business
• You must also take one of the following (depending on whether you have A Level Mathematics):
• Numeracy, Statistical Analysis and Financial Literacy A
• Numeracy, Statistical Analysis and Financial Literacy B
• Second Year
• Core modules
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Optional modules
• Take one of the following pathways dependent on prior qualifications:
• Professional Accounting pathway
• You can choose this pathway in order to maximise professional exemptions.
• Audit
• Business Law
• Taxation: Principles and Planning
• Finance pathway
• The Finance pathway is only an option if you have A Level Mathematics or equivalent.
• Econometrics
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Security Analysis and Valuation
• Future Leaders pathway
• You must take the below modules plus one further module from the Professional Accounting pathway or the Finance Pathway.
• Business, Economy and Government
• Responsible Business: Theory and Practice
• Final Year
• Core modules
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Advanced Financial Accounting Practice and Theory
• Accounting and Finance Research Project
• If you are on the Future Leaders Pathway you must also take the Fundamentals of Leadership module.
• Optional modules
• You will also choose either 20 or 40 credits of optional modules dependent upon the pathway you've chosen. All modules below are worth 20 credits each.
• Advanced Management Accounting and Control
• Business Analytics
• Comparative and International Taxation
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Professional Development
• Public Sector Accounting and Governance
• Social and Environmental Accounting
• Foreign Exchange and International Finance
• Special Topics in Finance