Accounting BSc with a Year Abroad

The BSc in Accounting will provide you with a solid, practical foundation and relevant, technical and intellectual competence in accounting and related forms of financial expertise. You will develop quantitative, communications and information technology skills and the ability to apply these in an accounting context. You will learn how accountants work with managers, shareholders and a wide range of other stakeholders in a variety of different organisations and help them make informed decisions.

The first year of this degree is shared with the Accounting and Finance BSc, which means you will have the option to switch to this degree at the end of your first year.

In your first year you will learn about the foundations of finance, management and economics and begin to acquire the basic statistical skills to prepare you for your dissertation in your final year. The modules that you take this year will provide you with a solid base for the more specialised modules of the second and third years.

Modules
Accounting and Finance in Context
Foundations of Economics
Foundations of Finance
Foundations of Financial Accounting
Introduction to Accounting Theory
Introduction to Management for Accounting and Finance
Management and Cost Accounting
Maths and Statistics for Accounting and Finance
This is the same first year as the Accounting and Finance BSc, so it is possible for you to transfer to that course at the end of your first year.

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

In your second year you will begin to specialise in specific areas of accounting. You will learn the essentials of corporate governance, financial reporting and the principles of personal taxation. You will also choose option modules, allowing you to tailor your studies to your interests.

Core modules
Principles of Personal Taxation
Corporate Governance
Accounting, Decision Making and Control
Audit and Assurance
Research Methods for Accounting and Finance
Option modules
Choose one option module from:

Public Accounting
Business Law for Accountants
Choose one option module from:

Accounting Theory
Principles of Business Taxation
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Year Abroad or Year in Industry (optional)
You have the option of spending a year studying abroad at one of our partner institutions or working in an industrial placement. Alternatively, you can opt to continue studying at the University and complete your degree in three years.

In your final year you will study a range of core modules, including your dissertation – a piece of independent research supported by one-on-one support from an academic tutor. You will also choose from a selection of option modules, giving you the chance to shape your degree around your interests.

Core modules
Advanced Financial Accounting
Advanced Management Accounting
Advanced Audit, Assurance and Ethics
Plus Dissertation part 1 and Dissertation part 2

Option modules
Choose three option modules from:

Investment Management
Advanced Taxation
Accounting for Non-Profit Organisations
Management Science
Financial Reports Analysis
Professional Ethics and Critical Theory
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.