Honours Degree
Are you a good communicator? Could you get to grips quickly with complex financial issues and communicate them clearly to others? If so, a career in finance or accountancy could be for you.
You don’t need to have an A-level in business or accounting, or necessarily a maths A-level, although a good
GCSE is a must. What you will need to succeed is an interest in global business and financial issues, good problem solving abilities, and the ability to express yourself and your ideas clearly in writing and speech. And, of course, the determination to succeed.
Accounting and financial professionals occupy some of the most senior management positions in industry and commerce, and the rewards which are available reflect this. A degree in this area offers graduates the opportunity either to fast-track their professional accountancy qualification, or to embark on a career in business, secure in the knowledge that their specialist skills in accounting and finance make them extremely marketable.
Placement
You have the opportunity to spend your third year in a paid work placement. A number of high profile accountancy related placements in companies such as IBM, Sony, Marks & Spencer and Xerox are available each year, as well as in accountancy practices ranging from small local and regional firms to the Big Four companies.
Some of our modules
- Management Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Corporate Accountability
- Environmental and Social Accounting
- Role of Stock Markets
- Taxation Principles and Practice
- Audit in Context
Benefits
- significant exemptions from the ACCA and CIMA professional accountancy qualifications
- accreditation of prior learning enabling those with the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification to fast-track their degree studies
- a dedicated team of professionally qualified tutors with significant practice and industry experience
providing vocationally relevant teaching
Career paths
- practice with an accounting firm, specialising in corporate finance, auditor taxation
- industry, specialising in either finance or management
- financial services
Are there any placements for this course?
Optional placement in the third year.
How will the course be assessed?
Presentations, group work, ‘real-life’ simulations and practical tasks involving projects with real businesses, traditional essays and examinations.
Full-time entry requirements
Location?
The Park
Applications
All full-time applications should be made through UCAS.
We welcome applications from students from non-traditional backgrounds and from overseas.