Accounting (Joint Honours)

Three years full-time or four years with a placement year.

The course is designed to complement many other subjects offered within the Joint Honours programme. Accounting is a major and integral aspect of business life in all sectors and across nations. Those with knowledge in the field of accounting and finance can find employment in service and manufacturing industries, public practice and the not-for-profit sector.

Accounting and finance encompasses a wide range of activities including recording and reporting financial performance, monitoring and controlling activity and resources as well as helping to make sound operational and strategic decisions. There are several specialisations such as financial services, auditing, taxation, risk management and information systems.

Stage one

During the first stage students will be introduced to the important conceptual issues which underpin accounting and will start to learn some of the techniques and skills required. At this stage, students will be concerned with recording, reporting and interpreting basic financial and cost accounting information.

Stage two

This stage concentrates heavily on corporate reporting, management accounting and the role of the accountant in organisational decision-making.

Stage three

In the final stage, students will be able to study the more strategic and specialist areas of accounting and finance including financial services, banking, investment management and insurance.

• Flexibility in module choice
• Proven student support systems

In the Joint Honours programme students select two subjects as joint for stage one. Students may continue with equal emphasis on two subjects as a joint degree in stages two and three, or switch to a major/minor split. The degree title is derived from the two subjects.

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Typical modules include:

• Accounting and Society
• Accounting Information Systems
• Accounting Software and Models
• Financial Environment
• Financial Strategy
• International Money and Finance
• Introduction to Computing and the Internet
• Managing Finance and Financial Decisions
• Strategic Business Analysis
• Theory and Practice of Taxation

A variety of teaching and learning strategies are used including lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials along with innovative methods of learning and assessment such as computer modelling and video presentations. Units are assessed separately using a mixture of examinations, coursework, presentations and projects.

As well as employment in service and manufacturing industries, public practice and the not-for-profit sector, there is a wide range of career opportunities within the finance industry.