BSc Mathematics and Accounting and Finance
Entry requirements
A level: AAA/A*AB including A in Maths or AAB including AB in Maths and Further Maths. We recognise the benefit of STEP/MAT/TMUA in demonstrating your aptitude to study Mathematics at a higher level but do not include it as part of any conditions of offer. IB: 37 (6,6,6 HL) including HL Maths BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: D*DD plus A level Maths at Grade A. BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: D*D plus A level Maths at Grade A. BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D* plus two A levels at Grades AA including Maths.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Accounting and Finance, a mathematical sciences degree split evenly between mathematics modules and accounting and business subjects. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Legal Analysis, Entrepreneurship, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme draws on expertise from both the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Loughborough Business School. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory modules such as Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Calculus I, and Introductory Probability and Statistics. The second year progresses with modules including Management Accounting, Analysis I, and Financial Markets and Derivatives Fundamentals. In the third year, compulsory study features Advanced Management Accounting, Financial Reporting: Theory and Practice, and Audit and Assurance. Students can also select from an extensive range of optional modules such as Applied Statistics, Operational Research, Stochastic Methods in Finance, Digital Organisations, AI and Society, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Modules
- Financial Accounting Fundamentals
- Economics for Financial Studies
- Calculus I
- Introduction to Law
- Linear Algebra and Geometry I
- Introductory Probability and Statistics
- Principles of Finance
- Linear Algebra and Geometry II
- Management Accounting
- Analysis I
- Financial Markets and Derivatives Fundamentals
- Calculus II
- Probability Theory
- Financial Reporting
- Mechanics
- ODEs and Calculus of Variations
- Advanced Management Accounting
- Financial Reporting: Theory and Practice
- Audit and Assurance
- Graph Theory
- Analysis II
- Applied Statistics
- Introduction to Differential Geometry
- Dynamical Systems
- Asymptotic Methods
- Operational Research
- Stochastic Methods in Finance
- Multinational Financial Management
- Digital Organisations, AI and Society
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Financial Risk Management
- Algebra
- Complex Analysis
- Analytical Dynamics
- Statistical Modelling
- Elements of Topology
- Medical Statistics
- Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
- Linear Differential Equations
- Vibrations and Waves
- Game Theory
- Computational Methods in Finance
- Mathematical Biology
- Company Law
- Corporate Finance
- Behavioural Finance
- University-wide Language Programme