BA Accounting and Financial Management and Economics
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB IB: 34; 33, with A in a social-science based extended essay
About this course
BA in Accounting and Financial Management and Economics BA, an economics and accounting and finance degree centred on the role of accounting and financial management within organisations alongside modern economic theory and applied economic analysis. Core topics include Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Research Methods, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Marketing, Policy Analysis, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Year 1 establishes foundations through compulsory modules such as Foundations in Financial Management, Introduction to Financial Accounting, Microeconomic Analysis and Policy, and Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy. Year 2 advances technical knowledge with compulsory modules including Intermediate Management Accounting, Financial Management, Intermediate Financial Accounting, and Statistics and Econometrics, alongside optional modules covering areas such as Public Economics and Macroeconomic Policy. Year 3 focuses on advanced study with compulsory modules like Advances in Financial Accounting, Advances in Management Accounting, Case Studies in Accounting and Consultancy, and Economic Policy and Practice. Students can further tailor their studies in the final year by selecting from optional modules such as Monetary Economics, Urban Economics, Health Economics, and Behavioural Economics.
Modules
- Foundations in Financial Management
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Introduction to Management Accounting
- Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
- Mathematical Methods for Economics 1
- Mathematical Methods for Economics 2
- Intermediate Management Accounting
- Financial Management
- Intermediate Financial Accounting
- Statistics and Econometrics
- Public Economics
- Macroeconomic Policy
- Economics of Financial Institutions
- Economic Decision-making
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- *Students can only take one of either Intermediate Microeconomics or Intermediate Macroeconomics*
- Advances in Financial Accounting
- Advances in Management Accounting
- Case Studies in Accounting and Consultancy
- Economic Policy and Practice
- Monetary Economics
- Urban Economics
- Health Economics
- Economic Analysis of Inequality and Poverty
- Contemporary Issues in Labour Economics
- Education Economics
- Political Economy
- Environmental Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- Development Economics