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BSc Accounting and Finance

University of Southampton

Institution
University of Southampton
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Accounting and Finance
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
N400
Typical offer
A-level AAB, IB 34

Entry requirements

A level: AAB IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level

About this course

Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance, an accounting and finance degree centred on the preparation and interpretation of financial and managerial information. Core topics include Accounting, Financial Analysis, Statistics, Legal Analysis, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The course is flexible, allowing students to tailor their studies through optional modules and providing opportunities for an industrial placement year or a study abroad period. The first year covers core foundations through Commercial Law, Financial Accounting 1, Foundations of Business Analytics, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Introduction to Economics For Non-Economists, Introduction to Management, Introduction to Marketing for Accounting and Finance, and Management Accounting 1. The second year progresses with Company Law, Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Financial Accounting 2, Financial Management, Management Accounting 2, Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets, and Principles of Audit and Taxation, alongside optional choices such as Sustainability Reporting, Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking, Human Resource Management, Islamic Banking and Finance, and Management Ethics. The final year includes compulsory study in Financial Accounting 3 and Management Accounting 3, while offering extensive optional modules like Advanced Taxation, Auditing, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business, Financial Analysis, Information and Markets, Futures and Options, International Banking, Marketing in the Digital Age, Project Management, Risk Management, and Strategic Management.

Modules

  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Accounting 1
  • Foundations of Business Analytics
  • Introduction to Accounting and Finance
  • Introduction to Economics For Non-Economists
  • Introduction to Management
  • Introduction to Marketing for Accounting and Finance
  • Management Accounting 1
  • Company Law
  • Contemporary Issues in Accounting
  • Financial Accounting 2
  • Financial Management
  • Management Accounting 2
  • Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets
  • Principles of Audit and Taxation
  • Sustainability Reporting
  • Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking
  • Human Resource Management
  • Islamic Banking and Finance
  • Management Ethics
  • Financial Accounting 3
  • Management Accounting 3
  • Advanced Taxation
  • Advanced Taxation 2
  • Analytics Implementation III: Knowledge Management, Methods and Ethics
  • Auditing
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
  • Financial Analysis, Information and Markets
  • Futures and Options
  • Information, Organisation and Accountability from a Historical Perspective
  • International Banking
  • Marketing in the Digital Age
  • Project Management
  • Risk Management
  • Strategic Management