BSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year
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 with Placement Year, an accounting and finance degree centred on the preparation and interpretation of financial and managerial information. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, Research Methods, Project Management, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Legal Analysis, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students complete a structured paid work placement in industry during the third year and undertake a final-year independent research project. The first year establishes core foundations through compulsory modules such as Commercial Law, Financial Accounting 1, Foundations of Business Analytics, and Introduction to Accounting and Finance. The second year continues with essential studies including Company Law, Financial Accounting 2, Financial Management, and Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets, alongside optional choices such as Sustainability Reporting, Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking, Human Resource Management, Islamic Banking and Finance, and Management Ethics. Following the third-year business placement, the final year features core modules like Accounting Research Project, Financial Accounting 3, and Management Accounting 3. Students can further tailor their studies through optional modules including Advanced Taxation, Auditing, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business, Financial Analysis, Information and Markets, Futures and Options, International Banking, 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
- Realising Success
- 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
- Business Placement
- Accounting Research Project
- 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