BSc Accounting & Finance

This program offers students the opportunity to gain a strong foundation across the main areas of business and management. It also strongly stresses employability to ensure that graduates are equipped with the required skills for a competitive and dynamic job market. A compulsory placement year ensures students further develop their personal and business skills. The program covers core areas of strategy, accounting, marketing, and organizational behavior. The program also enhances students’ project management and research inquiry skills by gathering and analyzing data pertaining to research problems/business challenges related to the field of study.

Year 1

• Foundations in Financial and Management Accounting
• Careers in Accounting
• Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
• Law for Business
• Principles of Operations Management
• Foundations of Business Analytics
• An Introduction to Business Economics

Year 2

• International Financial Reporting
• Applied Management Accounting
• Business Tax
• Audit, Governance, and Company Law
• Financial Management
• Virtual Business Simulation

Year 3

• Professional Placement Year
• Entrepreneurship

Year 4

• Advanced International Financial Reporting
• Audit and Professional Ethics
• Strategic Management Accounting
• International Finance
• Integrated Case Study
• Tax Policy and Personal Tax

Objectives

The program is designed to create a well-rounded graduate who possesses a combination of technical accounting, employability, and academic skills and who appreciates the importance of the social, political, and organizational context in which accounting exists

The program's aims are as follows:

• Demonstrate an understanding of core theory and the necessary technical competence in the field of accounting and related management disciplines.
• Apply knowledge with the objective of recommending and justifying appropriate operational and strategic decisions, based on robust analysis and sound judgment Aim 3: Locate, extract, analyze and evaluate data from multiple sources with the objective of forming a reasoned conclusion.
• Apply critical analysis, evaluation, and appropriate reflection towards their own work and that of others.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional skills including effective communication, the ability to think holistically, and to work collaboratively.
• Work effectively as independent, proactive, self-managed learners to meet deadlines and successfully complete tasks.
• Take an ethical approach to business situations, promoting social responsibility and cultural sensitivity.

A degree in accounting and finance develops skills that are useful in a range of sectors you will work towards becoming a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certified Accountant, Chartered Management Accountant, Chartered Public Finance Accountant, Investment Banker, Retail Banker, or Tax Adviser.