The BSc (Hons) Accounting with Finance with Placement Year is aimed at students who have an interest in developing knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of accounting and finance, and in particular, who are looking to pursue a professional career in accounting. It seeks to give students a learning experience that allows them to develop proficiencies that create effective accounting professionals in today’s changing business environment. The curriculum and learning and teaching strategy are complemented by guest lectures and ‘live’ workshops to promote independent learning and increasing their employability skills for the future.
Year 1 provides you with a good understanding of the foundations of accounting and finance alongside the fundamentals of business. Years 2 and 3 gives you in-depth knowledge of how companies use accounting and finance to make decisions, report performance under conditions of uncertainty and risk. The programme provides the intellectual underpinnings required for a professional career in a rapidly changing work environment, a rigorous approach to self-awareness and personal development and a significant exposure to the world of work and its current demands through work experience opportunities.
This degree is ideal for those interested in a future professional career in accounting, finance, audit and taxation. It offers an excellent grounding in accounting and acts as a foundation for further study in accounting or finance at postgraduate or professional level.
Course Details - Modules
Year One:
• Essentials of Management
• Academic and Employability Skills
• Managing and Leading People
• Financial Accounting
• Data Analysis
• Finance
Year Two:
• Ethics and Regulations in Finance and Accounting
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Economics for Business
• Introduction to Taxation
• Business Law 1
• Management Accounting for Business
Year Three:
Students who select to undertake a placement year in industry will spend the penultimate year of their BSc programme working for an organisation under academic supervision. This supervised work placement will connect them with the employment market. Students will gain job-related skills, awareness of the structure of an organisation, practical problem-solving, responsibility, interpersonal skills in professional settings, and understanding of the unwritten rules of workplaces. They will have the opportunity to reflect on their learning, supervised by an academic supervisor. They will also enrich their CVs with important practical experience.
Year Four:
• Global Leadership and Change Management
• International Strategic Management
• Financial Reporting
• Advanced Taxation
• Audit
• Advanced Financial Reporting
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment is designed to meet the programme and module learning outcomes both academically and professionally in formative form, including the preparation and feedback from seminars, workshops, tests and presentations, as well as in summative assessments that contributes to the grade, including individual coursework, group work, projects, in-class presentations, and exams. This programme also involves group work and group assessment.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
NN4P
Institution code:
L17
Campus Name:
London Bloomsbury
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Excluding General Studies
Pass Diploma (60 credits) with 45 credits at Level 3 including 24 Distinctions
In addition we require all applicants to hold GCSE Maths and English Language at grade C or grade 4 or above.
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
IELTS 6.0 or above with a minimum of 5.5 in each component.
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
Go onto work and study:
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Fees and funding
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
EU
9250.0
Year 1
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
International
14150.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Our course fees also include all textbooks and materials. Please see the following link for further information - https://www.law.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course-fees-and-funding/
Provider information
2 Bunhil Row
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London
EC1Y 8HQ
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