Course Overview

Our Accounting and Finance degree provides you with a sound technical knowledge and a broad understanding of the role of accounting and finance in the business world.

Your core courses cover Financial and Managerial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Finance and Quantitative Methods. You can also focus on your interests with optional modules including Financial Statement Analysis, Business Law, Taxation, Corporate Finance and International Financial Management.

You'll begin your degree with the Introduction to Accounting and Finance module, plus Economics and a third subject of your choice.

In your second and third years you'll study subjects such as Accounting Information Systems and Auditing; Principles of Financial Accounting; Statistical methods for Business; and Financial Accounting.

I really enjoyed my time at Lancaster University - it provided me with a great foundation to progress my career further.

Career opportunities

All our Accounting and Finance degrees prepare you for a wide variety of careers in business, with many of our recent graduates working with professional firms and financial institutions, as well as large commercial and local government organisations. Roles include auditors, trainee accountants, finance managers and banking advisors.

Your degree will also equip you with highly desirable transferable skills which have helped recent graduates find work in the fields of financial customer service, IT support and marketing and communications. Several graduates have also continued their academic studies and embarked on Masters degrees.