Course Overview

This degree scheme offers a wider choice of management subjects than our single honours Accounting and Finance degree. You'll study the fundamental concepts of the accounting discipline, whilst at the same time developing your knowledge of management and related subjects such as organisational behaviour, organisational strategy and marketing.

In your first year you'll follow the Introduction to Accounting and Finance module as well as Economics and a third subject. Your second year courses include Accounting Information Systems and Auditing; Management Accounting for Business Decisions; and Statistical Methods for Business. In your final year, you'll move on to subjects such as Financial Accounting; Issues in Auditing; Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation.

The course provided a solid and practical background - preparing me for my job with a leading investment bank.

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.