Accounting and Finance BA

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Accounting and Finance BA

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Bachelor

    • Duration:

      3 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 9,250 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 12,875

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

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    Course Summary

    Solent University’s Accounting and Finance BA degree program is a great way to find your place in the rewarding and fast paced world of International Finance. This degree program could easily be your first step towards a career as a Financial Advisor, an Investment Broker, a Chartered Accountant or hundreds of other highly respected titles.

    The course aims to deliver a solid understanding of the accounting, banking and financial services industries. In addition to attending classes you’ll have the opportunity to gain work experience and to work with specific parts of the financial industries as you pursue your coursework, research and projects.

    This course is certified by a wide range of professional bodies like CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants), the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), and the AIA (Association of International Accountants), and can result in exemption from as much as 2/3 of the entry training and examinations for these organizations.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This program is typically delivered over three years at full time.

    You may also have the opportunity to learn about this exciting industry by spending some time actually working in a professional role to gain work experience. You’ll learn a set of skills specific to your intended career as well as make the contacts which could become the basis of an amazing professional network later in your career.

    Year 1 Modules Include:

    • Accounting Services
    • Accounting Systems
    • Business Contexts
    • Introduction to Financial Reporting
    • Introduction to Management Accounting
    • The Accountant as a Professional

    Year 2 Modules Include:

    • Accounting for Management Performance
    • Accounting Risk and Ethics
    • Audit Principles
    • Business and Personal Tax
    • Financial Management
    • Financial Reporting
    • Law in Business
    • The UK Monetary and Financial System
    • One or More Language Modules

    Year 3 Modules Include:

    • Accounting for Management Decisions
    • Advanced Taxation
    • Auditing Practice
    • Capital Market Trading
    • Corporate Financial Management
    • Corporate Reporting
    • International Financial Reporting and Analysis
    • The International Financial System
    • One or More Language Modules

    Learning & Teaching

    Though the curriculum of Solent University’s courses include all of the expected lectures, skills workshops and seminars, there are also many teaching techniques which involve getting first hand advice from industry leaders, useful examples of working in the field and other ways of better preparing students for an active career. One such method is the option of a year spent in a paid placement, learning real world skills in a real world context.

    Career Possiblities

    Solent University’s BA program in Accounting and Finance was designed from the start to make you a highly employable graduate. Recent students have gone on to work with organisations like Vodafone, PwC and Ernst & Young in roles such as Stock Broker, Tax Advisor, Management Accountant, Financial Service Accountant, Credit Consultant, Credit Analyst, Banker or Consulting Accountant in the public, private and not for profit sectors. There are virtually no limits on what you could achieve.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in a full BA degree.

    Students must typically have been awarded 96 UCAS Tariff Points to apply. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English by scoring well on an approved test. An IELTS score of 6.0 overall and no less than 5.5 in any section would qualify, for example.

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