Accounting & Finance courses

A Foundation Year is available on these courses. See page 64 for more information

Key Information

Accreditations:

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), The Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Duration and delivery:

3 years full-time, or 4 years full-time with a minimum 30-week placement

Entry requirements: 104 - 120 tariff points

Required subjects: None

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent

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Entry requirements, contact hours and course costs

These courses are delivered by the AACSB-accredited Business School, an accreditation attained by fewer than 5% of business schools worldwide. It recognises our focus on excellence in all areas.

Getting you career-ready

The fields of accounting and finance have developed considerably in recent years and today’s graduates are expected to have a range of skills that transfer into a business environment.

Our courses have been designed to equip you with all the knowledge you’ll need in any organisation, large or small. As well as being accredited by all of the industry’s major professional bodies, there is also the possibility that you can gain exemptions from professional examinations, depending on the units you study during your time at university.

Industry-leading practitioners

You’ll meet leading industry practitioners and professionals through fieldwork, seminars, assessment activities and presentations. The IBM Challenge, a series of simulated business exercises to which hundreds of teams of university students compete in three rounds, will give you the opportunity to further develop your employability competencies and meet potential employers.

If you opt to include the 30-week placement as part of your course, you’ll gain invaluable workplace experience and can see how everything you’ve learned translates into the real world. You’ll also be creating a useful network of professional contacts at the same time.

International opportunities

To add a truly international aspect to your studies, you can also study abroad at one of our partner institutions during the second semester of the second year. Currently we have partners in Australia, Canada and Europe.

Key areas of study www.bournemouth.ac.uk/accounting-finance-economics

Common first year

All of our accounting and finance courses share the same first year, giving you a comprehensive overview of the sector. If you decide the path you have started isn’t for you, you will be able to transfer to a different specialism at the end of your first year. This enables you to keep your options open and makes any of these courses an excellent choice if you know that you want to work in the accounting and finance sectors but aren’t yet sure which area will best suit you.

Where to next?

Our students are now working as accountants, financial advisors, account managers, tax consultants, finance executives, mortgage advisors and management accountants in companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, J.P. Morgan, IBM, Disney, Adidas UK Ltd, Apple, Bank of New York Mellon, BMW, British Airways and HMRC.

BA (Hons) Accounting

Today’s professionals need an understanding of business and the role of accounting, law, strategy, economics, statistics and finance in professional decision-making. This course will help you to develop that valuable skillset. The course also provides the maximum level of exemptions from the main accounting professional bodies. You will gain proficiency in specialist areas such as business tax and auditing as well as areas such as financial reporting, management accounting and corporate finance. The emphasis will be on providing you with specialised knowledge in the area of accounting, as well as the professional, intellectual and inter-personal skills that employers are looking for.

UCAS code: N423

BA (Hons) Finance

Our Finance degree will help you to develop a thorough understanding of the workings of national and international capital markets as well as the operation of financial systems. The curriculum will draw upon the curriculum set by Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with subject specialism in financial markets, money and banking and asset valuation. Students on this course will be able to specialise in areas of finance like risk modelling, investment management, financial regulation and international tax.

UCAS code: NN23

BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance

This course offers an excellent grounding in accountancy, finance and business studies, providing you with a range of skills to allow you to pursue a career in the financial sector. It allows you to specialise in accounting with subjects like management accounting or specialist subject areas in finance like asset valuation. The finance curriculum will draw upon the curriculum set by the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) whilst the accounting units will ensure the curriculum required by the professional bodies is followed.

UCAS code: N420