MH403 BA Accounting and Finance

SeCTIoN 3 – BUSINeSS, eCoNomICS, FINaNCe aND aCCoUNTING SPecIalISeD DeGreeS BA Accounting and Finance CAO Code: MH403 | CAO Points 2021: 424

CAO Code: MH403 CAO Points 2021: 424 CAO Points Range 2020: 422-625 Places 2021: 70 Duration: 3 years (4 years with placement and/or Erasmus/Study Abroad) Erasmus/Study Abroad Option: Yes Mature Applicants: See p. 208 UK, EU & International Applicants: See p. 214 QQI Link: See p. 210 Placement Option: Yes – subject to availability Leaving Certificate: 2H5 & 4O6/H7, Irish, English & O4/H7 Mathematics

>Embark on the route to become a professional accountant, which offers a rewarding career with international mobility and high earning potential >Become a highly sought-after graduate possessing the technical accounting, finance and transferable skills required of future business leaders

>Engage with expert faculty, who foster an engaging, friendly, supportive and dynamic learning environment

Why choose this degree?

>To become a professional accountant, you need to successfully complete three levels of professional exams as well as on-the-job training. If you successfully complete the BA Accounting and

Finance, you will be exempt from the first level of these professional examinations (CAP1 examinations Chartered Accountants Ireland and equivalent examinations from ACCA, CIMA and CPA professional accounting bodies). >You will learn how to compile, analyse, interpret and communicate essential information about the operations of a business – whether that business be a small firm, a publicly traded corporation or an

NGO (non-governmental organisation). >You will have the opportunity to pursue a four-year degree with a work placement in a leading accounting firm or study year abroad, thus combining what you learn in Maynooth University with insights into industry or another culture.

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Critical Skills Option See p. 12 for details

Options after graduation?

While graduates are likely to be primarily focused on a professional accountancy qualification, the numeracy skills, coupled with an ability to think critically and analytically, which are developed on this programme, are invaluable assets in a wide range of careers. Graduates have successful and rewarding careers in accounting, banking and the financial services sector generally, as well as financial research and teaching.

Many of our students continue to further postgraduate study in a very wide range of Business subjects at Maynooth University or another leading university in Ireland or abroad.

Contact us Maynooth University School of Business Building, North Campus Dr Michael Hayden  +353 1 708 6420 /  michael.hayden@mu.ie  +353 1 708 6520 / +353 1 474 7207 / +353 1 708 3703  business@mu.ie  www.maynoothuniversity.ie/business Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn

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Course structure

Accounting is the major element studied with Finance and Economics. Students are introduced to the fundamentals of accounting and finance in year 1 with no prior knowledge required, as we teach accounting from first principles. Students develop key analytical, technical and numeracy skills which create a solid foundation to build upon in subsequent years. In second and final year you will expand and deepen your knowledge of all areas of accounting and finance as well as gain an understanding of the financial environment in which businesses operate.

Optional work placement - subject to availability.

Possible topics

1st year

> Financial Accounting > Fundamentals of Finance and

Accounting > Economics > Mathematics > Professional Development modules > Financial Accounting > Management and Cost Accounting > Taxation > Corporate Finance > Economics > Advanced Financial Accounting > Advanced Management Accounting > Ethics and Corporate Governance > Law > Finance

1st year 2nd and Final year

2nd year Final year