Accounting and Finance (including foundation year)
London Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: N403 | Bachelor of Arts - BA
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
English language grade C/4 or above (or equivalent)
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About this course
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**Why study this course?**
Our Accounting and Finance (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree is a four-year course with a built-in foundation year (Year 0). It’s the ideal course if you’re interested in studying accounting and finance at undergraduate level but you can't meet the entry requirements or don't have the traditional qualifications required to start a standard degree.
On graduation of this four-year degree you’ll gain professional exemptions from accounting bodies including ACCA, ICAEW, CIPFA, AIA and IFA, facilitating your journey to becoming a qualified accountant or finding success in a finance-related career.
**More about this course**
Our four-year accounting and finance programme has been designed with an integrated foundation year to allow you to develop key academic skills and build your confidence at the beginning of your degree. You’ll learn core business skills and the key principles of accounting, as well as numerical and technological skills that are vital for analysing data.
The foundation year of this degree is intended to prepare you for your subsequent years of studying accounting and finance, so you’ll enter Year 1 well-equipped to study at undergraduate level.
Our teaching staff have academic and professional experience in public audit, taxation, financial reporting, management accounting and information systems. You will also benefit from visiting industry speakers who are invited to give presentations on contemporary accounting, finance and business-related topics throughout your degree course.
You will share your foundation year with students on other foundation year courses, allowing you to share insights and get a taste of a variety of other business-related disciplines.
Following your foundation year, you will study the same course content and get the same choice of modules as those who study our Accounting and Finance BA (Hons).
Should you decide during your foundation year that you’d like to specialise in a different area of study, there is some flexibility to allow you to do this.
You'll graduate with a full undergraduate degree with the same title and award as those who studied the traditional three-year course.
Modules
Example Year 0 modules include: Development for Success in Business (core, 30 credits); The Context of Business (core, 30 credits);
Using and Managing Data and Information (core, 30 credits); Orientation for Success in Higher Education (core, 30 credits).
Example Year 1 modules include: Business Law and Ethics (core, 15 credits); Financial Accounting (core, 15 credits); Management Information Systems (core, 15 credits); Introduction to Financial Markets and Institutions (core, 15 credits); Management Accounting Fundamentals (core, 15 credits); Data Science, Research and Analysis (core, 15 credits); Learning through Organisations (core, 15 credits); Understanding the Business & Economic Environment (core, 15 credits).
Example Year 2 modules include: Financial Reporting (core, 15 credits); Company and Employment Law (core, 15 credits); Management Accounting (core, 15 credits); Principles of Finance (core, 15 credits); Problem Solving: Methods and Analysis (core, 15 credits); Taxation-Income Tax (core, 15 credits); Taxation-Corporate Tax (core, 15 credits); Audit and Internal Control (option, 15 credits); Sustainability, Business and Responsibility (option, 15 credits); Fundamentals of Project Management (option, 15 credits).
Example Year 3 modules include: Professional Experience Year placement (option, 30 credits); Advanced Financial Reporting (core, 15 credits); Financial Management (core, 15 credits); Advanced Management Accounting (core, 15 credits); Accounting Theory and Regulations (option, 15 credits); Dissertation (core, 30 credits); Audit and Assurance Services (core, 15 credits); Practicing Business Strategy (option, 15 credits); Financial Instruments (option, 15 credits); Financial Engineering (option, 15 credits); Personal Finance (option, 15 credits); International Trade and Finance (option, 15 credits); International Banking (option, 15 credits).
Assessment methods
You'll be assessed through exams, essays, group work and a dissertation, all of which are designed to help prepare you for entering the jobs market.
In order to gain exemptions from professional bodies, some modules are assessed using methods such as closed-book examinations.
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Top job areas of graduates
You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.
Finance
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.
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