Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English and Maths at C/4 or above
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
About this course
Accounting and finance professionals play a vital role in today's economy. Our degree is for aspiring accountants wishing to build a successful career in the profession.
**Why studyBA Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year at Middlesex University?**
Accounting is at the core of every business which means that our BA Accounting and Finance course offers you a range of opportunities in every industry, from banking to fashion and everywhere in between. You’ll develop your advanced theoretical knowledge as well as a practical understanding of all aspects of accounting and finance. Covering key areas within financial and management accounting, taxation and business law, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the role accounting plays in successful organisations.
**Build your hands-on practical accounting skills**
You’ll build your knowledge through a combination of lectures, workshops and seminars. You’ll also take part in a range of class-based discussions to further develop your skills and understanding.
We use accounting software such as Zero, Sage and OneSource in our teaching and our state-of-the-art Financial Markets Lab will give you the hands-on experience you'll need to succeed in the profession.
During your studies, you will have the opportunity to do a paid work placement, either as a year-long project or two shorter placements. Here you’ll get the chance to test and improve your technical skills in the real world, as well as building your soft employability skills such as communication and team work.
**Globally recognised for our employability focus**
We received a CIMA Employability Global Silver Excellence award from our professional body as recognition of commitment to employability enhancing education and workshops for our students.
**Supporting employment prospects throughout your degree**
We aim to provide our students with all the knowledge and tools they will need to achieve their desired employment goals. Below are some of the key focus points you will cover throughout your degree.
Fully integrated employability skills and links with industry as well as to provide all students a virtual internship opportunity.
We run a comprehensive series of weekly employability and skills sessions.
We have an established relationship with the NHS work placement scheme.
We organise mentoring events with our alumni.
We embed employability skills within our modules; for examples: students are required to develop and partly execute an audit plan, to apply industry software to calculate corporation tax, to assess and analyse the financial performance and position of real-world companies using their published annual reports.
**Get the support you need to succeed**
When it comes to support, you'll be allocated with a Personal Tutor to get the guidance you need, while your Subject Liaison Librarian supports you directly in the Financial Markets Lab. You’ll also get support from our Student Learning and Graduate Academic Assistants who have personal experience in your subject.
A BA in accounting and finance from one of the best accounting courses in London is the ideal first step towards becoming a qualified accountant. It’s also a springboard for other careers like corporate finance, market research, and risk analysis, among many others. Graduates from this course have gone on to have careers with the likes of PwC, Deloitte and City Bank among others.
Modules
Foundation Year
Introduction to Business (30 credits) - Compulsory
Academic Writing and Research Skills for Business (30 credits) - Compulsory
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics (30 credits) - Compulsory
Management Foundation Project (30 credits) - Compulsory
Year 1
Financial Accounting (30 credits) - Compulsory
Financial Data Analysis (15 credits) - Compulsory
Corporate Responsibility and Ethics (15 credits) - Compulsory
Management Accounting (30 credits) - Compulsory
Financial Business Environment (15 credits) - Compulsory
Accounting Information Systems (15 credits) - Compulsory
Year 2
Applied Financial Accounting OR Advanced Financial Accounting (30 credits) - Compulsory
Applied Management Accounting OR Advanced Management Accounting (30 credits) - Compulsory
Business Law (30 credits) - Compulsory
Financial Mathematics (30 credits) – Optional
Operations Management (30 credits) – Optional
Financial Project Management (30 credits) – Optional
Personal Financial Behaviour (30 credits) – Optional
Year 3
Accounting Theory (15 credits) – Compulsory
Ethics and Sustainability (15 credits) – Compulsory
Taxation (30 credits) – Compulsory
Corporate Finance (30 credits) – Compulsory
Audit and Assurance (30 credits) – Optional
Authentic Leadership Development (30 credits) – Optional
Business Start-up (30 credits) – Optional
Investment Analysis (30 credits) - Optional
Advanced Financial Data Analysis (30 credits) – Optional
Corporate Accountability (30 credits) – Optional
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation (30 credits) – Optional
Work Internship (30 credits) – Optional
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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
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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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