Queen's University Belfast
UCAS Code: N4R1 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Normally A-level French grade B or AS-level French grade B or GCSE French grade B or evidence of linguistic ability ie GCSE grade B or equivalent in any other language. GCSE Mathematics grade B A-level General Studies and Critical Thinking are normally excluded from offers. However, the grade achieved may be taken into account when results are published in August and may be used in a tie-break situation.
Access to HE Diploma
Successful completion of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 60 credits is required, including 45 credits at Level 3 and 15 at Level 2. Normally A-level French grade B or AS-level French grade B or GCSE French grade B or evidence of linguistic ability ie GCSE grade B or equivalent in any other language. GCSE Mathematics grade B
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Successful completion of IB with a total of 34 points including 6, 6, 5 (French) in Higher Level subjects.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Higher level French grade H3 or Ordinary level grade 03. If Mathematics is not taken at the Higher Level - Ordinary Level grade 03 is required.
Successful completion of BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (180 credits) with overall grades D*D*D. Normally A-level French grade B or AS-level French grade B or GCSE French grade B or evidence of linguistic ability ie GCSE grade B or equivalent in any other language. GCSE Mathematics grade B
Successful completion of BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) at Level 3) with overall grades D*D*D. Normally A-level French grade B or AS-level French grade B or GCSE French grade B or evidence of linguistic ability ie GCSE grade B or equivalent in any other language. GCSE Mathematics grade B
Scottish Advanced Higher
Separate targets are shown for Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers but offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of the two. Normally Scottish Advanced Higher French grade B or Higher French grade B or National 5 French grade B or evidence of linguistic ability ie National 5 grade B or equivalent in any other language.
Scottish Higher
Separate targets are shown for Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers but offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of the two. Normally Scottish Advanced Higher French grade B or Higher French grade B or National 5 French grade B or evidence of linguistic ability ie National 5 grade B or equivalent in any other language. GCSE Mathematics grade B
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About this course
Accounting is concerned with the provision of economic information for both internal and external organisational stakeholders. The undergraduate Accounting degrees at Queen's are designed primarily for students who intend to enter the accounting profession and as such contain considerable practical content, as well as essential theory in the various specialisations of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Auditing, Taxation and Finance.
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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.
French studies
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