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Accounting and Finance

Entry requirements


A level

B,B,C

112 UCAS Points

112 UCAS Points

112 UCAS Points

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DMM

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

D*D*

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

112 UCAS Points

UCAS Tariff

112

About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Accounting

One of only a few courses in London accredited by six accountancy bodies, this course provides exam exemptions from ACCA, ICAEW, CIMA, AIA, CPA Australia and IFA (provided you select the corresponding option modules) and will fast-track you on a path to becoming a qualified accountant. With this qualification you can enter a career across several industries, businesses and organisations in the private, public or voluntary sectors.

Gain employment in the financial services industry with a solid understanding and thorough overview of financial markets, financial reporting requirements and the regulatory framework for accounting. Benefit from core accounting disciplines with a heavy emphasis on preparation for the world of work.

Receive full exemption from professional-level exams as well as training to complete your final papers with the integrated Master's version of this course - MAccFin (Hons) Accounting and Finance.

Modules

Year 1: Mental Wealth 1: Academic and Digital Proficiency (Core), Fundamentals of Economics (Core), Fundamentals of Business Accounting (Core), People and Organisations (Core), Business Law (Core)

Year 2: Mental Wealth 2: Graduate Employment Competencies (Core), Intermediate Financial Reporting (Core), Financial Management (Core), Performance Management Accounting (Core), Accounting and Tax Clinic (Core), Taxation (Optional), Optional placement (Optional)

Year 3: Mental Wealth 3: Global Enterprise and Consultancy Practice (Core), Advanced Financial Reporting (Core), Corporate Finance (Core), Strategic Management Accounting (Core), Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics (Core), Auditing (Optional)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

Assessment methods

Year 1 - Combination of coursework and exams, with two modules comprising a 50% exam component.
Year 2 - 40% coursework, 60% examination.
Year 3 - 80% -100 exams plus two modules comprising 20% coursework.
You will receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and areas of improvement as we aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£14,820
per year
International
£14,820
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Stratford Campus

Department:

Royal Docks School of Business and Law

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

88%
Accounting

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

Teaching and learning

85%
Staff make the subject interesting
89%
Staff are good at explaining things
89%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
88%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

84%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
89%
Course specific equipment and facilities
83%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

86%
UK students
14%
International students
56%
Male students
44%
Female students
88%
2:1 or above
19%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

E
C
C

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

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.

£20,000
med
Average annual salary
89%
low
Employed or in further education
59%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

48%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
22%
Administrative occupations: finance
9%
Business, research and administrative professionals

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.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Accounting

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£20k

£20k

£22k

£22k

£26k

£26k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?

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