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Accounting and Finance (FinTech) (with Foundation Year)

Entry requirements


A level

C,C

64 UCAS points

Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF)

MM

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

MMP

UCAS Tariff

64

About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time including foundation year | 2024

Subjects

Accounting

Finance

Accounting and finance with fintech are practical, career-focused subjects. Our learning methods reflect the tasks you’ll be expected to carry out in the workforce.

The future of financial transactions, applications and management of finances is expected to be impacted heavily by fintech. The course will enable you to understand the trends and innovations in the financial industry. We have already started to see the application of fintech e.g. cryptocurrency, crowdfunding, mobile payment systems. Therefore, studying this pathway will help you to have a good grasp of not only the foundations and applications of fintech but also on the strategic implementation of fintech.

It is important to note that the curriculum does not include the technology, coding or programming involved in fintech but the strategic management of technology.

The four year course is perfect if you want a degree in accounting and finance with fintech, but you don’t have the standard qualifications.

Modules

Foundation Year: Developing Academic Skills for Business (Core), Inside Business (Core), The Global Business Enterprise (Core), Connecting to Business and Employment through Volunteering (Core), Mental Wealth: Employability in a Changing World (Core)

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

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

Year 3: Mental Wealth 3: Global Enterprise and Consultancy (Core), Advanced Financial Reporting (Core), Corporate Finance (Core), Strategic Management Accounting (Core), Foundations and Applications of FinTech (Core), Business Analytics (Core)

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

Assessment methods

Foundation Year - 100% coursework;

Year 1 - mainly 100% coursework except two modules that have 50% exams;

Year 2 - 40% coursework, 60% examination;

Year 3 - 80% - 100% exams, with two modules having 20% coursework.

You will receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve. 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
88%
Finance

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

Finance

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?

97%
UK students
3%
International students
75%
Male students
25%
Female students
73%
2:1 or above
17%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
C
E

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.

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.

£20,000
med
Average annual salary
90%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

15%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
13%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
10%
Business, finance and related associate professionals

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.

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.

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£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.

Finance

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

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£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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