University of the West of Scotland
UCAS Code: N400 | Bachelor of Accountancy (with Honours) - BAcc (Hon)
Entry requirements
A level
Year 2 entry with A Level grades of AAA, including Accounting or relevant subject experience
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
32 points for Year 2 Entry, including relevant subject experience
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
For Year 2 entry, DDD in Accounting or relevant subject
Scottish Advanced Higher
For Year 2 entry, including Accounting or relevant subject experience
Scottish HNC
HNC in Accounting with A in the Graded Unit for Year 2 entry. NextGen HNC with final grade of Merit
Scottish HND
Year 2 entry: HND in Financial Services. Year 3 entry: HND in Accounting with AB in the Graded Unit. NextGen HND with final grade of Merit
T Level
For year 2 entry, in relevant subject
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About this course
Businesses rely on accountants to help them make informed financial decisions that contribute to their success. Studying this programme will equip you with the know-how to play a part in this.
The Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) programme will equip you with the skills needed for a successful career in accountancy. Covering a full range of accountancy subjects and with an emphasis on the practical aspects of accounting, you’ll gain the knowledge and experience needed to help everything add up in the workplace.
Programme Highlights
You’ll learn the practical skills required for working in accountancy – meaning you can hit the ground running when entering the workplace.
Teaching is delivered by highly qualified accounting and finance professionals.
Regular guest lectures from industry experts provide valuable insight into a career in accountancy.
We work with a small number of companies who offer an opportunity to take part in a one-year industry placement to improve your skillset. This is a highly competitive process but successful applicants will benefit from this experience.
Programme Details
Through a mixture of lectures, small group tutorials and workshops, the BAcc Accounting programme will help you develop the specialist accountancy expertise and transferable skills needed to make a positive impact in the workplace.
With programme content designed by experienced academics and industry professionals at the forefront of their industry, the BAcc Accountancy programme will deepen your understanding of:
Accountancy best practice
Contemporary issues in finance
How to establish your career in accountancy
The importance of continuous professional development
Careers
Graduates from the BAcc Accountancy programme have gone on to work as financial analysts, graduate accountants, credit operations advisers and tax specialists for well-known companies, including:
• Chivas Brothers
• RBS
• Shell
• NHS
• CBRE
• Sainsbury’s
Modules
This year develops your financial and management accounting experience and introduces specialised areas of accounting such as personal tax. Modules include:
Year 1:
Accountancy Today
Financial Accounting 1
Business Economics
Accountant in Business
Management Accounting 1
Data Analysis
Year 2:
Intro to Business Ethics
Financial Accounting 2
Management Accounting 2
Financial Management
Business Law
Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Year 3:
Auditing
Management Accounting 3
Personal Tax
Advanced Financial Management
Business Taxation
Financial Accounting 3
Year 4:
Honours Dissertation (part 1)
Enterprise Risk Management
Finance in a Digital World
Honours Dissertation (part 2)
Term 2 Options:
Contemporary Accounting Issues
Personal Finance
Financial Modelling & Change Management
Assessment methods
Our accounting degree is mainly assessed using variety of assessment methods including.
Unseen class test
Unseen written examination
Coursework, report, essay,
Presentation (individual or group)
Tuition fees
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The Uni
Lanarkshire Campus
Paisley Campus
Business and Creative Industries
What students say
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How do students rate their degree experience?
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Accounting
Teaching and learning
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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?
Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)
After graduation
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Accounting
What are graduates doing after six months?
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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.
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.
£19k
£21k
£23k
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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