Accounting and Finance
York St John University
UCAS Code: N1N2 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
York St John University
UCAS Code: N1N2 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
2 GCSEs at grade C/4 (or equivalent) including English Language, plus Maths GCSE at Grade C/5 (or equivalent).
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About this course
Studying Accounting and Finance at is a great opportunity to gain a degree that is clearly focused on your long-term career prospects in a wide variety of contexts. Whether you are thinking of setting up your own business, working in professional practice, working in a large corporation, or the public sector you will need to possess the right set of skills. This course will extend your knowledge of the principles and practice of Accounting and Finance. This degree will give you a thorough understanding of accounting concepts which is ideal if you want to go on to be a professional accountant. However, having a good understanding of accounting and finance is an advantage in any profession today. So even if you don’t want to become a professional accountant, you will find this degree invaluable.
Modules
Compulsory modules:
Principles of Applied Economics: This module aims to provide you with the knowledge and comprehension of the basic economic principles and techniques related to microeconomics and macroeconomics. The emphasis is on developing a solid understanding of economic principles and allowing you to apply standard economic techniques.
Financial Accounting Fundamentals: The syllabus for this module introduces the candidate to the fundamentals of the regulatory framework relating to accounts preparation and to the qualitative characteristics of useful information. The syllabus then focuses in depth on recording, processing, reporting business transactions and events, the use of the trial balance and how to identify and correct errors. Finally, the production of financial statements for unincorporated entities will also be introduced.
Professional Accounting and Academic Skills: This module introduces students to some of the contexts in which accounting operates. It provides an introduction to the accountancy profession and the organisations and environments in which they operate (capital markets, financial institutions, government, non-profit, as well as business organisations). The module will contextualise the accountant’s role in organisations, working and communicating with other organisational functions to provide useful information. The module will begin the process of skills identification and development for employment purposes, helping students to identify and evaluate their current employability competencies and to plan action to achieve intended skills and employability outcomes.
Financial Accounting: This syllabus builds on double entry, the trial balance and extends it to the preparation of financial statements for unincorporated and incorporated entities such as partnership and limited company accounts and their basic interpretation.
Developing Analysis Techniques: Students will be introduced to the essential quantitative methods of modelling and analysis for financial data. In addition, statistics and probability concepts will be discussed and applied to various events. These theories will then be used to analyse practical situations and contribute to obtain necessary information for problem solving.
Management Accounting: This module will introduce basic cost concepts and methods of cost accumulation, allocation and apportionment in a variety of business settings. The principles of financial control will be explored including standard costing and budgeting. Analytical techniques involved in the provision of accounting information for short-term decision making will be utilised.
All modules are worth 20 credits unless stated otherwise
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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.
Accounting
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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.
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Accounting
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£27k
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