Accounting and Business BA (Hons)

Course overview

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Accounting is an integral part of the business decision-making process. With this course, you will develop skills in the complementary disciplines of both accounting and business, gaining a broad, relevant and commercial perspective of the corporate environment.

When accounting meets business...

The accounting and business management professions are increasingly involved in multidisciplinary practices. Today’s accountants need an understanding of business management skills such as marketing, human resource management, strategic management, entrepreneurship and creativity, while business managers must operate in accounting and financial environments to remain commercially viable.

Develop the right skills...

This degree combines both accounting skills and business knowledge, allowing our graduates the opportunity to follow a career in either direction, or to combine the two. You will develop the essential technical, interpersonal and commercial skills demanded by either career path. For those of you who want to know more about the areas of Accounting and Business before specialising, this course makes an ideal choice.

Flexibility to specialise

This course sits within our accounting framework consisting of a range of specialised courses:

• BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance
• BA (Hons) Accounting & Taxation
• BA (Hons) Accounting & Law
• BA (Hons) Economics
• BA (Hons) Finance & Business
• BA (Hons) Finance & Economics

Each of the courses in our Accounting Framework will give you those vital core skills, as well as offering more specialist options depending on the pathway you choose to pursue.

All courses' first year units are the same, allowing you the flexibility to transfer to another pathway at the end of the first year. This keeps your career options open and enables you to make more informed choices.

Accreditations

Courses within our accounting framework are accredited by the major accounting bodies including:

• ACCA
• CIOT
• CIMA
ICAEW

The accreditations or exemptions depend on the units that you choose to take. Your course academic team will offer you guidance on the best units to choose to suit and support your career aspirations.

In addition, you will be joining a Business School which has been awarded member status of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), internationally recognised as an accreditation body of excellence in management education.