Undergraduate Pathway in Accounting, Economics and Finance

Why study this pathway programme?

• The Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences boasts platinum ACCA teaching status.
• The University’s Accounting courses offer nine exemptions from ACCA exam papers.
• If you’re ambitious, this pathway can lead directly to an integrated Master’s degree: MAcc Accounting and Finance.

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Stage 1: University Foundation

Modules

• Interactive Learning Skills and Communication*
• Business Studies*
• Critical Thinking
• Composition and Style*
• Accounting*
• Business Mathematics*
• ICT Skills
• Globalisation

* Modules covered in the one-semester variant

Stage 2: First Year Degree

Modules for Economics

• Business Foundations
• Principles of Economics
• Professional Development
• Applied Economics
• Business Analysis, Methods and Techniques
• Introduction to Management Accounting

Modules for Accounting

• Business Foundations
• Introduction to Financial Accounting
• Interactive Learning Skills and Communication
• Principles of Economics
• Applied Accounting
• Financial Information Systems
• Introduction to Management Accounting

Birmingham City University Degree Pathways

• BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
• MAcc Accounting and Finance
• BSc (Hons) Business Accounting
• BA (Hons) Business Economics
• BA (Hons) Economics
• BA (Hons) Financial Economics

Special entry requirements

For the First Year, students must have a Mathematics qualification equal to GCSE Grade C/4 (or equivalent in a different qualification).