BSc Accounting
Cardiff, United Kingdom
BSc
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 22,700 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for overseas | for home year two and three: £9,250 / year one: £9,000
Key Summary
Effective, efficient and enthusiastic accounting professionals are central to the success of contemporary organisations. So you’ll be in high demand for roles in the public, private and third sectors with competitive salaries and excellent prospects for career progression.
Our BSc Accounting programme is accredited by the Accounting Professional Bodies and is designed to equip you with practical skills and professional confidence for a successful accounting career or in preparation for postgraduate study and research.
You’ll develop business and finance expertise from our team of international researchers and qualified accounting professionals. They’ll introduce you to financial and management accounting and corporate finance while encouraging you to consider the social, economic and ethical implications of your decisions.
A programme of industry-specific workshops, organised in partnership with professional accounting firms and accrediting bodies, complements your academic study with exposure to real-world accounting and finance scenarios.
Why Study this Course
Learn from the Best
Benefit from the expertise and support of research-active staff in a school with the highest possible score for the research environment.
Industry Insights
Prepare for your career with industry-specific workshops in partnership with professional accounting firms.
Placement Opportunities
Develop the skills, confidence and connections to accelerate your career.
Professional Accreditation
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and others.
Loans and Grants
Financial support information for students.
Bursaries
We wish to ensure that financial circumstances are not a barrier to your undergraduate study opportunities.
Scholarships
We wish to recruit the very best students and to help us achieve this, we offer a number of scholarships.
Part-time Undergraduate Funding
Information about funding for part-time students.
Financial Support for Asylum Seekers
Information for asylum seekers about the financial support we offer undergraduates and options for funding from outside the University.
This is a three-year, full-time course, consisting of 120 credits a year. All modules are compulsory in year one. In year two and year three, you choose modules to the value of 120 credits from a range of core and optional modules.
Year One
Get to grips with the fundamentals of financial and management accounting.
You’ll discover how these core business disciplines intersect with economics, statistics, law and marketing.
Core Modules for Year One
- Applied Stats and Maths in Econ and Business
- Legal Studies
- Introduction to Management and Organisation
- Foundations of Business Accounting
- Professional Skills for Accountants
- Introduction to Economics
- Fundamentals of Financial Reporting
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Principles of Marketing and Strategy
Year Two
Combine theory and practice as your understanding of the basics grow.
You’ll start to appreciate current developments in real-world accounting scenarios before choosing from a range of specialist pathways.
Core Modules for Year Two
- Management Accounting
- Corporate Financial Management
- Taxation
- Auditing and Assurance
- Corporate Reporting
Optional Modules for Year Two
- Inferential Statistics, Statistical Modelling and Survey Methods
- Law of Commerce, Banking and Investment
- Marketing and Strategy
Year Three
Master advanced aspects of accounting as theory and practice continue to coalesce in your final year.
Modules in corporate reporting and strategy, accounting management and control will preface opportunities to tailor your degree to your career ambitions.
Core Modules for Year Three
- Management Accounting and Control
- Advanced Corporate Reporting
- Corporate Finance and Strategy
Optional Modules for Year Three
- Entrepreneurship and Business Start-Ups
- Development of Accounting
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Analysis of Financial Reporting Information
- Public Sector Accounting
- Corporate Governance and Accountability
- Modelling in Management Science
- Taxation Policy, Practice and Administration
- Ethics and Morality of Business
How Will I Be Assessed?
Assessment methods vary from module to module but, across your degree scheme as a whole, you can expect a mixture of exams, coursework, essays, practical work, presentations, and individual and group projects.
What Skills Will I Practise and Develop?
As a result of engaging fully with this course, you will acquire and develop a range of valuable skills, both those which are discipline-specific and more generic ‘employability skills’. These will allow you to:
- Grasp complex issues with confidence
- Ask the right questions about complex texts
- Have an imaginative appreciation of different views and options and analyse these critically
- Identify and apply relevant data
- Develop practical research skills
- Propose imaginative solutions of your own that are rooted in evidence
- Communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively in writing and speech
- Sourcing, interpreting and presenting relevant numerical information – to support the composition of project reports and business cases
- Work to deadlines and priorities, managing a range of tasks at the same time
- Work as part of a team, developing a collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Use IT programmes and standard software packages, where appropriate
- Take responsibility for your own learning programme and professional development.
We are committed to helping you achieve your professional ambitions, and providing you with the skills, curiosity and confidence to make your mark in a competitive job market. Whether you have a clear idea of what you’d like to do after university or no idea at all, we have the tools and support to guide you.
Our graduates go on to a range of industries and professions including banking and finance management, logistics and supply chain management, UK Government and Civil Service, and data analysis.
Within the Business School, we have a dedicated Careers Centre offering bespoke business-specific support, including industry placements, internships, work experience and insights.
You’ll benefit from career consultations, interview and CV writing workshops, industry-specific events specialist psychometric assessment and broad skills training.
Graduate Careers
- Accountant
- Business Analyst
- Economist
- HR Manager
- Lecturer
- Marketing Executive
- Production Manager
- Stockbroker