Accounting and Business Management BA (Hons)
De Montfort University
Key Information
Campus location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 months
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
Request info
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Request info
Scholarships
Explore scholarship opportunities to help fund your studies
Introduction
Accounting and Business Management BA (Hons)
More than ever the world needs flexible and prepared thinkers, ready to build financially robust businesses that are able to deal with the unexpected and cope in a crisis. This joint honours degree will build on strong analytical skills, exploring the economics of markets such as money, capital, derivatives and foreign exchange, and the theory of modern finance in business.
Choose from a range of modules throughout your course, such as Crisis and Business Continuity Management, where you will learn to analyse vulnerabilities and deal with simulated business interruptions. Explore the top-level decision making in managing the direction and impact of organisations with modules on Management and Strategy.
The opportunity to grow a deep understanding of accounting through the join honours degree will enable you to appraise the role of accounting in society. Appreciate and critically analyse financial decisions taken by organisations, and the standards, laws, rules and regulations that qualified accountants must abide by.
Throughout the course we will expand your understanding of business concepts, ideas, models and methods, with strong focus on strategic management. This valuable expertise will help you to stand out in roles in corporations, finance, and the civil service, in the competitive business world.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Curriculum
Year 1
- Introduction to Accounting
- Professional Communications
- Understanding Business
- Principles of Marketing
- Quantitative Methods
- Introduction to Law
Year 2
- Management and Strategy
- Performance Measurement in Organisations
Plus option modules from the following indicative list:
Progressive Franchising
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Organisational Management
- People Management
- Corporate Finance
- Business Taxation
- Business Intelligence Using Excel
- Global Issues in Strategic Financial Planning*
- Business Research Issues
- European Business Issues
Year 3
- Contemporary Business Issues
Plus option modules from the following indicative list:
- Crisis and Business Continuity Management
- Strategy and Management Dissertation
- Global Strategic Management
- Public Sector Accounting and Finance
- Forensic Accounting
- Managerial Development and Control
- Audit and Assurance
- International Developments in Accounting
- Advanced Corporate Taxation
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Accounting and Finance Project
- Governance and Sustainability
- Global Corporate Accounting
- Reflective Business Practice
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- A degree in Accounting and Business Management opens a wide range of career opportunities as you develop a broad base of skills that are in great demand with employers.
- You may choose to specialise in a discipline that you enjoyed studying on the programme such as management, business or accounting.
- Previous graduates have progressed to careers at Red Bull, KPMG, PepsiCo, Grant Thornton and Barclays.
Program delivery
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, essays and reports) and usually an exam or test, which is typically weighted as follows in your first year: