BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
Leeds, United Kingdom
BSc
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
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EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance gives a core grounding in management and financial accounting, corporate finance, investment analysis, risk management and fintech. You’ll learn audit and financial reporting, corporate governance and management models, and how economic factors shape business decisions. Teaching links theory to practice through industry-experienced lecturers, case studies and an international study trip.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles across accounting and finance. Typical paths include accountant, auditor, management accountant, financial analyst, corporate finance associate, risk manager, fintech analyst, financial controller, tax adviser and management consultant. You’ll be set for relevant professional qualifications and international careers.
A degree in Accounting and Finance will enable you to develop the skills necessary to influence and inform business operations and strategy. Enabling you to drive policy and deliver jobs, prosperity and wealth, this degree programme will open the door to a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities in the UK and abroad.
We'll give you a grounding in the two key branches of accounting – management and financial accounting – teaching you how to prepare and analyse business accounts and critically interpret and inform financial decision making. You’ll cover aspects of corporate finance, investment analysis and risk management as well as latest developments in digital applications and fintech.
We'll show you how businesses design and control their operations, exploring how economic factors affect business decisions. In addition to finance and accounting, you'll study models for management and leadership, and gain an understanding of how corporate governance works.
You'll learn about audit and financial reporting, with an emphasis on Fintech and developing the digital skills you'll need for a successful career in accounting and finance.
Your lecturers will use their industry experience to relate accounting and business theories to working practice. This programme makes extensive use of real-life case studies, for example, to bring current issues with audit quality and misreporting scandals to life. You will apply what you learn as you study, meaning that on graduation you can be confident in your ability to work and thrive in any business or professional sector.
You’ll also have the chance to expand your knowledge and experience by going on an international study trip. Previous students have flown to Amsterdam, Netherlands, visiting the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the Port of Rotterdam, Heineken Brewery and the Gassan Diamond Factory.
