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• Year one

Overview

In the first year, you will study a range of topics that cover the basics of accounting and finance, including: financial accounting, management accounting, mathematics, statistics and business economics. We will also begin to cover statistical analysis, ensuring you have the appropriate numeracy and mathematics skills needed for the quantitative methods you will explore from Year Two.

Modules

• Introduction to Finance

• Introduction to Economics

• Introduction to Management Accounting

• Statistics for Finance and Accounting

• Business Mathematics

• Financial Accounting

• Law for Business

• Academic and Employment Skills

• Year two

Overview

In your second year, you will have the opportunity to further deepen your knowledge of key areas of both accounting and through mandatory modules such as Management Accounting, Accounting Information Systems and Principles of Financial Investment. You’ll also have the option to select an optional module allowing you to tailor the course to your own areas of personal interest.

Modules

• Financial Reporting

• Accounting Information Systems

• Management Accounting

• Professional and Academic competencies

• Principles of Financial Investment

Optional modules

1 from the following:

• Economics of Banking and Finance
• Financial Services 
• Principles of Taxation 
• Financial Services 
• Law of Business and Business Organisations 

• Placement year

Overview

After the second year, you have the option of taking a sandwich year on an industrial placement or spending 12 months studying abroad to broaden your international perspective. Your dedicated Employment Personal Tutor (EPT) will provide support in finding a suitable placement and, in recent years, we have seen increasing numbers of placements with PwC, Ernst & Young, Deloittes, Microsoft, IBM, Jaguar Land Rover and the NHS, as well as positions with a large number of small firms based in the West Midlands.

The placement provides an excellent opportunity to obtain appropriate discipline-specific work experience on a much more significant scale than vacation or part-time work.

• Final year

Overview

In the final year of study, a wide range of optional subjects are available to further tailor your studies – from portfolio management to audit and assurance. You will be required to conduct a project to demonstrate your understanding of accounting and finance; students often choose a specific contemporary issue of interest to them.

One former student followed up his placement working at the NHS by studying in-depth the option to build a new hospital using a private finance initiative (PFI), another studied the impact of financial fair play regulations introduced by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in 2009, which prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn and getting into financial difficulties.

We’ve even had one student try to determine whether or not the position of the moon affects stock market performance – and incredibly it did!

Modules

• International Finance

• Corporate Financial Management

• Project

Optional modules

3 from the following:

• Audit and Assurance
• Advanced Financial Reporting
• Advanced Management Accounting
• Business Strategy
• Portfolio Management
• Investment Analysis