Business, Accounting, Leadership & Management

Accounting and finance are central to managing organisations effectively. This course integrates accounting, leadership and change, and gives you a practical insight into developing the discipline. It also provides you with a firm knowledge of accounting and finance and the adaptability needed in a rapidly changing environment. It is distinctive in its focus on using financial skills in organisations rather than on mathematically modelling financial markets and placing the accounting system in the national and global business environment.

You develop hard and soft accounting skills as well as the interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively in the challenging business environment. The programme is suitable for fully or part-qualified accountants for whom significant exemptions are available.

What you study

Three core modules deal with the disciplines of financial accounting, management accounting and international finance. You also study the global business environment and explore contemporary issues in accounting thought before taking accounting skills and management research modules in preparation for your dissertation.

How you learn

You work independently and with the support of peers and tutors in tutorials, seminars, directed exercises and IT-based activities.

How you are assessed

Assessment methods vary according to the module studied and include formal examinations, in-course work and presentations.

Career opportunities

Graduates can expect to be employed in areas within industry, accounting practices or the public sector. The degree provides a good stepping stone to training for a career in accountancy or a role in general management, and also provides those seeking positions in the finance industry with both specialist finance knowledge and the necessary level of understanding of accounting.

Entry requirements

The normal entry requirement is one of the following:

• an honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• a postgraduate qualification or equivalent
• a relevant professional qualification.

A relevant professional qualification will enable you to enter the programme with substantial advanced standing.

However, if you do not have an honours degree but have significant appropriate work experience, you are encouraged to apply.

For additional information please see the undergraduate and postgraduate entry requirements in our admissions section

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