Accounting and Finance

The Accounting and Finance degree programme shares a common first year syllabus with the Accounting degree programme, providing an essential grounding in a range of business related areas including statistics, economics, law, marketing and management.<br/><br/>The second and third years of the programme combine the study of the core areas of financial accounting, business finance and management accounting with a diverse range of specialist finance topics. In your final year you will have the opportunity to select areas of relevance and benefit to your career interests.<br/><br/>**Distinctive features**<br/><br/>Distinctive features of the course include:<br/>- the opportunity to learn in a school which achieved 6th place in the UK at Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014;<br/><br/><br/>- the involvement of research-active staff in course delivery;<br/><br/><br/>- the emphasis on independent learning in a research-led environment;<br/><br/><br/>- the emphasis on acquisition of high quality practical skills and the development of innovative ideas;<br/><br/><br/>- many classes taught by practising accountants currently working for global firms such as PwC, KPMG and Grant Thornton;<br/><br/><br/>- a range of skills-based workshops organised in partnership with the large accounting firms and the professional accounting bodies;<br/><br/><br/>- an opportunity to undertake a professional placement in your third year which can help kick start your professional training and provide you with a competitive edge in the employment market;<br/><br/><br/>- an accredited degree<br/>