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Covid-19 Message

In response to Covid-19, the start dates for BSc Accounting with Management at Ulster University London and Birmingham branch campuses may vary and where necessary this course may start online until an appropriate point when normal campus teaching can resume.

Students can check the university website for information on student intakes and course delivery.

About this course

The BSc Hons Accounting with Management creates the opportunity to progress your studies within growing areas of professional services.

This course provides a comprehensive grounding in theory and practice, and an excellent foundation to becoming a Qualified Accountant. It also provides an opportunity to secure exemptions from all of the major Professional Accountancy Bodies, whilst keeping many options open to successful graduates to pursue other careers involving Accounting, Business and Finance.

You will have the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and insight in the following areas:

• The concepts and theories of accounting within a broad economic, legal, social and professional environment
• The basic principles of auditing, investment, finance, taxation and their implications for individuals, organisations, markets, societies and other disciplines
• Alternative recognition rules and valuation bases
• The recording, preparation, presentation and analysis of financial information
• Business and financial information, technology and systems, and professional ethics
• Linking theory to practice to encourage the highest professional standards in your professional lives and address UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development theme of ‘Accountability and Ethics’
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of accounting data

The accounting and finance discipline challenges you to problem-solve and make decisions that consider the current and long-term future of the economy, society and ecology. This programme fundamentally requires you to be future-facing and to think of consequences of actions. There is a considerable demand for accountants in business, industry and the public sector. This degree provides you with an excellent basis for pursuing professional qualifications with one of the accountancy bodies.

Teaching methods

You will be taught using a wide variety of teaching methods across the modules including lectures and seminars, totalling around 15 hours per week. In addition to your time in class, you will also be expected to engage in approximately 28 hours of self-study time per week.

You’ll be taught by experienced lecturing staff in order to bring practical experience into the classroom to enable students to fully understand professional accounting.

You will have access to Blackboard, our online learning environment, where you can access module resources and reading lists that will assist your preparation for classes and self-study.

Assessment

Each module is assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, or by coursework only.

Professional exemptions

This course is accredited by:

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Associate of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

The programme also provides an excellent foundation to becoming a qualified accountant giving exemptions for 9 of the 14 papers for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification (dependent on module selection and performance).