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BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance

University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Studying accounting, you'll learn about preparing, presenting and interpreting financial information that enables investors, lenders, management, employees, government and others to make effective decisions.

You'll also learn how to read and interpret accounting information in the annual reports of businesses and the financial information within the public sector and become familiar with the principles and practice of presenting information to those who manage all types of organisations.

Our finance degree is unique in Scotland regarding the range and depth of issues covered.

Subjects include the principles of investment and value, business finance and decision-making and the analysis of securities such as bonds and shares.

A degree in Finance will give you the skills for a career in financial services such as banking, investment management, pension fund management and insurance.

General Eligibility

A Levels

AAA

(GCSE English Language 6/B or Literature 6/B, or an essay-based A Level B may be considered instead of English, A Level Maths A)

International Baccalaureate

38

(no subject below five and including English SL5, Maths HL6)

HNC/HND

Relevant HNC/HND, A in Graded Units.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • Introduction to Finance & Accounting

  • Accounting Technologies

  • Introduction to Finance & Financial Statistics

  • Introduction to Economics and Business Analysis & Technology

  • Introduction to International Business

  • Management Development Programme 1

  • Academic Skills

2 Year 2

  • Management Development Programme 2

Accounting

  • Course summary

Finance

Course summary

Areas covered in third year classes include:

  • Advanced Corporate Finance & Financial Markets Issues

  • Valuation of Derivatives

  • Operations of Derivatives Markets

  • Hedging Strategies

  • Treasury & International Financial Risk Management in Business

3 Year 3

  • Management Development Programme 3

Accounting

  • Course summary

Finance

Course summary

Areas covered in third year classes include:

  • Advanced Corporate Finance & Financial Markets Issues

  • Valuation of Derivatives

  • Operations of Derivatives Markets

  • Hedging Strategies

  • Treasury & International Financial Risk Management in Business

4 Year 4

Accounting

Course Summary

Honours classes include:

  • Management Accounting Theory & Practice

  • Accounting Information Systems

  • Sustainability Accounting

  • Theory & Practice

  • Strategic Accounting & Financial Management in Entrepreneurial Firms

  • Public Sector Accounting

  • Accounting Theories

  • Accounting & Risk

  • Corporate Governance

  • Contemporary Issues in International Financial Reporting

  • Understanding 21st-century Accounting Technologies & Institutional Structures

  • Integrative Studies in Management & Accounting

  • Accounting Ethics

  • Auditing Theory & Practice & Taxation

Finance

Course Summary

  • Corporate Investment

  • Corporate Financing

  • Asset Pricing

  • Portfolio Analysis

  • Derivatives

  • International Financial Management

  • Behavioural Finance

  • International Corporate Governance

  • Financial Quantitative Methods

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)

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