BSc(Hons) Accounting and Economics

Our Accounting and Economics course gives you a great combination of academic study and a strong vocational emphasis. In the first two years you will get a broad and solid grounding in core accounting and economics topics. In your final year, depending on your interests and career aspirations, you can then choose to: focus more on one discipline or maintain a balance of both or include some modules in a new area such as finance. In your second or final year you can experience working in a local charity by helping with basic accounting. This is part of our Accounting for Community: Engaging Students (ACES) project. By the end of the course you will have developed a broad range of valuable skills and attributes such as: commercial awareness an international perspective an analytical approach to problem solving the ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively. And you will be ready for a career in accountancy or economic policy, or to continue to study at masters level. You may also be interested in studying our Accounting and Finance course.

Our Accounting and Economics course gives you a great combination of academic study and a strong vocational emphasis. In the first two years you will get a broad and solid grounding in core accounting and economics topics. In your final year, depending on your interests and career aspirations, you can then choose to: focus more on one discipline or maintain a balance of both or include some modules in a new area such as finance. In your second or final year you can experience working in a local charity by helping with basic accounting. This is part of our Accounting for Community: Engaging Students (ACES) project. By the end of the course you will have developed a broad range of valuable skills and attributes such as: commercial awareness an international perspective an analytical approach to problem solving the ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively. And you will be ready for a career in accountancy or economic policy, or to continue to study at masters level. You may also be interested in studying our Accounting and Finance course.