Course overview

Enquiry, analysis, interpretation and communication are all skills required of accountants. This course provides the skills with which to begin a career in accountancy or use accountancy-related skills within an organisation.

Depending on the options taken during the course and the professional body requirements, graduates may follow a further programme of study for one to two years, together with relevant work experience, to gain full qualification as an accountant.

Professional accreditation

Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and
the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Course content

Year 1

• Fundamentals of Financial Reporting
• Introduction to Management Accounting
• Economics for Business
• Business and Academic Skills
• The Business Environment
• Essentials of Management.

Year 2

• Financial Reporting
• Accounting for Performance
• four options.

Year 3

• Corporate Financial Reporting
• Accounting for Decision Making
• four options.

Options include: Audit; Law; Finance; Economics; Tax; Human Resources; Marketing.

Assessment

Most units are assessed using course work and exams. Accounting units are weighted 30% coursework and 70% exams in order to fulfil exemption requirements.

Some options may be 40%/60% weighted and possibly 100%  

Entry level

220 points gained from one 12-unit or two 6-unit awards.

Advanced GNVQ with Merit profile.

Career opportunities

Graduates from this course have found positions as accountants, accounts assistants and administrators. 

Options available

Foundation Year 
Language option
Curriculum plus 
Socrates/Erasmus exchange is a possibility  

Industrial placements

Not as a formal part of the course. However a student could suspend their studies for a year to gain work experience.

*Note

This course is also available with a Business Foundation year| (Level 0). There are different UCAS codes for the main degree and the degree with a Foundation Year. Please make sure the correct UCAS code, as listed below, is entered on your UCAS application form.

BA (Hons) Accountancy with BFY, UCAS code: N4N1 BA/ABf

This course is also available with a Language Foundation Year (English) (Level 0). |Please make sure the correct UCAS code, as listed below, is entered on your UCAS application form.

BA (Hons) Accountancy with LFY, UCAS code: N4Q3 BA/AWLE4

Programme Specification

The current academic year (2008-2009) programme specification for this course can be found via the Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise course list |held in our Programme Specification centre.

Contacts

For further information on the course please contact the:

Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise

Tel: 023 8031 9888

E-mail: fbse@solent.ac.uk|

International Students please contact the International Service:

Tel: +44 (0) 23 8031 9129

Fax: +44 (0) 23 8031 9412

E-mail: international@solent.ac.uk|

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