BA (Hons) Accounting and Business Management

Our accounting and business management degree program explores key themes around accountancy, which may include: organizational behavior, financial and management accounting, operations, and quality management, audit, and business strategy. Core modules, such as financial and management accounting, organizational behavior, operations, quality management, audit, and business strategy, may be supported with marketing, business law, economics, taxation, and international finance options. This will allow you to explore new and different areas of study. Our computer laboratories are equipped with industry-leading software such as Bloomberg, STATA, Thomson Reuters, and Sage Accounting Software, providing you with an opportunity to gain valuable practical IT experience. You may also be able to complement this practical experience by opting for a placement year, an international year, or an entrepreneurship year, between your second and third year of study.

Year 1

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Quantitative Methods I
• Accounting Principles
• Management in Context
• Financial Accounting

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Introductory Microeconomics
• Business Law
• Marketing Principles
• Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
• Academic English for Business Students ( 2)
• The British and Global Economy
• Quantitative Methods II
• Introductory Macroeconomics
• Foundations of Human Resource Management
• Introduction to International Business
• Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives
• Managing in a changing society

Year 2

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Cost and Management Accounting
• Organizational Behaviour
• Intermediate Financial Accounting
• Operations and Quality Management

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Statistics with Bloomberg
• Taxation
• Professional development
• Introduction to Econometrics
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• International Supply Chain Management
• Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising

Year 3

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Advanced Financial Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Business Strategy
• The Audit Framework
• Advanced Management Accounting
• Analysing Company Performance ISP

OPTIONAL MODULES

• International Finance
• Investment Management
• Managing International Projects
• Enterprise Business Plan

Employability

96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017). This course will open your eyes to various business or management-related careers. You will have the opportunity to develop valuable transferable skills, such as numeracy, analytical and problem-solving skills, people management skills, and IT skills which are attractive to many employers in the ever-changing business world.

Jobs that a graduate of this BA (Hons) Accounting and Business Management course could go on to do:

• Chartered Accountant
• Chartered Certified Accountant
• Chartered Public Finance Accountant
• Chartered Management Accountant
• Management Consultant
• Chartered Management Accountant
• IT Consultant
• Sales Executive
• Logistics Manager
• Banker
• Investment Analyst
• Operational Researcher

Regardless of which career you pursue after Keele, employers will want evidence of the range of skills and personal qualities you possess and which are required for the job. Your degree is essential in this respect but doesn’t forget the extra-curricular activities, positions of responsibility, jobs, and voluntary work you may have been engaged in while studying at Keele. These activities allow you to demonstrate the skills and personal qualities required by employers and will be vital in your attempts to secure graduate employment.

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