BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

You will study accountancy with a specialism in finance, exploring the design and use of accounting and financial systems and how they are affected by individuals, organizations, markets, and society. Core financial and management accounting modules will be supported with the opportunity to study specialist topics such as taxation, corporate governance, and audit. Finance modules are designed to introduce and explore the theories leading to the design of financial institutions, the services they provide, and the products they sell. Observational and analytical skills will be developed and practiced throughout your 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 use work-based technologies. To enrich your studies, you may be able to take either a placement year, international year, or entrepreneurship year.

Year 1

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Quantitative Methods I
• Business Law
• Accounting Principles
• Quantitative Methods II
• Financial Accounting

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Introductory Microeconomics
• Management in Context
• Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
• Academic English for Business Students ( 2)
• The British and Global Economy
• Introductory Macroeconomics
• Foundations of Human Resource Management
• Introduction to International Business
• Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives

Year 2

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Finance I
• Cost and Management Accounting
• Finance 2
• Intermediate Financial Accounting

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Banking
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Statistics with Bloomberg
• Taxation
• Professional development
• Open-Economy Macroeconomics
• Introduction to Econometrics
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising

Year 3

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Investment Management
• Management Accounting
• Placement Year
• The Audit Framework
• Advanced Management Accounting

OPTIONAL MODULES

• International Finance
• Applied Financial Analysis
• Advanced Financial Reporting
• Economic and Business Forecasting – ISP
• Risk Management with Derivatives
• Analysing Company Performance ISP

Employability

96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017). With the increasing internationalization of business and the capital markets, you will have extensive opportunities. You might work as a chartered accountant, chartered certified accountant, chartered public finance accountant, or chartered management accountant. Or you might work as a commodities trader, stockbroker, management consultant, banker, financial or tax advisor, or insurance broker, or go on to study at masters or Ph.D. level.

Jobs that a graduate of this course could go on to do:

• Chartered Accountant
• Chartered Certified Accountant
• Chartered Public Finance Accountant
• Chartered Management Accountant
• Accounting Technician
• Finance Trader
• Retail Manager
• Tax Adviser
• Management Consultant
• Banker
• Pensions Consultant
• Insurance Broker

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 clearly important 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.