BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance(Fintech Pathway)with foundation year

The future of financial transactions, applications, and management of finances is expected to be impacted heavily by FinTech. The course will enable you to understand the trends and innovations in the financial industry. We have already started to see the application of FinTech, e.g., cryptocurrency, crowdfunding, and mobile payment systems. Therefore, studying this pathway will help you have a good grasp of not only the foundations and applications of FinTech but also the strategic implementation of FinTech. It is important to note that the curriculum does not include the technology, coding, or programming involved in FinTech but the strategic management of technology.

Foundation Year

• Developing Academic Skills for Business (Core)
• Inside Business (Core)
• Developing Academic Literacy (Core)
• The Global Enterprise (Core)
• Connecting to Business & Employment (Core)
• Mental Wealth: Employability in a Changing World (Core)

Year 1

• Academic and Digital Proficiency (Mental Wealth 1) (Core)
• People and Organisations (Core)
• Fundamentals of Business Accounting (Core)
• Fundamentals of Economics (Core)
• Business Statistics and Data Analysis (Core)
• Business Law (Core)

Year 2

• Graduate Employment Competencies (Mental Wealth 2) (Core)
• Intermediate Financial Reporting (Core)
• Performance Management Accounting (Core)
• Financial Management (Core)
• Taxation (Optional)
• Tax clinic internship (Optional)
• Auditing (Optional)

This course offers the opportunity for a year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year will take four years to complete your studies instead of three.

Year 3

• Global Enterprise and Consultancy Practice (Mental Wealth 3) (Core)
• Strategic Management Accounting (Core)
• Advanced Financial Reporting (Core)
• Corporate Finance (Core)
• Foundations and Applications of Fintech (Core)
• Business Analytics (Core)

Employability

The kind of roles that you can expect to be open to you after graduation include:

• Investment banking analyst
• Financial analyst
• Personal financial advisers
• Investment Analyst
• Client adviser
• Compliance officer
• Financial accountant
• Management accountant
• Budget controller
• Tax Advisor
• Origination loan officer
• An internal or external auditor

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• MSc Banking and Finance
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• MSc Investment Management