Accounting and Finance - BSc (Hons)

at University of Kent

Program structure

Stage 1

Your first year is a compulsory introductory year, designed to provide you with a solid foundation in the understanding of accounting and finance practices and their related functions, such as economics, law and management, and contexts, such as local, regional and global developments.

Compulsory modules currently include

• ACCT3000 - Financial Accounting (30 credits)

• ACCT3050 - Principles of Management Accounting (15 credits)

• BUSN3012 - Contract Law and Consumer Protection (15 credits)

• BUSN3014 - Financial Markets and Institutions (15 credits)

• BUSN3120 - Introduction to Management (15 credits)

• BUSN3720 - Mathematics and Statistics for Accounting and Finance (15 credits)

• ECON3007 - Economics for Accounting (15 credits)

Stage 2

Your second year is a compulsory, more-specialised year, allowing you to develop your critical thinking of accounting and finance with greater emphasis on the key concepts and theories to develop intellectual agility and provides an opportunity to apply theory to practice.

Compulsory modules currently include

• ACCT5230 - Principles of Finance (30 credits)

Stage 3

Your final year allows you to develop your specialist knowledge with a range of optional modules covering topics such as taxation, auditing, advanced financial accounting and advanced management accounting. You also have the opportunity to modules from our wider KBS portfolio of business-related topics. This allows you to tailor your degree to your future career and lifelong learning requirements.

Compulsory modules currently include

• BUSN7920 - Career Management for Stage 3 Business Programmes (5 credits)

Optional modules may include

• ACCT5020 - Business Finance (30 credits)

• ACCT5040 - Auditing (30 credits)

• ACCT5070 - Management Accounting II (30 credits)

• ACCT5220 - Advanced Financial Accounting (30 credits)

• BUSN5130 - Taxation (30 credits)

• BUSN5200 - Service Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6001 - Fixed Income Markets and Instruments (15 credits)

• BUSN6002 - Finance with Excel (15 credits)

• BUSN6110 - Futures and Options Markets (30 credits)

• BUSN6120 - New Enterprise Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6130 - Entrepreneurship (15 credits)

• BUSN6580 - Diversity in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN6880 - Decision Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN7440 - Creativity and Innovation in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN7510 - Psychology of the Contemporary Workplace (15 credits)

• BUSN7860 - Operations Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7940 - Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics (15 credits)

• BUSN7980 - Data Intelligence in Practice (15 credits)

• ACCT5260 - International Financial Reporting (15 credits)

• BUSN7590 - Strategic Management (30 credits)

• ACCT5250 - Management Accounting (15 credits)

• BUSN5016 - Business and Employment Law (15 credits)

• BUSN7900 - Employability for Stage 2 Business Programmes (non-contributory credits)

• BUSN5023 - Personal Taxation (15 credits)

GCSE

Mathematics grade 6 / B.

 Access to HE Diploma

The University welcomes applications from Access to Higher Education Diploma candidates for consideration. A typical offer may require you to obtain a proportion of Level 3 credits in relevant subjects at merit grade or above.

 BTEC Nationals

DDM

 International Baccalaureate

30 points overall or 15 points at HL, including Mathematics 4 at HL or SL (Mathematics Studies 5 at SL)

 International Foundation Programme

Pass all components of the University of Kent International Foundation Programme with a 60% overall average (plus 60% in LZ013 Maths and Statistics if you do not hold GCSE Maths at 6/B or equivalent)

T level

The University will consider applicants holding T level qualifications in subjects closely aligned to the course

• Home full-time£9250

• EU full-time£13000

• International full-time£17400

Our Accounting and Finance graduates move into a range of careers within the world of business. Many go on to become chartered, certified or management accountants working at top accounting firms, including the ‘Big 4’, as well as other local, national and international firms.

The degree can also prepare you for a career in financial services (such as banking, insurance and investment) or in general management.

Recent graduates have taken up positions with a wide range of companies, including:

• ABN AMRO

• Accenture

• Burgess Hodgson

• Baker Tilly

• Deutsche Bank

• Ernst & Young

• Fidelity Investment

• HSBC

• KPMG

• PwC

• Royal Bank of Scotland.

Many of our students also stay local and find job opportunities regionally in small and medium firms or even set-up their own businesses as well-equipped entrepreneurs.