Accounting and Finance and Economics - BSc (Hons)

at University of Kent

Program structure

Stage 1

You take all compulsory modules and then either Mode A or Mode B from the list of optional modules depending on your existing level in Mathematics.

Compulsory modules currently include

• ACCT3000 - Financial Accounting (30 credits)

• ACCT3050 - Principles of Management Accounting (15 credits)

• BUSN3640 - Business Analysis Tools (15 credits)

• ECON3040 - Principles of Economics (30 credits)

• ECON3090 - Statistics for Economics (15 credits)

Optional modules may include

• ECON3050 - Mathematics for Economics Mode A (15 credits)

• ECON3060 - Mathematics for Economics Mode B (15 credits)

Stage 2

Compulsory modules currently include

• ACCT5250 - Management Accounting (15 credits)

• ACCT5260 - International Financial Reporting (15 credits)

• BUSN3014 - Financial Markets and Institutions (15 credits)

• BUSN5023 - Personal Taxation (15 credits)

• BUSN7900 - Employability for Stage 2 Business Programmes (5 credits)

• ECON5000 - Microeconomics (30 credits)

• ECON5020 - Macroeconomics (30 credits)

Stage 3

Compulsory modules currently include

• ACCT5020 - Business Finance (30 credits)

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

Optional modules may include

• ACCT5040 - Auditing (30 credits)

• ACCT5070 - Management Accounting II (30 credits)

• ACCT5220 - Advanced Financial Accounting (30 credits)

• ANTB5560 - Human and Social Sciences in the Classroom (15 credits)

• BUSN5130 - Taxation (30 credits)

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

• BUSN6002 - Finance with Excel (15 credits)

• BUSN6110 - Futures and Options Markets (30 credits)

• ECON5008 - Modelling and Computation for Economists (15 credits)

• ECON5310 - Policy Analysis (15 credits)

• ECON5340 - The Economics of Money and Banking (15 credits)

• ECON5380 - Economic Controversies (15 credits)

• ECON5400 - Development Economics (15 credits)

• ECON5420 - Econometrics I: Cross-sectional and Panel Data Approaches (15 credits)

• ECON5430 - Econometrics 2: Topics in Time Series (15 credits)

• ECON5450 - Economics of the Labour Market (15 credits)

• ECON5460 - Games for Economics and Business (15 credits)

• ECON5470 - Industrial Economics (15 credits)

• ECON5480 - International Finance (15 credits)

• ECON5490 - International Trade (15 credits)

• ECON5500 - Monetary Economics (15 credits)

• ECON5530 - Public Economics (15 credits)

• ECON5620 - Financial Economics: Financial Markets and Instruments (15 credits)

• ECON5630 - Financial Economics and Asset Pricing (15 credits)

• ECON5690 - Economic Growth (15 credits)

• ECON5800 - Introduction to Econometrics (15 credits)

• ECON5810 - Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics (15 credits)

• ECON5830 - Political Economy (15 credits)

• ECON5850 - Mathematical Economics (15 credits)

• ECON6030 - Financial Crises (15 credits)

• ECON6310 - Applied Environmental Economics (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

The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR) on a case-by-case basis. Please note that these qualifications are not normally accepted without accompanying A Levels. Please contact us for further advice on your individual circumstances.

 International Baccalaureate

30 points overall or 15 points at HL, including Mathematics SL or HL at 4, or Mathematical Studies at 5.

 International Foundation Programme

Pass all components of the University of Kent International Foundation Programme with a 60% overall average, and 70% in LZ013 Maths and Statistics if you do not hold GCSE Maths at 7/A 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

Graduate destinations

Recent graduates have entered into accountancy training with the Government Economics Service or with firms such as:

• KPMG

• Ernst & Young

• PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Our graduates have also gone to work in:

• management consultancy

• business

• journalism.