BAcc Accountancy & Finance

Entry Requirements

A-levels

• Standard academic entry requirements: AAA or A*AB.
• Minimum academic entry requirements: BBB.
• Other mandatory requirements: Must include A-level Maths and GCSE English at Grade B.

Highers

• Standard academic entry requirements: S5 entry requirement = AAAAB. S6 entry requirement = AAAAAB (S6 entry requirements only apply to applicants who achieved the minimum S5 requirements and have been made a conditional offer.)
• Minimum academic entry requirements: Applicants who achieve less than AAAAB in S5 but have achieved at least ABBB MAY receive an offer based on S6 results. A decision will be made in March 2015 once all applications have been reviewed.
• Other mandatory requirements: Must include Mathematics and English or a humanities subject at Grades A or B.

International Baccalaureate

• Standard academic entry requirements: 38 points.
• Minimum academic entry requirements: 36 points.
• Other mandatory requirements: Offers will specify subjects and grades to be attained at Higher Level.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training):

• overall score 6.5
• no sub-test less than 6.0
• or equivalent scores in another recognised qualification (see below)

Common equivalent English language qualifications:

• ibTOEFL: 92; no sub-test less than 20*
• CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): B minimum
• CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): C minimum
• PTE Academic (Person Test of English, Academic test): 60; no sub-test less than 59
• IGCSE: English language: B minimum.

Curriculum

Year 1

• You will be introduced to the theory and practice of financial accounting, management accounting and finance. You will learn about the processes of accounting and the structure and development of accounting statements, budgeting and management control within organisations, as well as the nature of the financial markets. You will also study economics and management.

Year 2

• You will concentrate on the regulatory framework of accounting practice, standard setting, the use of cost information and the provision of information for decision making and the operation of the financial markets. You will also study business law and statistics.

Years 3 and 4

• You will study taxation, and advanced financial accounting and audit; in addition you will complete a dissertation, an extended piece of personal research on a topic of your own choice guided by a member of academic staff.