BSc (Hons) - Accounting and Finance
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What does this mean?
Developed in collaboration with employers, our BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance degree responds directly to the growing demand for qualified accountants and finance professional across Cumbria, the North West, and beyond. You’ll gain practical, career-ready experience alongside a strong academic foundation, helping you stand out in a competitive global market.
Our course offers a flexible learning pathway with two study routes. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)-aligned route enables you to complete formal ACCA-style examinations, supporting your progression towards professional qualification. The non-ACCA route provides alternative assessments if you’re seeking broader business-focused career opportunities.
A scholarship is available for this course.
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Course Overview
The BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance is a career-focused degree designed with local employers to address the shortage of qualified accountants in Cumbria, the wider North-west and nationally. It builds on the University’s previous BA (Hons) Business, Accounting and Finance, which successfully achieved full F1–F9 exemptions from ACCA. The new programme updates and strengthens that provision with a more technical, professionally oriented curriculum and the potential for up to seven ACCA module exemptions, helping graduates fast-track to professional status.
You’ll study a balanced portfolio covering financial and management accounting, law, auditing, taxation, and strategic finance, giving you a comprehensive understanding of how organisations operate and make financial decisions. Alongside these technical areas, you’ll build digital accounting capability using leading software such as Xero, Sage, and QuickBooks, and access live company data through databases such as Orbis to support financial analysis and decision making.
The course integrates employer-led projects, mentoring, and compulsory industry placements developed with regional firms, ensuring you graduate workplace ready, digitally competent, and prepared for professional progression.
On this course you will...
- Develop a rigorous understanding of accounting and finance concepts, principles, and professional practice in a range of organisational contexts.
- Apply quantitative and qualitative analysis to interpret financial information, evaluate performance, and support evidence-based decision making.
- Understand the legal, regulatory, governance and assurance environment that shapes responsible financial practice.
- Use digital, data and AI-enabled tools effectively and ethically, recognising opportunities, limitations, risks, and professional responsibilities.
- Embed sustainability, ethics and social responsibility in financial judgement, reporting and organisational decision making.
- Potential to be awarded one of two Scholarships: Up to £3000 to support your studies with the Cumbria Business and Tourism Excellence Scholarship Up to £9000 to support you with the Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership Academic Excellence Scholarship.
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