Accounting and Finance

About this programme

Taught by our world-leading academics, this programme explores accounting and finance through the broader social sciences. As well as developing your core financial knowledge, you’ll examine the ways institutions and organisations deal with calculation, reporting and evaluation. You’ll look at the interdependencies between accounting and accountability, financial management and risk, performance management and sustainability, governance and regulation, policymaking and change. The programme explores the role accounting and finance play in societies, economies, institutions, markets, organisations, and even individual behaviours. This interdisciplinary learning means that our graduates are highly sought-after in many areas, such as professional accountancy, investment banking and analysis, management consulting and financial management. Depending on your chosen course options, you may be eligible for exemptions from some professional accountancy examinations on graduation – giving you a head start in your career. This programme is accredited by the following bodies for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations: If you'd like to gain further insight into accounting and finance, we suggest that you browse some of these review papers/opinion pieces. Some of the readings are quite academic - don't worry about the details, the aim is to introduce you to some critical issues in accounting and finance. For additional readings in Finance, please see the BSc Finance preliminary reading list.