Leeds University Business School

Accounting & FinanceAccounting & Management

Joanna Ye

Head of First Year, Accounting & Finance

Overview

Why study Accounting and Finance / Accounting and

Management?

Courses and entry requirements

Teaching

Study abroad / placement year

Related programmes

Degree Programmes in Accounting

Comprehensive coverage of theory and practice in accounting and finance – rigorously academic programmes with vocational

relevance

Excellent basis for a career in the accountancy profession, but also for careers outside accountancy

Close links with the large accountancy firms and professional accountancy bodies

Exemptions from some of the examinations of the professional accountancy bodies

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Entry requirements

Standard A Level offer – AAB

Excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking

We do not accept UCAS tariff points

Maths Grade A at GCSE

English Language Grade B at GCSE

International Baccalaureate

A total of 34 points with 17 points at Higher Level and a minimum 5

points in all subjects

Application

With a ratio of applicants to places of 11:1, you need to

make sure your application is the best it can be

Selection is based on the whole UCAS form – especially predicted

grades and your personal statement

We look for an active interest in the subject – e.g. through a

relevant work experience, internships, entrepreneurship

Degree structure

In each year, you will study 120 credits of modules, comprising:

• Compulsory Modules

• Optional Modules (from a prescribed list)

• Electives

Certain modules are common to different degree programmes, enabling transfers between programmes

BA Accounting & Finance: Level 1

Compulsory Modules (90 credits)Introductory Accounting and Financial Management (20)

Economic Theory and Applications (20)

Mathematics and Statistics for Business and Economics (20)

Information Technology and Communication Skills (10)

Academic and Career Development (10)

Computing for Accounting (10)

Plus electives – modules from another subject area

BA Accounting and Finance: Level 2

Compulsory Modules (60 credits)

Business Finance 2 (20)

Financial Accounting 2 (20)

Management Accounting 2 (20)

Option Modules (40 credits)

Electives or Further Option Modules (20 credits)

BA Accounting and Finance: Level 3

Option Modules (100 credits)

Electives (20 credits)

BA Accounting & Management: Level 1

Compulsory Modules (120 credits)Introductory Accounting and Financial Management (20)

Economic Theory and Applications (20)

Personal Tutorials (10)

Organisational Behaviour (20)

Business Practice (20)

IT & Communication Skills (10)

Introductory Modelling for Management (10)

Introductory Statistics for Management (10)

BA Accounting and Management: Level 2

Compulsory Modules (100 credits)

Business Finance 2 (20)

Financial Accounting 2 (20)

Management Accounting 2 (20)

Marketing (20)

Organisation and the Human Resource (20)

Electives Modules (20 credits)

BA Accounting and Management: Level 3

Compulsory Modules (40 credits)

Strategic Management (20)

Operations Management (20)

Option Modules (60 credits)

40 credits from Option Modules in Accounting

20 credits from Option Modules in Management

Electives Modules (20 credits)

Professional Qualifications

All the accounting degrees offer exemptions from certain of the papers of the professional accountancy bodies

(ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA)

Exemptions will depend upon option and electives choices

Advice given on choices to maximise exemptions

Research Centres

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance

The Credit Management Research Centre

The International Institute of Banking & Financial Services

Research informs our teaching, so students benefit from

experts in the field

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Teaching

Teaching is carried out through a combination of lectures,

seminars, tutorials, independent group work

Guest lecturers from outside the School add breadth

Assessment : exams, course work, presentations

Other related programmes

Accounting and Law

Mathematics with Finance

Joint Honours handouts are available from the

Undergraduate Common Room

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4 year programmes

It is possible to transfer to a 4 year programme and take an additional year between Level 2 and 3

Students may take either a Year in Industry or a Study Year Abroad

Academic Requirements - a Year 1 average of at least 50 for a Year in Industry and 60 for a Study Year Abroad

LUBS 4 year programmes: Benefits

Gain confidence in job seeking

Develop valuable skills and experience

Earn a salary (average £15k)

Enhance employability

Improve final year grades and possibly gain a better degree

classification

Clearer idea about future career direction

May be offered a job on graduation

Accounting Placements

All of the big 4 firms now offer one year placements and effectively use

them as a one year interview

Placement students are treated the same as graduate recruits, have

the chance to do professional exams and to return where they left off -

this means that the placement does not add a year, it merely gives an

earlier chance to apply

There are many other finance placements, for example, at Lloyds TSB,

IBM and Goldman Sachs

And another thing…

There will be an ACCA accreditation talk in G31

from 1.00 till 1.30 pm. (Friday)

The ACCA will also have a stand in the foyer

Questions

Naomi French, Undergraduate Admissions

Manager, will be in the Business School’s

Undergraduate Common Room to answer queries