Accounting and Finance @ a glance

What?

Undergraduate Pathway in Accounting and Finance

The pathway in Accounting and Finance prepares international applicants to study within the UK academic environment and receive heavily supported instruction towards their chosen Bachelor degree specialisation.

Why?

  • Small class sizes (average 15 people).
  • Three possible start dates (January, May and September).
  • Additional academic and non-academic support.
  • Extra contact time with your tutors.

How?

  1. Contact us with any questions through the 'Ask a question' button to the right.
  2. Click the 'Apply Today' button to send through your application, or
  3. Click the 'Our Representatives' button below to find details of someone in your country who can help you apply.
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Finance is probably the most important function in any business. By analysing the minutiae of accounts, complex and intriguing pictures of how businesses and their competitors operate can be revealed. Accounting and Finance graduates from Plymouth University secure employment with both local and international accountancy firms, and across the business sector.

 

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

University Foundation

First Year Degree in Accounting and Finance

Second Year Degree

Location: PUIC at Plymouth University

Intakes: September, January and May

Duration: One or two semesters

Modules (One semester option comprises six modules only *)

  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Business Studies
  • Principles of ICT
  • Business Law
  • Interactive Learning Skills and Communication 1
  • Numerical Techniques 1
  • Numerical Techniques 2

Course fee: £6,375 or £8,500

* The one semester University Foundation may be offered for suitable applicants where there is formal certified recognition of prior knowledge of study.

Location: PUIC at Plymouth University

Intakes: September and January

Duration: Two semesters

Modules

  • Principles of Economics
  • Business Law
  • Business Foundations
  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Principles of ICT
  • Business Accounting
  • Introduction to Finance and Quantitative Methods
  • Interactive Learning Skills and Communications

Course fee: £8,500

Location: Plymouth University

Course fee: £9,104 (2011/12)

Popular Career

Plymouth University degree pathways

Stage 4

Potential career paths:

  • Audit and assurance
  • Commercial banking
  • Corporate finance
  • Financial analysis
  • Financial planning
  • Forensic accounting
  • Insurance
  • Investment banking
  • Management accounting
  • Money management
  • Real estate
  • Taxation

Employers of previous Plymouth University graduates have included:

  • KPMG
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers
  • Francis Clarke
  • BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

Final Year Degree

Location: Plymouth University

Course fee: £9,104 (2011/12)