In the first year of the
Accounting and Finance degree, students study four compulsory subjects
designed to give them the necessary platform for more advanced courses in
years 2 and 3 of the degree programme.
The year 1 subjects are:
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Introduction to
Economics
-
Introduction to
Sociology
-
Mathematics 1 /
Statistics 1
-
Elements of
Accounting & Finance
After which students are left
with 8 remaining papers which must be split four-four over years 2 and 3.
There are four compulsory
papers, and four option papers. Whichever options they select, students of
the Accounting & Finance degree must study:
Most students select to pursue
two of these course in their second year (while also pursuing two elective
subjects) and do the other two in their final year (along with a further
two optional subjects).
The range of options is very
wide. Students who have set their heart on a career as an accountant (and
are looking for exemptions for the ACCA examinations) typically choose
electives such as:
Students who are more
interested in concentrating on the “finance” part of the Accounting &
Finance degree tend to select papers such as:
Students need to plan ahead,
carefully, at the start of their second year, as although the range of
elective subjects is extremely wide, there are certain regulations
governing how many options can be taken from (what the University of
London calls) each “Selection Group”. For example, if a student is keen to
study Banking Operations & Risk Analysis, they must first study its
pre-requisite, Principles of Banking. This, in itself, is not a problem;
the problem lies in the fact that Principles of Banking comes from one of
UoL’s Selection Group F, and Accounting and Finance students are only
allowed to select one elective from this group. So, if a student wants to
do Banking Operations & Risk Analysis, they must – by default – select
Principles of Banking the proceeding year, and this prohibits them from
selecting electives such as Introduction to Information Systems,
Introduction to Business & Management, Introduction to Politics Law, etc.,
etc., - at any stage of their degree.
For Accounting & Finance
students who are NOT seeking ACCA exemptions, but are simply aiming at
maximising the quality of their degree – i.e. obtaining the highest grades
possible – there are a wide range of subject selection possibilities.
For those who prefer
qualitative subjects, typically the four electives selected could be:
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LAW OF BUSINESS
ORGANISATIONS
-
HUMAN RESOURSE
MANAGEMENT
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
-
INTRODUCTION TO
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
For students who prefer more
mathematical papers, options such as
… can be selected.
A surprising number of
Accounting & Finance students end up enjoying economics more than
accounting, and yet still wish to pursue an “accounting” degree rather
than changing pathway. For people like this, their electives could have a
significant economics bent, such as:
Whichever options you select,
or however you intend to split your compulsory papers/ elective loads over
years 2 and 3; think ahead carefully …. and seek the Academic Director’s
advice,
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