The Brunel Accountancy BSc provides students interested in entering the profession with the knowledge, skills and insights that inform current accountancy practice and financial management.

You’ll get a comprehensive grounding in the conceptual, professional and practical aspects of accountancy at national and global levels, and develop your ability to identify and solve complex accounting problems across a range of business scenarios.

You also gain a firm understanding of the financial drivers underpinning business leadership, strategy, planning, governance and ethics.

You will be trained in Sage Accounting software as well as in analytical packages widely used by business and financial institutions such as SAS, EViews, Bloomberg, Reuters and STATA.

ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW accreditation is available on selected modules within this degree, which means you’ll gain exemptions from certain professional qualifying exams.

The theoretical and practical expertise you’ll gain from your Brunel Accountancy BSc will make you a ‘business ready’ graduate preferred by employers in the public and private sectors.

Entry Requirements

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Course Content

This course is designed to give you a comprehensive grounding in the skills, theories and professional practices of the accounting profession.

Brunel’s accounting degree consists of compulsory and optional modules and a final 10,000-word dissertation.

Teaching and Learning

Our staff have national and international reputations for their research, publications and applied work. This means that your education will be innovative, inspiring and cover the most up-to-date industry knowledge.

Your accounting course will consist of lectures, workshops, seminars, one-to-one supervision, guest speakers from industry, site visits and team and project-based learning.

You will have 12 to 14 hours of directed study a week in Level 1. This number decreases in Levels 2 and 3. Students are also expected to undertake substantial independent study.

Year 1

Financial Markets

Professional Skills and Statistics

Quantitative Methods in Accountancy, Economics and Finance

Accountancy for Business

Foundations of Economics

Introduction to Financial Accounting

Year 2

Company Law and Regulation

Management Accounting

Taxation

Ethics in Accountancy

Research Methods for Accountancy Project

Financial Accounting and Statement Analysis

Year 3

Core Modules:
Advanced Financial Reporting
Auditing and Assurance
Accountancy Project
Financial Management

Optional Modules:
Comparative and Contemporary Issues in Accountancy
Strategic Analysis
Forensic Accounting

Careers

Our graduates are employed in many fields, with roles at NatWest (Financing Futures), PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, the Treasury and Bank of England. Within industry, graduates are working at businesses like BP, Xerox and Marks and Spencer.