BSc in Business and Accounting
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Request the earliest start date
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students: £9,250 per year | international: £14,300 for the first year
Introduction
Why choose this course?
Study a practical business degree with an emphasis on accounting.
This course is ideal if you're thinking about a career in business or management, in a role that includes financial resource allocation such as department head or practice manager.
This course has a strong emphasis on developing the skills and knowledge sought after by employers, including accounting for management decision-making, in-depth knowledge of contemporary business issues, team working, and leadership.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Gain extra certifications in addition to your degree and take part in activities to boost your CV.
- Kingston is one of just a few UK universities with a real-time Bloomberg trading room. This will give you access to the technology used by financial organisations to make critical decisions about risk, investments and markets.
- Kingston Business School has received a Business Accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This award is earned by just five per cent of the world's business schools and recognises the high quality and standards of our teaching.
Gallery
Admissions
Curriculum
What you will study
Take a look at some of the content and modules that you may have the opportunity to study in this course:
Year 1
The first year of the course exposes students to the general global business environment. The knowledge and skills developed in the first year provide a solid grounding, preparing students for a broader and deeper study of the key management functions in the second year.
Core modules
- Financial Accounting for Business
- Management Accounting
- The Accountant's Business Environment
- Business Information Analysis
Year 2
During the second year, students develop the skills to analyse and suggest recommendations to business issues whilst furthering their knowledge of operations management, alongside developing financial accounting into reporting and introducing accounting for management. This is further supported by opportunities for students to gain additional professional certification in industry standard software such as Bloomberg Market Concepts and the GMetrix Microsoft Office Specialist certifications. Students can take elective business modules at this level.
Core modules
- Advanced Management Accounting
- Contemporary Project Management
- Marketing Management
Optional modules
- Auditing
- Law for Accountants
- Entrepreneurship
- Global Operations
- Business Decision Modelling
- Rapid App Development for Business
- Data Analytics for Business
- Business Law and Ethics
- Financial Investments
- Developing Web Applicants for Business
Year 3
The final year draws together the different perspectives studied with a module on strategic management, which develops a critical understanding and an ability to contribute to longer-term business development. This module provides an opportunity for students to consolidate their learning via a capstone project relating theory to practice. Students develop an understanding and critical perspectives of both theoretical and practical considerations and issues. The final year offers additional elective choices for students to broaden their studies.
Core modules
- Advanced Financial Accounting for Business
- Strategic Management
Optional modules
- Theory and Practice of Taxation
- Marketing Simulation
- Business Decision Modelling
- Rapid App Development for Business
- CSR in Marketing
- Data Analytics for Business
- Developing Web Applicants for Business
- Business Law and Ethics
- Financial Investments
- Professional Selling
- Financial Management
- Auditing
- International Business Operations
- Marketing Communications
- International Entrepreneurship in SMEs
- Psychology for Business and Management
- Service Operations Management
- Innovation
- Law for Accountants
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This degree is ideal for students who want a career in business or management, particularly in a role which includes financial resource allocation, for example, department heads or practice managers. Typically, graduates of the BSc Business and Accounting programme will enter junior management roles within a range of organisations or, alternatively, they may follow a more accounting-focused career path by joining an accounting firm or accounting department within an organisation.