Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year

York St John University
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 4 Years Accounting and financeEconomics

UCAS Points

48 points

Avg. Graduate Salary

£23,000

About this course

Our Business Degrees with Foundation Year ensure you have the core knowledge and skills to start your academic journey. You'll be well-equipped for your studies and have a strong knowledge-base from which to build and excel in your chosen course.

Studying Accounting & Finance is a great opportunity to gain a degree that is clearly focused on your career prospects in a wide variety of contexts. This course will give you a thorough understanding of accounting concepts which is ideal if you want to go on to be a professional accountant.

This course will introduce you to and develop your knowledge of the principles and practice of Accounting and Finance. This degree will give you a thorough understanding of accounting concepts which is ideal if you want to go on to be a professional accountant. However, having a good understanding of accounting and finance is an advantage in any profession today. So even if you don’t want to become a professional accountant, you will find this degree invaluable.

On the Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) programme you will experience and take part in lectures, seminars, workshops, task focused activities, field-trips and excursions and informative engagement with industry practitioners. Crucially, this distinctive programme is backed up by four distinct features. These are:

A focus on employability and work-readiness, your studies will help you to gain career awareness and clarify your career goals and how to achieve them Research informed teaching where experts in their subjects will work with you and develop your knowledge, critical thinking and analytical awareness in the world of accounting and finance Dedicated one on one support from your personal tutor to enable you to reach your potential and capped seminar sizes of 20-25 students A digitally aware programme from experts that will help you to learn how to use digital media and data analytics to inform your accounting and finance skills.

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff Points 48 points

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

3533 Financial and accounting technicians
2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians
4124 Finance officers
3531 Brokers
3534 Financial accounts managers
1131 Financial managers and directors

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
York
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Accounting and finance, Economics
Avg. Graduate Salary
£23,000