BAcc (Hons) Accountancy and Business Studies
Course Overview
Launch your career in accountancy or finance with the University of Stirling's industry-accredited degree. This programme provides a comprehensive foundation in preparing and interpreting financial information, equipping you with the skills to drive key business decisions. Successful completion offers significant exemptions from major professional exams, providing a direct pathway to a qualified career.
Key Program Highlights
- Earn significant exemptions from professional accountancy body exams (e.g., ICAS) upon graduation.
- Gain hands-on, award-winning trading experience through the innovative Stirling Amplify Boot Camp.
- Manage a real investment portfolio and apply ESG principles with the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF).
- Learn from 5-star teaching across all core areas, including auditing, taxation, and financial reporting.
- Join a network of successful graduates who have seamlessly transitioned into the professional world.
Course Overview
Launch your career in accountancy or finance with the University of Stirling's industry-accredited degree. This programme provides a comprehensive foundation in preparing and interpreting financial information, equipping you with the skills to drive key business decisions. Successful completion offers significant exemptions from major professional exams, providing a direct pathway to a qualified career.
Key Program Highlights
- Earn significant exemptions from professional accountancy body exams (e.g., ICAS) upon graduation.
- Gain hands-on, award-winning trading experience through the innovative Stirling Amplify Boot Camp.
- Manage a real investment portfolio and apply ESG principles with the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF).
- Learn from 5-star teaching across all core areas, including auditing, taxation, and financial reporting.
- Join a network of successful graduates who have seamlessly transitioned into the professional world.
Requirements
Modules
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- HeadStart
- Accounting and Finance for Managers
- Our Blue Planet
- Ecology: An Introduction
- Introduction to Computing Science
- Economic Decision Making and Markets
- Why is the world like this? Economic perspectives on society
- Introduction to Education: Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology
- Introduction to Literary Studies: Genre
- Building Planet Earth
- Personal Finance
- Media 1: An Introduction to Media Studies and Industries
- The French-Speaking World 1
- Introductory French 1
- People and the Environment
- Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
- The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
- Introduction to Journalism Studies
- Language and Society
- Mathematics I
- Discrete Structures
- The Global Business Environment: An Introduction
- Philosophy: What is it all About?
- People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
- Religion in the Modern World
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introductory Spanish 1
- Introduction to Sociology and Criminology
- Introduction to Management Accounting
- The Management Challenge: An Introduction
- Introductory Economics
- Finance I
- Business and Corporate Law
- Personal Finance
- External Reporting
- Finance II
- Science of Diving
- Biodiversity
- The Organisation of Business
- Managing Information
- Systems
- Programming Language Paradigms
- Statistics for Economics, Business and Management
- The Biosphere
- Digital Media and Culture
- The French-Speaking World 2
- The French-Speaking World 4
- Introductory French 2
- Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815
- Operations Management
- Practical Statistics
- Optimisation in Theory and Practice
- Numerical Analysis
- Socially Responsible Marketing
- Moral Theory
- Comparative Politics - States, People, Power
- Great Political Thinkers
- Research Methods
- Brain and Behaviour
- Global Retailing in Society
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 4
- Introductory Spanish 2
- The Development of Social Theory
- Foundations of Sport Development and Coaching
- Accounting Information and Employment
- Advanced Financial Accounting
- Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
- Auditing
- Applied Management Accounting
- Taxation
- Issues in Accounting
- Accounting Dissertation
- Accounting Analytics
- International Finance
- Securities and Investment
- Critical Analysis of Accounting & Finance Issues
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Financial Analysis
- Professional Development and Practice