BSc Accounting and Finance

Duration: 3 years

Awarding Body:
University of London (External Programme)

Admission Requirement:
A Levels or equivalent or
Higher Secondary Certificate with good grades

Is this programme for me?
This degree is for you if you:

• wish to go on to take professional accountancy qualifications. You may be able to gain exemptions from several of the examinations of professional accountancy bodies (depending on the subjects taken). We do advise you to contact the relevant bodies for advice
• are professionally qualified in the accountancy field and would now like to take a degree
• have not yet decided which profession to pursue and are interested in the fields of accounting and finance.

Programme aims
To provide a thorough grounding in accounting and finance, within a strong social science framework.

Programme structure
The degree consists of 12 units when taken through the Standard Route and 9 units through the Graduate Entry Route.

Prestige and career progression
The programme has been developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), regarded as an international centre of academic excellence and innovation in the social sciences. This degree will prepare you for a career in areas of professional accountancy, investment banking, investment analysis and management, management consultancy and financial management, as well as to more advanced academic study.

Structure and Syllabus
You will be required to make a serious attempt in the examination for 12 units on the Standard Route of the degree. On the Graduate Entry Route you must take and pass 9 full units. You can take the Foundation and Further units in any order, provided you satisfy any prerequisites (units which you must have already passed). Prerequisites are shown in italic text in brackets. Most students, however, would normally take the Foundation units first because, as their name suggests, they are the 'building blocks' – the foundation – for the units that follow.

Please note: the following unit information sheets are in pdf format.

Summary of key dates