BSc Business

Duration: 3 years

Awarding Body:
University of London (External Programme)

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

Features of the degree:
• A thorough grounding in accounting and finance within a strong social science framework.
• An international flavour, developed in consultation with academics and professional throughout Southeast Asia as well as the UK.
• The subject guides you study with are written by internationally acknowledged leaders in both academic research and in professional accountancy and the financial markets.

Progression Opportunities: 
Programmes such as MBA or other master’s degree in Business studies or other postgraduate diploma courses can be applied for.

Professional accreditation:
• If you are already qualified in the field of accountancy you may apply for exemption from up to two units including 25 Principles of accounting and one non-specified unit.

• ICPAS: The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) recognises this degree as eligible for the ICPAS Professional Examination. This 5-module examination is the final milestone for qualification as a Certified Public Accountant and awarded the ‘CPA Singapore’ designation, subject to other terms and conditions by the Institute. Graduates must have passed the units specified by ICPAS. Graduates with degrees other than BSc Accounting and Finance may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• ACCA: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) recognises that 2008 graduates of this programme who have passed combinations of units on this degree or the BSc Banking and Finance are eligible for exemption from certain ACCA modules leading to professional qualification. This degree gives you an understanding of accounting and finance that will be useful throughout your career. This means that we do not simply teach accounting techniques and focus on computational skills with the aim of immediate application, but to enable our students to evaluate their usefulness in different contexts. We encourage you to adopt a critical and flexible viewpoint and to look at the subject from a variety of perspectives, including the international dimension.

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.

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