BA (Hons) in Accounting and Financial Management – Top Up

Is this programme for you?

The BA (Hons) in Accounting and Financial Management – Top Up course could be the answer to your future career aspirations if your area of expertise is within accounting and finance and you are looking to obtain an honours degree in this field. Your degree qualification opens up opportunities in financial and management accounting.
Equally, you can use your degree to move into more varied roles in general management, marketing or human resources. In all of these areas, your financial expertise will give you a headstart and a career advantage.

What you will learn on the programme

The Accounting and Financial Management – Top Up course provides the necessary intellectual and cognitive skills that are valuable to accounting and/or finance graduates in terms of their future employment prospects. The course encourages participative learning interaction with the teacher and fellow students.

You will be provided with comprehensive learning materials in the form of student guides for each module. All modules are supported by a core text. Students make use of case studies with questions designed to develop analysis and critical appraisal skills. The style of learning will be activity-based; learning achieved through reading and reflection is tested through activities.

In workshop-style seminars, your tutors will develop key unit ideas in each of the core modules. In preparation for the seminars, students work through the related unit material; you will be provided with advanced study materials, including comprehensive curriculum and self-paced study questions, enabling you to prepare fully for each workshop session.

Course Modules

1. Financial Management
2. Strategic Management Accounting
3. Business Modelling for Decision Making
4. International Financial Reporting
5. Managing Projects
6. Contemporary Developments in Business and Management
   

Minimum Entry Requirements

• Advanced Diploma or HND in a Business related subject
  PLUS
• IELTS 6.0 for non-native English speakers
  Recognised equivalents of the above qualifications are acceptable
  

Additional Information

Course Location: London, UK

Start Dates: January/April/July/October

Duration: 9 months

Awarding Body: University of Sunderland

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Course Fees & Dates (pdf 206kb)

School of Management Application Form (pdf 500kb)

School of Management Brochure (pdf 3mb)