BA(Hons) Accountancy and Business 会计与商务

By combining accountancy and business subjects, this course gives you the chance to apply your practical knowledge of accounting to contemporary business issues. As you learn to appreciate the day-to-day impact of company figures and balances, you will develop invaluable practical skills that will allow you to prove your worth to potential employers.

What's covered in the course?

All our Joint Honours degree students study a core first year before continuing to subject-specific modules for the rest of the course. This gives you flexibility of subject choice and helps increase your employability.

On the accountancy side, you learn the basics of financial and management accounting from the standpoint of both practical skills and reflection. You then develop your learning through a study of themes such as Corporate Reporting and Management Accounting.

You will gain a thorough knowledge of business to complement your accountancy studies. Examining both the theory and the application of business principles, you will learn about operators and logistics, and explore the opportunities and difficulties that businesses can face.

You will also discover how you can make a difference in the world of business. From learning the importance of personnel in a company context to evaluating the role of entrepreneurship within today’s competitive environment, you will build a wealth of knowledge that will be invaluable to your professional future, whatever your ambitions.

Why Choose Us?

• Birmingham City University is a Platinum Approved Learning Partner of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), giving the course real professional weight and credibility.
• The course gives you the flexibility to choose your subject areas according to your eventual professional aims, giving an impressive scope to your learning.
• Spend a year working in industry between your second and third study years, getting invaluable, hands-on business experience.
• You will get to put together a first year business plan that you will pitch, Dragons’ Den-style, to industry experts.
• Combining these subjects sets you up for possible graduate fast-track training and entry-level management posts in a number of industries, or you may decide to use your knowledge to set up your own entrepreneurial venture.