Plymouth Business School

BA (Hons) Finance with Business Accounting

UCAS course code N3N4
Institution code P60
Duration

1 year
Course type

Full-time
Study location Plymouth
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Develop and enhance your business and finance education with this one-year top-up to your Level 5 qualification. Whether you are excited to further your career in finance and accounting or simply want to enhance your current education with knowledge of these critical business areas, this course is focused on helping you achieve your career goals.

Careers with this subject
If you aspire to work in financial services or even want to become a professional accountant, this course will provide you with the fundamental and crucial knowledge to help you achieve your dream career. Even if you simply want a finance focused top-up to your current qualification to further your career, the knowledge gained from this course will help you to progress in any business environment.
Our careers team will help you locate your dream graduate position to kickstart your finance and accounting career while our dedicated and experienced academic team will work tirelessly to help you achieve your goals.

Key features
  • Top-up to your Level 5 qualification with this one year course.
  • This top-up course is a great way to embark on a graduate role in business, finance or accounting.
  • Completion of this top-up programme may lead to entry on a masters degree in a variety of business and finance areas including a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or a Master of Finance (MFin).

Course details

  • Year 1

  • Core modules

    ACF6004
    Financial Modelling 20 credits

    The module covers financial modelling for bonds and rates, equities, currencies and options. While analysing and modelling each category of securities with specific and pertinent approaches, it stresses the underlying principles governing all valuation processes. The module also equips the students with the skills to use software, such as Excel, for implementing models and perform analysis.

    60% Examinations

    40% Coursework

    ACF6005
    Corporate Financial Management 40 credits

    This module is a study of corporate financial management, including: investment appraisal, financing decisions, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and multinational financial management.

    70% Examinations

    30% Tests

    ACF6006
    Credit Management: Theory and Practice 20 credits

    You will gain an in-depth knowledge of how to manage trade, consumer and export credit, exploring the economic importance of credit and the contribution it can make as a competitive device to add value to organisations.

    70% Coursework

    30% Examinations

    ACF6008
    Investment Management 20 credits

    In this module, you will develop a broad understanding of the portfolio management with the focus on portfolio building and evaluation, portfolio risk and diversification. You will explore portfolio concepts such as: investors risk aversion, efficient frontier, capital asset pricing model. In addition, you will learn and discuss market efficiency, behavioural finance and fintech.

    60% Examinations

    40% Tests

    ACF6009
    Business Accounting

    This module explores the presentation and interpretation of an organisation's financial statements, including consideration of the UK financial reporting regulatory framework and current reporting issues. Students will also study areas such as costing, budgeting and variance analysis for business managers.

The modules shown for this course are those currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new modules. Please note that programme structures and individual modules are subject to amendment from time to time as part of the University’s curriculum enrichment programme and in line with changes in the University’s policies and requirements.

Entry requirements

Contextual offers: Typically, the contextual offer for this course is 8 points below the advertised tariff. A contextual offer is an offer to study at university that takes into account individual circumstances that are beyond your control, and that can potentially impact your learning and your exam results, or your confidence in applying to university.

Check your eligibility for a contextual offer

For entry into the one-year programme you must have completed a foundation degree or equivalent with a finance or business emphasis, equivalent to 120 credits of study at both Levels 4 and 5.
Candidates whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each element) or equivalent. Read more about English language requirements.
We welcome applicants with international qualifications.

Fees, costs and funding
2024-2025 2025-2026 *
Home N/A £9,535
International N/A £17,600
Part time (Home) N/A £795
Full time fees shown are per annum. Part time fees shown are per 10 credits. Please note that fees are reviewed on an annual basis. Fees and the conditions that apply to them shown in the prospectus are correct at the time of going to print. Fees shown on the web are the most up to date but are still subject to change in exceptional circumstances. More information about fees and funding.

*UK Government announcement on tuition fees

Following an announcement in November, the government has confirmed its intention to increase undergraduate tuition fees for the 2025/26 academic year.

Subject to final Parliamentary approval (expected in early March 2025), the tuition fee for UK students is increasing to a maximum of £9,535 from 1 August 2025. This change applies to current and new students at the University of Plymouth. The Student Loans Company (SLC) has confirmed loans for tuition fees will be increased accordingly.

Additional costs

This course is delivered by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business and more details of any additional costs associated with the faculty's courses are listed on the following page: Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business additional costs .

How to apply
All applications for undergraduate courses are made through UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service).
UCAS will ask for the information contained in the box at the top of this course page including the UCAS course code and the institution code.
To apply for this course and for more information about submitting an application including application deadline dates, please visit the UCAS website.
Support is also available to overseas students applying to the University from our International Office via our how to apply webpage or email admissions@plymouth.ac.uk.
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