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Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year) BSc (N4N4)
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Explore our Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year) degree at Warwick

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N4N4 (4 year)
N40J (5 year)

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Bachelor of Science (BSc)

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4 years full-time, 5 years full-time with placement year

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26 September 2022

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Warwick Business School

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University of Warwick

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Accounting and Finance at Warwick is a professionally-orientated qualification, providing the skills, knowledge and confidence to operate effectively in the fast-paced world of multinational companies and global financial markets.

Choosing particular module combinations can lead to exemptions from a number of professional accountancy exams.

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This course is designed to provide you with access to our main Accounting and Finance or Accounting and Finance with Placement Year degrees if challenging circumstances mean that you have not been able to meet the standard entry requirements.

We are looking for applicants who have the drive and motivation, and ultimately want to progress to a professionally-orientated qualification that is consistently ranked highly in major UK league tables. We will help you to develop valuable skills such as teamwork, presenting, time management, problem solving, decision making, and also build your confidence.

During the Foundation Year you will be part of a small community working closely together on group projects. The course also involves working with external organisations to give you a better understanding of how business works. You will complete a project in the third term working with an organisation to identify an issue or challenge.

If you successfully complete the Foundation Year, you will automatically join our direct entry students following the course structure for Accounting and Finance or Accounting and Finance with Placement Year.

The course structure for Accounting and Finance provides you with the opportunity to choose electives designed to allow you to focus on Finance or Accounting, or a combination of the two, depending on your future career goals. If you choose to study the 5-year course with the integrated placement year you will work in the UK or overseas. Previous students have completed placements with companies including Accenture, EY, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds Bank, Porsche and PwC.

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Our Foundation Year prepares you for degree-level study at WBS and gives students the opportunity to build their knowledge about business, improve some key skills we have found to be important to success during the undergraduate degree, and spend a year getting used to the university environment.

The modules you will take will help build your maths and statistics skills, your organisational problem-solving skills, such as creativity, leadership and teamwork, and give you a chance to work on academic practices like research, critical thinking, and university level writing. They will also develop your knowledge on general areas of business, like marketing, operations management, accounting and finance, and help you conduct research to solve real organisational problems.

If you successfully complete the Foundation Year, you will automatically progress to BSc Accounting and Finance and join our direct entry students in Year One. If you choose to study BSc Accounting & Finance (with Foundation Year) with Placement Year you will complete your work placement within your fourth year and return to WBS for your final year of studies.

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You will learn in a variety of ways including:

  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Online learning
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You will work mainly in seminar-style classes with around 25 students for at least 12 hours per week, which will equip you with the skills, knowledge and depth of understanding that you will need to continue learning independently between sessions. On progressing to Year One lectures become larger with up to 500 students in a class and around 25 in seminars.

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This varies by year but you will have approximately 12 to 15 hours per week of:

  • Class time
  • Online activities such as quizzes and group work
  • Student support and feedback hours

During your feedback hours, you can meet the Module Leader or seminar tutors to ask questions.

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You will be assessed through a combination of examinations and assessments including:

  • Individual assignments
  • Projects
  • Case study analysis
  • Online quizzes
  • Group work
  • Presentations.

The final degree classification is determined by your second and final year marks and each contributes 50%.

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Study abroad

Study abroad is guaranteed for students on BSc International Management who meet the Year One requirements. As part of our BSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year students can apply for a study placement (rather than working). Studying abroad as part of this course is undertaken in English and opportunities are available with a wide range of partners in countries such as Canada, Singapore, France, and Japan.

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Additional requirements: Widening Participation Status

Please note that this course is only available to applicants eligible for Home Fee Status. Find out more about Fee Status.

You must meet one of the Widening Participation criteria below:

  1. Having spent time in local-authority care
  2. Be a refugee or asylum seeker having either limited leave to remain or are under ‘humanitarian protection’ or have been granted refugee status with indefinite leave to remain
  3. Living in a low participation neighbourhood (POLAR 4, quintile 1) or an area which has a high level of deprivation (Index of Multiple Deprivation, 0-20%).
  4. Attending a school where average performance of students achieving 5 A*-C GCSE including English and Mathematics was below the national average and/or attending a school/college with below the national average performance at KS5 and attending a school or college with above national average entitlement/eligibility to Free School Meals.

Please use our contextual indicator checker to check whether you meet criteria 3 or 4 from the above list. Please note that we do not make contextual offers for the Foundation Course. If you are experiencing (or have experienced) other disadvantaging circumstances you may express this in an AWARDS form This must be sent within two weeks of application (excluding holidays).

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A level typical offer

You need to complete and pass three full A level courses excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. These should include a higher-level quantitative subject, such as Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Calculus and Statistics.

A level additional information

You will also need grade B or 6 in GCSE English Language, B or 6 in GCSE Mathematics and C or 4 in five other GCSE subjects. Applicants with grade C or 4 in GCSE English Language and grade B or 6 in GCSE English Literature will also be considered.

Please also see our additional requirements above.

General GCSE requirements

Unless specified differently above, you will also need a minimum of GCSE grade 4 or C (or an equivalent qualification) in English Language and either Mathematics or a Science subject. Find out more about our entry requirements and the qualifications we accept. We advise that you also check the English Language requirements for your course which may specify a higher GCSE English requirement. Please find the information about this below.

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IB typical offer

You need to complete three subjects at Higher Level and three subjects at Standard Level. These should include a higher-level quantitative subject, such as Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Calculus and Statistics.

IB additional information

You will also need grade B or 6 in GCSE English Language, B or 6 in GCSE Mathematics and C or 4 in five other GCSE subjects. Applicants with grade C or 4 in GCSE English Language and grade B or 6 in GCSE English Literature will also be considered.

Please also see our additional requirements above.

General GCSE requirements

Unless specified differently above, you will also need a minimum of GCSE grade 4 or C (or an equivalent qualification) in English Language and either Mathematics or a Science subject. Find out more about our entry requirements and the qualifications we accept. We advise that you also check the English Language requirements for your course which may specify a higher GCSE English requirement. Please find the information about this below.

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You need to complete and pass a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma. You should have studied a higher-level quantitative subject, such as Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Calculus and Statistics.

You will also need grade B or 6 in GCSE English Language, B or 6 in GCSE Mathematics and C or 4 in five other GCSE subjects. Applicants with grade C or 4 in GCSE English Language and grade B or 6 in GCSE English Literature will also be considered.

Please also see our additional requirements above.

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All students who successfully complete the Warwick IFP and apply to Warwick through UCAS will receive a guaranteed conditional offer for a related undergraduate programme (selected courses only). You can see the full terms and conditions on the Warwick IFP.

Please also see our additional requirements above.

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We welcome applications for deferred entry.
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Short-listed applicants will normally be invited to attend a selection day, including an informal interview, at Warwick to assess their academic potential and commitment to further study.
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Year One: Foundation Year

Term One

  • Academic Practice
  • Foundations of Business
  • Statistics
  • Advanced Mathematics

Term Two

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business Consulting
  • Management of Global Risks
  • Problem Solving in Organisations

Term Three

  • Business Consulting
  • Problem Solving in Organisations

Year Two (as per Accounting and Finance BSc Year one)

  • CORE: Foundations, Skills and Debates
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • Foundations of Management Accounting
  • Financial Management
  • Economics for Business
  • Business Law 1
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Management, Organisations and Society or Business Analytics

Year Three

  • CORE: Global Environment of Business
  • CORE: Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Financial Reporting 1
  • Financial Reporting 2
  • Finance 1: Financial Markets

Final Year

  • CORE: Critical Issues in Management

Are you considering studying BSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year?

If you choose to study BSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year, your third year will be when you complete your work placement and then you will study the modules listed within Year Three within your final year (Year Four) when you return to WBS.

Explore WBS modules in more detail.

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Year Three
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Accounting in Context
  • Business Law 2
  • Finance 2: Corporate Finance
  • Economics of Strategy
  • Issues in Management Accounting
Final Year
  • Advanced Management Accounting
  • Company Law
  • Business Taxation
  • Auditing and Accountability
  • Financial Markets: Organisation and Technology
  • Law for Entrepreneurs
  • Investment Management
  • Derivatives and Risk Management
  • Banks and Financial Systems
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Fintech
  • Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
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