Course summary

Overview Understanding accounting and finance is vital to speaking the language of business. UEA’s Accounting and Finance with a Year Abroad degree will help you master this language, giving you a huge competitive advantage in the business world. People who are highly literate in accounting and finance often rise to the top of businesses. In UEA’s Accounting and Finance with a Year Abroad BSc, you’ll learn financial accounting and reporting, and management accounting, alongside core business disciplines. This pairing will give you a broad foundation from which to enter a variety of career paths. Our teaching is constantly changing, informed by the fast-developing world of business and accounting research. At UEA, you’ll be at the cutting edge of the accounting and finance world. With this course option, you’ll also have the exciting opportunity to develop industry-specific skills overseas in a year abroad. Throughout the course, you’ll develop your understanding of business finance and management accounting as you learn how to understand, interpret and act on the financial accounts of a variety of business structures. You’ll learn how to communicate an argument in a way that’s meaningful and persuasive to the key decision makers in that business. You’ll also learn how to use your professional judgment to understand and influence business decisions. You’ll even have the chance to explore how accounting influences wealth distribution in society, and how politics can influence accounting. Our Norwich Business School is in a region that’s varied and welcoming, with a thriving business innovation and enterprise community. All our teaching is informed by both our world-leading research and our real-world business experience. That means you’ll gain knowledge of the key current issues for industry and employers. After your degree, you’ll be well placed to enter a number of careers such as financial accountancy, management accountancy, auditing or tax planning. The expertise this degree gives you is also a great way into the financial services sector, opening up careers in investment banking, retail banking, fund management or insurance. If you’re interested in starting a business of your own, there’s no better foundation for individual entrepreneurship. Disclaimer Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: www.uea.ac.uk