Course summary

This programme gives you the grounding you need if you are interested in the world of business and finance. We’ll help prepare you for a career in business and its operations, as well as develop your entrepreneurial capabilities to run your own business. We work hard to ensure you graduate workplace ready. Having a degree that is recognised by professional bodies such as the ACCA, IFA, CIMA and ICAEW, gives you the advantage of being able to start a career with exemptions from these bodies exams. Students who successfully complete this programme could be entitled to up to 7 exemptions, depending on their module choices. This course has a shared first year across multiple specialisms. After your first year, if you want to study a different specialism you can choose to change between BA (Hons) Finance and Business and BSc (Hons) Finance and Accounting. Why study this subject? Being able to study a programme that gives you a solid understanding of how finance and business work together and enhance each other is ideal if you are interested in developing sought after business knowledge and financial management and reporting skills. You will acquire a wide range of skills useful for dealing competently with real-life, practical problems. While also providing opportunities for undertaking work experience. Studying this degree will develop your ability to think critically and will therefore enable you to analyse and evaluate solutions to complex, real-life problems. Why study at Buckinghamshire New University? BNU is a vibrant and diverse University that has student experience at its heart. Our high lecturer to student ratio ensures you’ll receive continual and first-hand support throughout your degree. We’ll help stretch you and encourage you to excel in your abilities. You’ll graduate with a versatile and in-demand degree. At BNU we want you to become workplace ready. Our Finance and Business course is recognised by a number of professional bodies and offers graduates the opportunity to gain a prestigious business and finance degree. You can also obtain a number of exemptions and memberships at various levels from these professional bodies. This programme is deliberately designed to prepare you for the employment market and will also give you the confidence to excel in your career options. What are my career prospects? You will graduate with an industry accredited degree from the ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW which means that you start one step closer to becoming a fully qualified accountant. Recent graduates from this course have gone onto jobs such as:

• Accounting Assistant

• Personal Banker

• Financial Analyst

• Graduate Accountant.