Business Accounting with Finance | BA (Hons) at Leeds Beckett University

Course Details

Flexible and varied, this course will thoroughly prepare you to meet the challenges of working in today's financial and business sectors. Your modules, covering a variety of topics, will use a mix of teaching and assessment methods to develop your employability alongside your technical expertise. Upon graduating, you will be able to make a significant contribution to the ethical financial management of any business.

Taught by staff with substantial professional experience, your course will be delivered through tutorials, seminars, lectures and group project work.

You will benefit from a mix of approaches to teaching and assessment, including the use of industry-standard technology embedded throughout your course to make sure you become a work-ready graduate. You will have the option of undertaking an industry placement before your final year of study which will broaden your real-life work experience and impress potential employers.

This course offers the opportunity to take a ‘sandwich’ year – a year of paid employment in industry which will build your skills and experience. This is usually taken between the second and third year of your degree, typically making your course four years in total. Students who choose the sandwich route find it helps with both their studies and getting a job after graduation. It can build your confidence, contacts, and of course your CV. Leeds Beckett advertise lots of placement opportunities and provide support in helping you find the right placement for you.

Course Benefits

Taught from within an established business school in the heart of an emerging economic powerhouse, this course will enable you to start building your professional networks while you study.

Our links with professional regulating bodies and financial professional institutions will ensure your learning meets the standards demanded by employers.

You could broaden your practical experience by studying abroad for one or two semesters, taking part in our international volunteering programme or applying to be part of our international consultancy project team, providing tailored business solutions to clients from all over the world.

High-profile speakers from industry will share their experiences and personal insights through the Leeds Business School's guest lecture programme. Past speakers have included Will Holman, Deputy Agent for the Bank of England in Yorkshire and the Humber, who delivers an annual lecture on the current global economic uncertainty and its effect on the regional and UK economy, and Angela Knight, chair of the Office of Tax Simplification, who spoke on the future and importance of the financial services.