BA (HONOURS) Forensic Accounting at Sheffield Hallam University

• Build a strong basis to begin a career in forensic accounting.
• Gain skills that will act as a springboard to start a career in accounting in general.
• Demonstrate competence in many graduate-level transferable skills.

Join the fight against fraud and set yourself apart from other accounting graduates. Deepen your understanding of financial accounting, along with the related laws, risks, and ethics. The course is suitable for students who want to become forensic accountants, but also for students who are interested in accounting with an investigative and legal perspective.

The course is organised in to six modules each academic year, with modules taught in large and small groups . It adopts an activity-based and student-centred approach, taking place both within formal teaching sessions and during guided and independent study undertaken by you, including collaborative group work. To support guided and independent study, you are provided with tasks, exercises, resources, and references to additional useful learning materials, to access, utilise and respond to as part of your study programme.

You learn through

• lectures
• seminars
• workshops
• group work
• independent study

Future careers

Our graduates are well equipped for a range of careers. We have a team of specialist recruitment advisers and run a range of careers and recruitment events. This course equips you for a career as

• a forensic accountant
• a professionally qualified accountant
• a graduate level job that does not have a specific degree requirement

One of our aims is prepare you for roles in organisations from the Big 4 accounting firms to small and medium-sized enterprises. Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• PwC
• Deloitte
• Price Bailey
• Smith Cooper
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Cranswick Country Foods