This course covers financial accounting, management accounting and finance. It will develop the knowledge and technical skills necessary to pursue a career in roles as varied as auditor, treasurer, banker, company secretary and accountant. This course also offers you the option to take a year-long work placement or study abroad exchange between the second and third years of your studies. Undergraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Business If you choose the four-year route with a year in industry, on successful completion of a year-long work placement and related work-based coursework, you may be eligible for an Undergraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Business. This is awarded in addition to the bachelors degree and provides evidence of your accomplishments while on work placement.

You have the opportunity to do a work placement as part of this course. The benefits of completing a year in business include: enhancing your CV – work experience will give you an edge on the competition when you look for a job and help you to make better-informed career choices; helping your final year academic studies – statistics indicate that somebody who has done a placement gets, on average, better results in their final year; developing your professional skills – preparing you for your career; and providing you with a salary, so potentially reducing debt in the middle of your degree. In addition, each year many students receive graduate job offers from their placement employer. Find out about why our students chose to do a work placement year: