University of Portsmouth

Course Details

BA(Hons) American Studies

Course Description

This degree brings together the twin disciplines of accounting and finance and prepares you to become an accountant or use your analytical skills, financial expertise and strategic insight to forge a career within finance and the financial services sector.

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

Finance is the UK's competitive advantage and because of this, there is a variety of national and international roles available to our numerate and commercially astute graduates. On completing the course, our graduates often choose to join an accounting firm or larger company to complete their accounting training, while others use their expertise within financial services or branch out into more general management roles. If you wish to widen your focus to industry and commerce in areas such as banking, insurance and investment, fund management, consultancy and law, this highly numerate and practical degree will put you ahead of the game.




BA(Hons) American Studies University of Portsmouth