Accounting and Law

The BSc Hons Accounting and Law is a four-year programme with an equal weighting of accounting and law based modules covered each year. It also has an option of an intercalary/placement year after Year 3. The overall aim of the degree is to: develop students’ core knowledge and understanding of the principles, issues and applications of accounting and law and of the broader financial and economic environment; enable the development of intellectual skills including critical, analytical and problem-solving skills relevant to law, business finance and investment decision-making; highlight the relevance of legal knowledge to the needs of the community whether at a local, regional, national, European or international level; support the development of a range of subject-specific and generic transferable skills; develop students' ability to analyse, interpret and communicate legal and financial information; develop students' interpersonal, research, computing and communication skills.