3-Term Pathway - International Year One in Business - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Accounting (Placement Year)

For students that completed high school with good grades but don’t qualify for entry to an undergraduate degree, they could study an International Year One, which combines university preparation with degree 1st year. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 2nd year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex. This delivery option includes 2 terms of modules, and a 1 term internship.

Students’ course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. If the course is longer than 2 terms, they’ll take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Accounting

Accounting informs almost all areas of business, from strategy to outsourcing and operational planning to environmental policies. At Essex Business School, where this course is taught, accounting means more than cutting costs and managing transactions. It’s vital for ensuring accountability by encouraging sound, ethical decision making.

From an undergraduate accounting degree at Essex students gain a firm understanding of the financial drivers underpinning business leadership, strategy, planning, governance and ethics. They explore both financial and management accounting and use case studies to apply theory to practice.

Students study topics such as:

• preparation and analysis of financial statements • regulation in governing accounting practice • principles of cost accumulation • financial and management accounting theory • providing information to managers to assist their decision making

The School ensures students gain a fully-rounded business education by introducing them to subjects such as finance, management, marketing and economics in the first year. In the second and final years, students can choose from selected optional modules to tailor the program to their accounting career aspirations.

In the final year of the accounting degree, students have the opportunity to put their knowledge into practice by completing an in-depth, independent research project or dissertation. This will give them the chance to further develop vital employability skills in areas of research, time management and critical thinking.