3-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Accounting (Placement Year)

Program Description For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s 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. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will 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 you gain a fully-rounded business education by introducing you 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.