BAcc (Hons) Accountancy

Overview

If you’re planning a career in accountancy or the financial sector, studying at the University of Stirling is the perfect starting point. Our course boasts 5-star teaching and multiple industry accreditation.

Top reasons to study with us

#1 Accounting and Finance is ranked top 20 in the UK (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022)

#2 Accredited by four major professional accountancy and finance bodies

#3 5 QS stars for Teaching, Employability and Internationalisation (QS Stars University Ratings 2021)

An accounting degree empowers you to prepare, present and interpret financial information for a wide range of organisations, and the skills you learn will enable investors, lenders, management and others to make key decisions based on financial facts.

The ideal path to a career in accountancy combines a university degree with recognised professional qualifications. Our Accountancy programme has been created with this in mind, and successful completion of the course will ensure many professional bodies give you significant exemptions from their exams.

Course details

You can study Accountancy as a four-year single honours degree, or combine it with one of our complementary courses to broaden your focus. In your first three semesters, your core studies in accounting and finance will be accompanied by teaching in economics, business management and business law.

Semesters 4-8 will help you to develop an analytical approach to relevant subjects through eleven advanced core modules. Among those modules will be your dissertation, which will introduce you to research methods in accounting and enhance your communication, evaluation and analytical skills.

Teaching

When you study Accountancy at the University of Stirling, you can be confident that everything you learn is in tune with the latest industry trends. You’ll learn through a combination of formal lectures, seminars and practical workshops.

Small group tutorials will also provide feedback and reinforcement of lecture topics throughout each semester. All our teaching is rooted in world-class research, with 80% of our research impact classed as world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).

Assessment

You’ll be assessed by a combination of coursework and exams. For Honours students, all advanced modules undertaken during the final two years count equally towards your overall degree classification. In Semester 8 you’ll complete a dissertation on an approved subject.

Your employability is one of our highest priorities, and we want to make sure you have every possible advantage when you enter the job market. Our modules in Accounting Information and Employment (Year 3) place a special focus on preparing you for the workplace. Meanwhile, visits from professional bodies like the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) ensure your skills are always in tune with the needs of the Accounting industry.

Your course will equip you with skills in the following, plus much more:

• external reporting
• taxation
• advanced financial accounting
• auditing
• communication and presentation
• IT
• problem solving and analytical thinking