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.
