Business and Management (Accounting)
BA (Hons)
Undergraduate degree - single honours
- UCAS codes: Institution B20, Course N400 or 11R6 (with professional placement year)
- Business and Management - Programme Document
- Award
- BA (Hons) Business and Management (Accounting)
- School/s
- Bath Business School
- Campus or location
- Newton Park
- Course length
- Three years full time, or four years full time with professional placement year. Part time available.
- UCAS codes
- Institution Code: B20
- Course Code: N400 or 11R6
- Campus Code: A,BSU
Entry requirements
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed under 'Typical offers' in the main column below. For combined courses, please check both subjects. If your qualification is not listed, please email admissions@bathspa.ac.uk with your specific details.
Dive into the figures that make businesses tick in this CIMA accredited Business and Management course.
- Discover the importance of data in business and prepare for a career in a wide variety of sectors.
- Open up your options in the world of finance whilst gaining a solid understanding of business and management concepts.
- Choose either a ten-month or ten-week work placement and apply what you’ve learned in the real world.
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This CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) accredited course is designed to give you an edge in today's competitive job market. Analysing and understanding figures is at the core of how business functions. By learning the impact of numbers in relation to the financial world, you'll open up your career options. You'll develop the skills you need to enter the workplace with strong business and management knowledge and a toolkit of accounting abilities.
Whatever your aspirations, our friendly and hands-on Business School will help you start to build a clear picture of where your skills could take you. Alumni from this course have gone on to work with major players in the industry such as IBM, the NHS, Logica and Ocado.
“The Bath Business School team are very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and dedicated to helping you achieve your potential.”
Alex Appleton, Business and Management graduate
What you'll learn
This Business and Management course will take you through the basics of accounting as well as the core business skills needed to succeed. By the time you graduate, you’ll be able to:
- confidently interrogate financial information
- understand costing concepts
- prepare overhead analysis sheets
- make decisions employing marginal costing
- understand the nature and purpose of environmental accounting, and its link with social responsibility.
Through real-world experience and scenarios, we’ll help you develop as a business professional.
You’ll graduate with potential for employment in different businesses. Whether in the private or public sector, a charity or possibly your own business, you’ll be able to apply your knowledge in a wide range of situations in any sector.
You can also bring in modules from areas outside the Accounting pathway if you want to explore issues around a particular theme, such as sustainability or global affairs.
Year one
Gain a broad understanding of today’s business environment – from the context in which organisations operate through to trends in economic thinking and the importance of data in business. Modules will cover topics such as:
- organisations and the business environment
- economics and globalisation
- managing data.
Year two
Focus on the inner workings of businesses. Use business techniques to solve problems and start developing the skills that employers look for. Modules cover key themes including creativity and innovation in business. At the end of the year, you can choose to embark on a ten-month business placement or a ten-week summer placement - applying what you’ve learned so far in the real world.
Year three
Develop and explore your business learning, with a focus on management accounting. Undertake an in-depth business research project in accounting. You’ll also have a chance to set up a business on your own or with fellow students. Other topics to explore include:
- managing sustainability
- organisational strategy
- new trends in management
- creating and hosting festivals and events
- strategic human resource management.
You'll be assessed in a wide range of ways that will test your business knowledge and management skills. These could include presentations, work related projects, group work, computer-based simulations, podcasts, exams, essays, videos and business reports.
We offer variety in the way we teach: sometimes we’ll set you problems so that you can find the answers for yourself; sometimes we’ll lecture. Most modules use a mix of lectures and small group seminars. There’s a good blend of online activities using our Virtual Learning Environment. We invite business leaders in to talk about their experience and we arrange visits to local businesses. All of our teaching methods facilitate your development as a self-directed learner.
You’ll be given personal support in your studies – we’re a friendly team of academics who are committed to helping you achieve your goals.
To find out more about how we teach and how you'll learn, please read our Learning and Teaching Delivery Statement.
Course modules
This course enables you to develop your own learning pathway, depending on your interests. There are a selection of core and optional modules each year. Core modules will depend on your chosen pathway and you can choose optional modules to complement or diversify your core skill-set each year. The programme document gives you more information on module choices.
- The Business Environment
- Organisational Behaviour and Management
- Economics and Globalisation
- Managing Data
- Design Thinking for Enterprise
- Professional Practice
- Creativity for Business
- Innovation Management
- The Marketing Business
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Accounting
- Operations and Project Management
- Destination Management
- International Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Applying Economics
- Festival and Events Management
- Law for Business Enterprise
- Fashion Marketing and Management
- Work Placement
- Professional Placement Year
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Business and Management Project
- Economics Project
- Fashion Project
- International Marketing
- Management Accounting
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Enterprise: Creating your Business
- Organisational Strategy
- Managing Sustainability
- New Trends in Management
- Cross Cultural Management in International Business
- Summer Placement
- Tourism: Contemporary Issues
- Creating and Hosting Festivals and Events
- Advanced Economics Issues
- Exploring Law in Business
- Business and Academic Skills
- Fashion Marketing Visualisation
- Successful Freelancing
- Leadership and Management
Opportunities
You’ll have the opportunity to study in a wide range of locations around the world. Our students have completed exchange programmes in a variety of countries including Spain, Sweden and the USA.
We give you the opportunity to work with regional and national businesses. You’ll be working on live project briefs, helping organisations find creative solutions to their business issues.
Depending on your pathway and the modules you study, you can gain accreditation by professional bodies and get exemption from professional exams.
In addition to the business community projects mentioned above, you’ll have fantastic opportunities to work closely with business and industry through placements, projects and internships.
Employers that have recruited from Business and Management at Bath Spa University include:
- Logica
- NHS
- Liberty
- Ocado
- IBM
- Marks and Spencer
- American Express
- Sky
- Numatic International.
Students graduating from this course could expect to build a career in some of the following areas/job roles:
- Pure accounting
- Auditing
- Sales
- Supply and logistics
- Purchase ledger clerk
- Bookkeeping
- Forensic accounting
- Financial analysis
- Payrolls/pensions
- Project management
- Financial control.
Opportunities
As part of your degree, you could study abroad on a placement at one of Bath Spa’s partner universities.
We give you the opportunity to work with regional and national businesses. You’ll be working on live project briefs, helping organisations find creative solutions to their business issues.
Depending on your pathway and the modules you study, you can gain accreditation by professional bodies and get exemption from professional exams.
In addition to the business community projects, you’ll have fantastic opportunities to work closely with business and industry through placements, projects and internships.
Employers such as Logica, NHS, Liberty, Ocado, IBM, Marks and Spencer, American Express, Sky and Numatic International have recruited graduates from this course. Students have also gone into roles including Business Analyst, IT Services Analyst, Project Officer, Business Development Manager, Account Executive and Brand Planner.
Recent Business and Management graduates have gone into the following roles: Sales Campaign Manager, Social Media Marketing Manager, Stock Purchaser, Financial Planner, Product Development Advisor, Supply Analyst, Data Analyst, Marketing Executive, Strategist, Operations Manager, Marketing Analyst, Management Analyst, Social Media Content Creator, SEO Consultant, Marketing Executive, Merchandiser, Specialist Recruitment Consultant, Retail Systems Manager, Client Services Manager, Media Editor, Human Resources Officer and Catering and Events Manager.
If you’re a full-time undergraduate student starting your first year at Bath Spa University, you can apply for the Certificate in Global Citizenship, which you’ll study alongside your degree.
You’ll gain global awareness and add an international dimension to your student experience, and funding is available. On successful completion of the programme, you’ll be awarded a Certificate in Global Citizenship. This is in addition to your degree; it doesn’t change your degree title or results.
Develop a wealth of indispensable digital skills that you can take into your future career. One of only three Adobe Creative Campuses in the UK, we provide all Bath Spa students with access to the full Adobe Creative Suite, giving you the tools to communicate creatively, whatever your course or chosen professional field.
Professional placement year
This optional placement year provides you with the opportunity to identify, apply for and secure professional experience, normally comprising one to three placements over a minimum of nine months. Successful completion of this module will demonstrate your ability to secure and sustain graduate-level employment.
By completing the module, you'll be entitled to the addition of 'with Professional Placement Year' to your degree title.
Before your Professional Placement Year, you'll work to secure your placement, constructing a development plan with your module leader and your placement coordinator from our Careers and Employability team.
On your return to University for your final year, you'll submit your Placement Portfolio, detailing your development on your placement.
Facilities and resources
You'll have access to excellent facilities at our Newton Park campus and city centre studios as well as online resources. These include:
- Commons building
- Newton Park library
- Academic Skills support (ASk)
- Specialist resources and subject librarian
- Our Virtual Learning Environment
- Free access to courses via LinkedIn Learning
- Support from the English Language Unit if English isn't your first language
- The Studio in Bath
Fees
Student | Annual tuition fee |
---|---|
UK full time | £9,250 |
UK part time | £4,625 |
International full time | £15,750 |
Professional Placement Year
During the placement year, the fee is reduced to 20% of the full time fee. This applies to UK and EU/International students.
- UK: £1,850
- International: £3,150
Interested in applying?
We’re looking for individuals who are enterprising and creative. You’ll need to have drive, motivation and the get-up-and-go to achieve in a challenging environment.
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below:
- A Level – grades BBB-BCC preferred.
- BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM) accepted in any subject.
- T Levels – grade Merit preferred.
- International Baccalaureate – a minimum of 32 points are required.
- Access to HE courses – typical offers for applicants with Access to HE will be the Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher).
If you don’t meet the entry requirements above, we may be able to accept your prior learning or experience from outside of formal education. See our Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) page to learn more.
English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants
IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.
Course enquiries
For further information about the programme or entry requirements, please email us at admissions@bathspa.ac.uk.
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You’ll already be actively interested in business and be able to demonstrate your interests through activities such as keeping up to date with business news and reading relevant specialist online journals e.g. Marketing Week.
Course leader: Marc Leverton
Email: m.leverton@bathspa.ac.uk