The BA (Hons) in Accounting with Finance and Placement provides students with a comprehensive foundation in accounting principles, concepts and practices equipping students with the skills to work in various business contexts where they can to progress to become professional qualified accountants. The programme places a high emphasis on obtaining exemptions from professional accounting exams. This ensures that graduates from this programme have a minimal number of exams to sit after they graduate in order to become a fully qualified professional accountant. The programme also places an emphasis on building students’ professional and digital skills. Preparing graduates for employment, the professional skills theme that runs throughout the programme encompasses a range of skills, practices and activities to build the professional competencies demanded by the modern workplace. To further enhance employability, the digital skills theme within the programme encompasses a range of software skills widely used in the accounting profession.
This programme includes a year-long placement which runs during year 3 of the programme. This allows students to gain real-world experience in the workplace allowing them to apply their theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios. Students will engage with a career-focused module ‘The Evolving Professional’ during year 2 of the programme, in preparation for their placement. The work placement allows students to explore career paths, boosting their self-confidence and enhancing their curricula vitae.
At the Department of Accounting and Business Computing our lecturing staff have extensive industry experience as well as high academic standards. With a strong legacy of accounting within the department, the lecturing team will ensure that graduates are knowledgeable, skilled and well prepared wherever their career takes them.
The BA (Hons) in Accounting won the award for Excellence in Education in Training at the Irish Accountancy Awards in 2022. This award confirms the quality of the programme which is also borne out by the fact that there is a high employment rate among graduates, with many students securing employment while completing the final year of this programme.
