Business and Management (Accounting) Bath Spa University

Overview

This CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) accredited Business and Management (Accounting) program at Bath Spa University 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.

Overview

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.

Careers

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.