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Economics and Accounting with Placement

Entry requirements


A level

A,A,B-B,B,B

Obtain a minimum of 120 UCAS tariff points win the Access to HE Diploma in Business, Computing, Engineering, Humanities & Social Science or Law with 45 credits at level 3.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

M2,M2,M2

GCSE/National 4/National 5

A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C/4 and above are required, including English Language or English Language & Literature (or grade B/5 in English Literature). Grade B/5 is required in Mathematics.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

30

including SL5 or HL4 in English and Maths (if applicant does not have GCSE English at grade C/4 and Maths grade B/5 or above)

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H3,H3,H3,H3,H3

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma

DM

in Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Business, Applied Law, Applied Science, Business, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Personal & Business Finance or Pharmaceutical Science and an A level at grade B

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate

D

in Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Business, Applied Law, Applied Science, Business, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Personal & Business Finance or Pharmaceutical Science with A levels grade BC

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DDM

in Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Business, Applied Law, Applied Science, Business, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Personal & Business Finance or Pharmaceutical Science.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DM

in Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Business, Applied Law, Applied Science, Business, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Personal & Business Finance or Pharmaceutical Science and an A level at grade B

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

D

in Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Business, Applied Law, Applied Science, Business, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Personal & Business Finance or Pharmaceutical Science.with A levels grade BC

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM

in Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Business, Applied Law, Applied Science, Business, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Personal & Business Finance or Pharmaceutical Science.

Scottish Advanced Higher

B,B,B

T Level

M

in one of the following subjects: Management & Administration, Design, Surveying & Planning for Construction, Digital Production, Design & Development Digital Business Services, Digital Support Services, Maintenance, Installation & Repair for Engineering & Manufacturing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing & Control,Design & Development for Engineering & Manufacturing, Science, Finance or Accounting

UCAS Tariff

120-144

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About this course


Course option

4years

Sandwich | 2024

Subjects

Accounting

Economics

The Brunel Economics and Accounting BSc gives students the theoretical and practical skills necessary to understand and analyse economic and accounting issues that arise in business, industrial, financial or government environments.

You’ll learn the fundamental analytical techniques of micro and macroeconomics and gain a comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of financial and management accounting.

You’ll also study econometrics and develop sought-after skills in data modelling and get training in analytical packages widely used by business and financial institutions such as SAS, EViews, Bloomberg, Reuters and STATA.

We offer two study options. You can choose three years full-time or four years full-time with a one-year professional placement between years two and three that will give you the chance to apply what you’ve learned to real-life situations

In your final year, you can tailor your course to specialist areas including auditing, taxation, behavioural economics and finance and the economics of labour markets.

The degree is accredited the ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW, which means you’ll gain exemptions from certain professional qualifying exams.

As business and finance become more complex and global, employers are on the look-out for job candidates with the analytical and technical skills needed to keep pace with the changes. Your Brunel Economy and Accounting BSc, with its focus on economic analysis, will make you a preferred prospect in the fields of accounting, business management, financial markets and corporate finance.

Modules

Typical modules for this course:

Statistics & Data Analysis
Financial Markets
Management Accounting
Audit & Assurance

To view the full list of modules for this course and further information on degree content, please visit the Brunel website: www.brunel.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/Economics-and-Accounting-BSc

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£19,430
per year
International
£19,430
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Brunel University London

Department:

Economics and Finance

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

77%
Accounting
65%
Economics

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

Teaching and learning

64%
Staff make the subject interesting
79%
Staff are good at explaining things
72%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
72%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

75%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
82%
Course specific equipment and facilities
76%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

79%
UK students
21%
International students
65%
Male students
35%
Female students
69%
2:1 or above
11%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
C
C

Economics

Teaching and learning

53%
Staff make the subject interesting
64%
Staff are good at explaining things
65%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
60%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

78%
Library resources
82%
IT resources
88%
Course specific equipment and facilities
64%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

90%
UK students
10%
International students
70%
Male students
30%
Female students
64%
2:1 or above
11%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
C
C

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£23,088
high
Average annual salary
95%
med
Employed or in further education
76%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

35%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
21%
Administrative occupations: finance
19%
Business, research and administrative professionals

You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.

Economics

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£23,500
med
Average annual salary
93%
low
Employed or in further education
80%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

27%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
18%
Administrative occupations: finance
17%
Business, research and administrative professionals

This is a degree in demand, as business increasingly needs workers who can examine and explain complex data. And yet the number of economics graduates fell by nearly 10% last year, which means demand is even greater. As so many economic grads go into banking and finance, it's not surprising that over half of all 2015's economics graduates who did go into work were working in London. And don't think it's just the finance industry that's interested in these graduates - there's a significant number who enter the IT industry to work with data as analysts and consultants. It's quite common for economics graduates to go into jobs such as accountancy and management consultancy which may require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications - so don’t assume you won’t have to take any more exams once you leave uni. And the incentive to take them, of course, is better pay, which will be on top of an already healthy average starting salary of over £30,000 for graduates working in the capital.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Accounting

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£21k

£21k

£27k

£27k

£35k

£35k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

Economics

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£22k

£22k

£31k

£31k

£37k

£37k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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