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Finance and Business

Entry requirements


A level

C,C,D-B,C,C

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

MMP-DMM

UCAS Tariff

88-112

A typical offer will be a UCAS Tariff score of 88 - 112. A minimum of two full A-levels (or equivalent) is required. Every application is considered on an individual basis.

About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Business studies

Finance

This programme gives you the grounding you need if you are interested in the world of business and finance. We’ll help prepare you for a career in business and its operations, as well as develop your entrepreneurial capabilities to run your own business.

We work hard to ensure you graduate workplace ready. Having a degree that is recognised by professional bodies such as the ACCA, IFA, CIMA and ICAEW, gives you the advantage of being able to start a career with exemptions from these bodies exams. Students who successfully complete this programme could be entitled to up to 7 exemptions, depending on their module choices.

This course has a shared first year across multiple specialisms. After your first year, if you want to study a different specialism you can choose to change between BA (Hons) Finance and Business and BSc (Hons) Finance and Accounting.

**Why study this subject?**
Being able to study a programme that gives you a solid understanding of how finance and business work together and enhance each other is ideal if you are interested in developing sought after business knowledge and financial management and reporting skills.

You will acquire a wide range of skills useful for dealing competently with real-life, practical problems. While also providing opportunities for undertaking work experience. Studying this degree will develop your ability to think critically and will therefore enable you to analyse and evaluate solutions to complex, real-life problems.

**Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?**
BNU is a vibrant and diverse University that has student experience at its heart. Our high lecturer to student ratio ensures you’ll receive continual and first-hand support throughout your degree. We’ll help stretch you and encourage you to excel in your abilities. You’ll graduate with a versatile and in-demand degree.

At BNU we want you to become workplace ready. Our Finance and Business course is recognised by a number of professional bodies and offers graduates the opportunity to gain a prestigious business and finance degree. You can also obtain a number of exemptions and memberships at various levels from these professional bodies.

This programme is deliberately designed to prepare you for the employment market and will also give you the confidence to excel in your career options.

**What are my career prospects?**
You will graduate with an industry accredited degree from the ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW which means that you start one step closer to becoming a fully qualified accountant.

Recent graduates from this course have gone onto jobs such as:
- Accounting Assistant

- Personal Banker

- Financial Analyst

- Graduate Accountant.

You will also be equipped to develop and manage your own businesses, be this sole proprietorships, partnerships or companies.

Modules

**Year one**
**Core Modules**
Management Accounting
Financial Accounting
Business and Technology
Computerised Accounting
Global Business and Sustainability
Introduction to Data and Analytics

**Year two**
**Core Modules**
Advance Management Accounting
Financial Management
Consulting in Practice
Financial Reporting 1
Responsible Enterprise and Ethical Research
Business Law and Practice

**Year three**
**Core Modules**
Sustainable Strategic Agility and Innovation
Financial Reporting 2
Corporate Governance and Ethics
International Finance
Independent Professional Project

Assessment methods

At BNU we like to foster an interactive and student-focused teaching style where we blend lectures, seminars, one-to-one workshops, tutorial sessions, independent study and guest speakers to enhance the learning experience.

Our lecturers work hard to ensure that you learn the latest industry standard practices and knowledge. To support in the delivery of this we also welcome industry experts and professionals to deliver guest lectures who share their experience of the latest trends and what companies are looking for.

A range of assessment methods will be employed during your studies, including:

• Essays
• Reports
• Exams
• Oral presentations (individual and group)
• Dissertation

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
£15,000
per year
International
£15,000
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

Extra funding

Buckinghamshire New University offers a range of bursaries and scholarships. For more information, please visit https://www.bucks.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/financial-support-bursaries-and-scholarships

The Uni


Course location:

Buckinghamshire New University

Department:

School of Business and Law

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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.

55%
Business studies
67%
Finance

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.

Business studies

Teaching and learning

45%
Staff make the subject interesting
52%
Staff are good at explaining things
59%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
64%
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

52%
Library resources
69%
IT resources
71%
Course specific equipment and facilities
24%
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?

37%
UK students
63%
International students
69%
Male students
31%
Female students
44%
2:1 or above
28%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
C
D

Finance

Teaching and learning

56%
Staff make the subject interesting
72%
Staff are good at explaining things
72%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
81%
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

71%
Library resources
83%
IT resources
65%
Course specific equipment and facilities
61%
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?

93%
UK students
7%
International students
67%
Male students
33%
Female students
44%
2:1 or above
21%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
D
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.

Business studies

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.

£19,000
med
Average annual salary
95%
med
Employed or in further education
58%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

32%
Sports and fitness occupations
18%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
7%
Business, research and administrative professionals

The number of business studies graduates fell significantly last year after a long period of increase. But there were still more than 14,000 degrees awarded and this is the third most popular subject for new graduates. Because so many graduates get business studies degrees, you can find them everywhere in the economy, and very few jobs are completely out of reach for a good business studies graduate. Around 40% go into jobs in finance, sales, recruitment, management (particularly retail) or marketing. There is also a small (but well paid) group who take their technical skills into computing and IT. Thousands of graduates from this subject go into professional jobs every year, and average starting salaries are above the average for all subjects and particularly healthy in London where they top £25k. Graduates with good degree grades in business studies are much more likely to get good jobs, so don’t be complacent, and keep a close eye on your grades.

Finance

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.

£18,000
low
Average annual salary
98%
high
Employed or in further education
60%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

26%
Administrative occupations: finance
11%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
11%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.

What about your long term prospects?

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

Business studies

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

£19k

£19k

£24k

£24k

£26k

£26k

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.

Finance

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

£19k

£19k

£24k

£24k

£26k

£26k

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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It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

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While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?

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