Program Overview

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Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year

Overview

This course is also available with a professional placement year option. To apply for this programme with industry placement or study abroad year, please search Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement Year on UCAS, or speak to our enquiries team.

This foundation year programme will prepare you for your future accounting and finance studies. You will gain the confidence and abilities needed to continue your education and go on to have a successful career in accountancy, finance, banking, insurance or general management positions.

Course Details

• Gain a base level of knowledge in accounting, finance and business management
• Develop your academic and personal skills, preparing you for future studies
• Gain a solid business education so you understand how accounting and finance fits in the wider context

Become Industry Ready

Our teaching is practical and career-focused, with input from our industry partners, so you'll build the expertise that employers look for. You'll develop personal skills, such as communication and confidence, alongside the practical, including financial analysis, budgeting, risk management and much more.

You’ll look ahead to the technologies that will affect the work of accountants in the future and gain the essential digital skills that will help you go further in the industry, such as:

• Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365
• Xero Accounting Software
• Body swap technology

Our Accounting and Finance undergraduate programme is accredited by major industry bodies including the ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA and ICAEW, so you know that what you learn is aligned with industry standards. If you choose to study accredited modules, you can benefit from exemptions from a number of professional body examinations.

Course Structure

Foundation Year

• Foundations of Business
• IT for Accountants
• Academic and Personal Skills
• Employability for Life
• Financial Accounting for Business
• Cost and Management Accounting for Business

Year One

• Contemporary Practices in Accounting and Finance
• Governance, Ethics and the Legal and Regulatory Environment
• Digital and Quantitative Skills
• Business Economics
• Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
• Fundamentals of Management Accounting

Year Two

• Professional Development in Accounting and Finance
• Sustainability in Accounting and Finance
• Financial Management
• Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance
• Introduction to Personal Tax and Audit
• Intermediate Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Equity Analysis and Trading
• Managing Risk and Financial Performance
• Intermediate Management Accounting
• FinTech, Financial Services and Markets

Optional Year

• Professional Placement

Year Three

• Career Development and Reflective Practice
• Business Taxation
• Accounting Fraud and Financial Crime
• Advanced Management Accounting
• Environmental Accounting
• Advanced Audit and Assurance
• Business Integration Project
• Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Disruptive Technology in Accounting and Finance
• Advanced Financial Management
• Strategic Management in Accounting and Finance

Requirements

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C / grade 4 or above
• 64 UCAS Tariff points
• Salford Alternative Entry Scheme (SAES)

Tuition Fees

• Full-time home: £5,760 for Foundation Year and £9,535 for subsequent years (2025/26)
• Full-time home: £5,760 for Foundation Year and £9,535 for subsequent years (2026/27)

Additional Costs

• Books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits

Enrolment Dates

• September 2025
• September 2026

Student Information

• Terms and conditions
• UCAS information: Course ID NN44, Institution S03

Related Courses

• BSc (Hons) Business Management with Economics with Foundation Year
• BSc (Hons) Business Management with Finance with Foundation Year
• BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance

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