Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Strathclyde offers a BA Joint Honours degree in Accounting and Human Resource Management. This program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of accounting and human resource management principles, as well as the skills and knowledge required to succeed in these fields.

Key Facts

• UCAS Code: NN46
• Accreditation: Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Ranked: 3rd in the UK for Accounting & Finance (The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024)
• Second-year entry: may be available for suitably-qualified students
• Applicant visit days: these take place in March each year

Study with Us

Accounting at Strathclyde is fully accredited for entry to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in the majority of study combinations, as well as offering possible exemptions to other professional bodies, for example Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Students will learn about the preparation, presentation, and interpretation of financial information, as well as recruitment and selection, training and development, rewards, diversity, and managing conflict at work.

Why this Course?

Studying accounting at Strathclyde allows students to learn about the preparation, presentation, and interpretation of financial information that enables investors, lenders, management, employees, government, and others to make effective decisions. Strathclyde is also widely known for offering some of the best teachings in Human Resource Management (HRM) in both Scotland and the UK. The course covers areas such as recruitment and selection, training and developing, and managing conflict at work.

What You'll Study

The program follows a broad-based Year 1 curriculum, which introduces students to foundation accountancy and finance concepts, plus economics and a choice of other introductory business disciplines. In Years 2 and 3, students will study accounting plus another business discipline of their choice. The accounting program will cover financial reporting, management accounting, governance, taxation, auditing, and assurance.

Year 1

• Introduction to Finance and Financial Analysis
• Accounting Technologies
• Introduction to Finance & Financial Statistics
• Introduction to Tourism Studies and Managing People
• Introduction to International Business
• Introduction to Economics and Business Analysis & Technology
• Management Development Programme 1
• Academic Skills

Year 2

• Management Development Programme 2
• Work Psychology
• Work Psychology for Human Resource Management

Year 3

• Management Development Programme 3
• Work, Employment & Society
• Employment Relations

Year 4 (Honours)

• Management Accounting Theory & Practice
• Accounting Information Systems
• Sustainability Accounting
• Theory & Practice
• Strategic Accounting & Financial Management in Entrepreneurial Firms
• Public Sector Accounting
• Accounting Theories
• Accounting & Risk
• Corporate Governance
• Contemporary Issues in International Financial Reporting
• Understanding 21st-century Accounting Technologies & Institutional Structures
• Integrative Studies in Management & Accounting
• Accounting Ethics
• Auditing Theory & Practice and Taxation

Learning & Teaching

Teaching is over two semesters in blocks of 12 weeks. Classes are taught through lectures, tutorials, and seminars alongside team-based projects, online materials, and interactive sessions using personal response systems. External contributors from partnership corporate organisations are involved in teaching and/or assessment of student presentations.

Assessment

The majority of classes involve a final unseen exam, which is normally at the end of the semester. This is typically supplemented by individual and/or group coursework. A range of assessment techniques are used, including business reports, case studies, essays, presentations, individual and group projects, learning journals, and peer assessments.

Entry Requirements

• Highers: Standard entry requirements: 1st sitting: AAAA/AAABB, 2nd sitting: AAAABBB (English B, Maths A)
• A Levels: AAA (GCSE English Language 6/B or Literature 6/B, or an essay-based A Level B may be considered in lieu of English; A Level Maths A)
• International Baccalaureate: 36 (no subject below 5 and including English SL5, Maths/Maths Studies HL5)
• HNC/HND: Relevant HNC/HND, A in Graded Units; for advice on entry to Year 2, contact Business School Admissions

Fees & Funding

• Scotland: £1,820
• England, Wales & Northern Ireland: £9,535
• Republic of Ireland: If you are an Irish citizen and have been ordinary resident in the Republic of Ireland for the three years prior to the relevant date, and will be coming to Scotland for Educational purposes only, you will meet the criteria of England, Wales & Northern Ireland fee status
• International: £21,550

Careers

The majority of study combinations of this course lead to a fully-accredited degree, allowing students to train for membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Many accounting graduates go on to qualify as Chartered Accountants through one of the major accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, and CIPFA). Accounting graduates find jobs as trainee accountants, auditors, and tax trainees. Employers include Santander, Ernst & Young, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, HBOS, KPMG, and Morgan Stanley. A degree in Human Resource Management from Strathclyde is greatly valued by employers. HRM graduates find jobs in insurance, retail, manufacturing, recruitment consultancy, and in the public sector. Some are employed in jobs such as HR trainee, HR assistant, and recruitment consultant, whilst others are employed in general administration and management.