Program Overview

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Accounting and Finance for International Business BA (Hons) top-up

Course overview

This course may appeal to you if you're interested in becoming an accountant, working at a financial organisation or working in the finance department of any business.

You can gain:

• a bachelor's degree in just one year
• a globally focused grounding in accounting and financial management, delivered in the heart of the City of London
• experience using industry-standard tools, including Bloomberg Terminals and our S&P Market Intelligence Suite
• knowledge of world economies and development, international investment, and business management, from a finance and accounting perspective.

Global ready

An international outlook, with global opportunities

Teaching excellence

Taught by lecturers who are experts in their field

Employability

Career-ready graduates, with the skills to succeed

Why you should study this course

You will have the opportunity to:

• learn how to give sound financial advice and make effective financial decisions
• develop your analytical skills and strategic thinking
• draw upon international case studies to foster your intercultural fluency
• develop the practical skills needed for working in the finance industry.

What you'll study

This course aims to give you the opportunity to develop the practical skills and experience you need for accounting and finance roles. Once you have graduated, you should have the confidence to provide sound financial advice and make effective financial decisions.

We have designed this course to reflect business systems, standards and practices from around the world. It draws upon international case studies with the objective of fostering your intercultural fluency, and aims to develop your analytical skills, perspectives on financial strategy and strategic thinking.

Modules

• Financial Management - 20 credits
  • This module aims to make you aware of the scope and nature of the financial management function, to understand the source of capital, cost of capital, possible return and related risk. You will learn how to assess situations by collecting data and analysing historical performance, to inform appropriate logical solutions.
• Financial Reporting - 20 credits
  • This module aims to introduce you to the main systems and techniques required by a business to produce financial statements, and to the core concepts underpinning these statements. You will learn about the international regulatory framework, which governs the production of published financial statements of companies. It also helps you to develop your ability to interpret these financial statements and become aware of their inherent limitations.
• International Business in Emerging Markets - 20 credits
  • This module examines the development of emerging markets from international business management, finance and economic perspectives. The module will have a specific regional focus by examining the emerging economies and developing countries in Africa, Latin America, and East and South Asia.
• Audit and Assurance - 20 credits
  • The module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of external and internal auditing and assurance, in the context of both the UK and the international regulatory framework. It provides you with an understanding of the legal and ethical framework surrounding auditing.
• Corporate Reporting and Analysis - 20 credits
  • This module aims to develop your critical understanding of the international framework in the context of corporate reporting, and their role in the communication process between reporting entities and user groups.
• Strategy and International Business Simulation - 20 credits
  • To survive and prosper, firms must be able to create and sustain competitive advantage over a significant period of time. This module aims to introduce you to key issues in the formulation and implementation of corporate strategy. You will learn how to understand and apply some models and concepts for building a firm's competitive strategy.

How you'll learn

This course can be offered on a part-time basis. Whilst we would like to give you all the information about our part-time offering here, it is tailored for each course each year depending on the number of part-time applicants. Therefore, the part-time teaching arrangements vary. Request further information about part-time study.

Teaching contact hours

As a full-time undergraduate student, you will study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year. A typical 20 credit module requires a total of 200 hours study. This is made up of teaching contact hours, guided and independent study.

Teaching hours

Teaching hours vary each semester, year of study and due to module selection. During your first year you can expect 15-18 teaching hours each week. You will also have the option to attend optional sessions including time with a progress coach or to meet with staff for advice and feedback. As you progress through your studies, teaching hours may reduce.

Guided and independent study

Throughout your studies, you will be expected to spend time in guided and independent study to make up the required study hours per module. You’ll be digging deeper into topics, review what you’ve learned and complete assignments. This can be completed around your personal commitments. As you progress through your studies, you’ll spend more time in independent study.

Online learning

As an innovative university, we use different teaching methods including online tools and emerging technologies. So, some of your teaching hours and assessments may be delivered online.

Assessment

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. The Assessment methods may include: essays, reports, presentations, simulations and workshop activities.

All of our assessments give you the opportunity to demonstrate subject knowledge and develop professional skills, including report-writing, structuring a logical argument, analysing data or making a compelling presentation.

International experience opportunities

You will have the opportunity to gain an international experience in many ways. Coventry University London is a multicultural university, so our diverse student and staff body helps to facilitate a multicultural learning environment.

The course examines international regulations and case studies, encouraging you to think about issues from cross-cultural perspectives.

The course also covers the business operations of global organisations, helping you develop globally focused knowledge and expertise.

Entry requirements

Typical entry requirements:

• UK - HND or successful completion of 2 years of appropriate academic study in Higher Education.
• International - HND or successful completion of 2 years of appropriate academic study in Higher Education.

Other qualifications and experience

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, each with a unique story. We recognise a breadth of qualifications. If your qualifications differ from the above, contact our Admissions Team who will be happy to discuss your qualifications and routes into your chosen course.

Contextual offers and Fair Access Scheme

If you meet the criteria for our Fair Access Scheme, you could automatically receive a contextual offer that may be up to 24 UCAS points lower than our standard entry requirements. View the criteria for our Fair Access Scheme.

English language requirements

An adequate proficiency in English must be demonstrated. Applicants must possess a minimum IELTS of 6.0 overall (with at least 5.5 in each component area).

Fees and funding

Student | Full-time | Part-time ---|---|--- UK, Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man | 2026/27 fees TBC | Request fee information EU | 2026/27 fees TBC | Not available International | 2026/27 fees TBC | Not available

Facilities

We have a range of facilities available to support our students to put the theories they are learning into practice.

• Bloomberg Trading Floor
• Standard & Poor Market Intelligence Suite (S&P)
• The Talent Team

Careers and opportunities

On successful completion of this course, you will:

• gain well-developed analytical knowledge, clear perspectives on financial strategy and highly effective communication and research skills; all of which employers in the private and public accounting and finance sectors demand
• be well-placed to progress on to sitting ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW exams, if desired
• be well-equipped to meet potential management challenges of the future.

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to pursue a wide variety of careers in finance, management, accounting, banking and finance, in private, public and third-sector organisations.

Further study

You can choose to continue your studies at Coventry University London with the Professional Accounting MSc, Global Finance MSc or Global Financial Services MBA, subject to successful completion.

You may be entitled to an alumni discount on your fees, if you decide to progress from undergraduate to postgraduate study.