Program Overview

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Financial Management and Accounting BA (Hons)

Course Overview

The Financial Management and Accounting BA (Hons) degree aims to enable you to make a valid contribution to managerial and accounting functions of any organisation such as sole traders, firms of partnerships, private and public companies, and charitable organisations.

Why You Should Study This Course

This course aims to:

• develop and embed you with commercial awareness
• encourage your understanding of the work of a finance organisation
• embed an intrinsic understanding of the wider businesses and organisations a finance company might serve
• offer a style of education which is flexible and designed to fit around your life, allowing you to benefit from a modern, forward-thinking higher education institution, reinforced by the quality and reputation of Coventry University
• provide career-focused courses, coupled with placement opportunities to help prepare you for the world of work.

What You'll Study

Year One

• Financial Marketing and Regulation - 30 credits
• Economics for Accounting and Finance - 30 credits
• Law for Business Entities - 30 credits
• Financial Statements and Budgeting - 30 credits

Year Two

• Managing Corporate Finance - 30 credits
• Financial Reporting (International Standards) - 30 credits
• Corporate Governance and Risk - 30 credits
• Introduction to Islamic Finance and Investment - 30 credits

Placement Year

• EU Work Placement – 0 credits
• International Study/Work Placement – 0 credits

Final Year

• Compliance and Assurance - 30 credits
• Taxation for Business Entities - 30 credits
• Strategic Performance Management - 30 credits
• Research Proposal in Accounting and Finance - 30 credits

How You'll Learn

Our teaching methods for the degree courses are varied depending on which course/modules you take, offering a number of teaching styles to suit the needs of our students, so in addition to lectures, we also utilise a blended learning approach, including online aspects, workshops and group work.

Assessment

The learning outcomes of modules, assignments and projects will be clearly stated. Your work will be marked according to how well you achieve these learning outcomes and your final feedback will refer to each outcome, as well as provide an overall percentage grade.

Entry Requirements

Polish Requirements

• Polish Matura Exam: Pass Matura (Świadectwo Dojrzałości) poziom podstawowy/basic level with satisfactory grade 40% or better
• Polish Matura Advanced Level: Pass Matura poziom rozszerzony/advanced level with a grade of 55% in two subjects. Obtain 75% in Matura extended level English Language Exam OR IELTS 6.0 overall OR equivalent.
• A Level: BBB
• International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma): 28 points

EU Requirements

• EU exams: We're here to help you understand which qualifications, diplomas and certificates you can use from your own country to meet our entry requirements. Contact us to find out more
• International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma): 28 points

International Requirements

For international students and regional specific information, find your home country on our regional entry requirements page.

English Language Requirements

A telephone interview to assess English language skills will be arranged for non-native English speakers.

If you hold IELTS Level 6.0 (with no component less than 5.5) or equivalent, you will not have to complete the telephone interview.

Fees and Funding

Student

• EU: 2026/27 fees TBC, 2025/26 fees: 27,500 zł or approx 6,342 Euros per year (UG EU) per year
• International: 2026/27 fees TBC, 2025/26 fees: 46,000 zł or approx 10,607 Euros per year (UG non-EU) per year

Facilities

Coventry University Wrocław will offer you a wide range of facilities to support your studies and help you succeed.

This campus offers the opportunity to study in fully equipped classrooms for interactive and collaborative teaching, IT suites purpose-built to support the needs of our students and also break out spaces.

Careers and Opportunities

Upon successful completion of the Financial Management and Accounting BA (Hons), you will be able to:

• evaluate the legal, ethical and social context, in which accounting can be seen as operating in the accountancy profession - business entity, the capital markets and the public sector
• apply the main current technical language and practices of accounting in regard to recognition, measurement and disclosure of financial statements, managerial accounting, auditing and taxation on a national and international basis
• critically evaluate the main current technical language and practices of accounting in regard to alternative recognition rules and valuation bases, accounting rules applicable nationally and internationally, different managerial accounting methods used in management control and decision-making
• apply the relevant skills in recording and summarising transactions and other economic events, preparation of financial statements using international standards, performance measurement of managers and business entities, management control, analysis of financial ratios or performance indicators, discounted cash flow analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and financial options and associated risks. These skills must be in the contexts in which accounting data and information is processed and provided within a variety of organisational environments
• critically evaluate contemporary theories and empirical evidence, concerning the operation and effects of accounting, in the contexts of accounting and accountability, accounting and corporate governance, accounting and capital markets, accounting and sustainability, and auditing
• appreciate the nature of the contexts in which finance can be seen as operating, including knowledge of the institutional framework necessary for understanding the role, operation and function of markets and financial institutions (e.g. the economic, ethical, legal, political, regulatory, social and tax environment, both national and international, the firm, the capital markets and the public sector)
• develop an understanding of the financing arrangements and governance mechanisms and structures of business entities, and a better appreciation of how theory and evidence can be combined to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of such arrangements (e.g. decisions as to sources of finance and financial structure of the pricing of corporate securities, the market for corporate control, corporate governance, financial planning and the international dimensions of finance).

Where Our Graduates Work

Key graduate job titles may range from Chartered and Certified Accountants, Finance and Investment Analysts, Taxation Experts, and Financial Managers and Advisors (additional qualifications may carry additional fees and eligibility criteria).