Accounting with Entrepreneurship

BA (Hons) Part-time

Course Overview

UCAS code:
Duration: 4 years
Study type: Part-Time
Napier code: 32109BH

These days, accounting is about so much more than crunching numbers. Accounting at a corporate level is complex, and brings into a play a number of expert skills. In this course, you'll develop those skills, as well as learning the creative thinking and strategic planning that you'll need to successfully chart a business's course through financial waters. You’ll learn and develop a combination of accounting, entrepreneurial and other business skills. The added focus on entrepreneurship will widen the application of your accounting skills to include start-up businesses and other innovative ventures.

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An added focus on entrepreneurship will widen the application of your accounting skills to include start-up businesses and other innovative ventures. This will further increase your career opportunities and help you to understand the entrepreneurial process.

Most importantly, this course is accredited by the major UK accounting institutes, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). Useful for rapid progression into the industry, these accreditations indicate the strength and industry-relevance of this course. The Accounting and Finance group has also received the highest possible recognition from the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) for the quality of its teaching.

Through this course, you'll learn and develop a combination of accounting, entrepreneurial and other business skills. These include specific accounting techniques and policies relating to corporate finance, tax, auditing, corporate governance and statistics. You'll learn to use relevant IT systems, and acquire relevant knowledge of law, economics and the business environment. The generic skills of time management, project management, communication, collection and management of data, and IT will all serve you well in the future, whatever your eventual field of work.

What's it like?

"Accredited by the major UK accounting institutes - useful for rapid progression into the industry."

Career prospects

We are one of the top universities in Scotland for graduate employability, with over 93% of our graduates in jobs or further study six months after graduating.

If you are interested in a career in Accountancy & Finance, a degree in Accounting with Economics can open the door to a wide range of careers, including:

  • trainee accounting roles leading to professional qualification. These can be pursued within an accounting firm, a commercial organisation or a public sector body.
  • general management opportunities
  • assistant accountant in a range of companies
  • taxation work and further training
  • further study e.g. CIMA or ACCA programmes

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Modular learning

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Full-time study (per year)

The fees listed are stated per annum.

Part-time study (per year)

The fees listed are stated per annum.

Part-time study

The number of modules studied is dependent on the exit that you wish to achieve, for example:

  • A Grad Cert is 60 Credits (3 modules)
  • A Cert HE/Grad Dip/ HND is 120 credits (6 modules)
  • A Dip HE credit is 240 credits (12 modules)
  • A Degree is 360 credits (18 modules)
  • An Honours Degree is 480 credits

Please note that some part-time courses give modular exemptions for previous study and vocational experience. Advice is available during application.

Fees Table

Fees displayed are correct at the time of publication but the University Court reserves the right to make changes in fees at any time, and without notice, before or after the student's admission to the University.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and will rise each year during your programme of study, at least in line with inflation.

Funding your study

We have a selection of funding opportunities available such as the UK postgraduate tuition fee loan (Scottish & EU) and specific scholarships aimed at student from India and across Africa. Visit our funding pages to find out what you could be eligible for.

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