Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year

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.

• 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

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

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

A degree you can trust
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. Find out more at www.salford.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/accounting-and-finance-foundation-year.

This programme is also available with:
• Placement Year - on the placement year option, you will not pay fees to the University and will earn a wage for the work that you do.
• Study Abroad – study with one of our partner Universities for a semester or a year

This course is not open to international students.

Your foundation year will give you a grounding in accounting and finance, preparing you for your future studies. As the course progresses, you will have the chance to choose modules to suit your desired studies.

Following completion of your foundation year, you will build the foundation of financial knowledge that will be developed upon throughout the remainder of the course. You will develop other skills that are useful in the fast-paced world of finance and beyond. The second year is all about exploring more specialised theories and learning skills that will be transferable across multiple business functions. By your final year, you will develop the skills needed for responsible and ethical leadership and understand how to think strategically.

/ Foundation Year: Foundations of Business; IT for Accountants; Financial Accounting for Business; Cost and Management Accounting for Business; Academic and Personal Skills; Employability for Life.

/ Year 1: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting; Contemporary Practices in Accounting and Finance; Digital and Quantitative Skills; Fundamentals of Management Accounting; Business Economics; Governance, Ethics and the Legal and Regulatory Environment

/ Year 2: Professional Development in Accounting and Finance; Sustainability in Accounting and Finance. You will also choose four elective modules. Please visit the website for more information.

/ Year 3: Career Development and Reflective Practice. You will also choose four elective modules. Please visit the website for more information.

Through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials, using learning activities such as business simulations, you will develop the practical skills and theoretical knowledge that you'll need when you begin working. Our academics are experts in their field and work closely with industry to ensure that our courses reflect the needs of businesses.

We use different assessment techniques in different modules and try to ensure all assessments reflect the types of work you will do after graduating. This may include portfolio work, multiple choice questions, group reports and problem-solving questions.