Accounting (Joint Honours)

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What is joint honours?

With joint honours, you can study for an honours degree in two or even three subjects. Find out more about joint honours, including what subjects you can combine with this one.

Why choose this course?

• Not sure which subject to study? Keep your options open and combine Accounting with another subject such as Marketing, IT or Media Studies. With a choice of over 80 subjects, a joint honours degree could be just what you're looking for.
  
• Develop your understanding of the world of accountancy and its relevance to the modern business environment.
  
• You'll get exemptions from professional body qualifications.
  
• You'll be taught by our enthusiastic accounting staff. Most are qualified accountants.
  
• The course is stimulating yet challenging. In the final year we encourage your independent learning as you work on your dissertation in an area of your own choice. This can be based on where you see your career developing.
  
• You can opt to take your third year as a placement year. Spending a year in industry is great experience and really sets you apart as you graduate and enter the jobs market. It can also count towards your work experience requirements for entry in to your chosen professional body.

About the course

If you don't want to specialise in just one area, want to impress employers with your CV, want a mix of skills to move your career on and enjoy two of your A level subjects equally, a joint honours degree could be just for you.

You can combine Accounting with another subject and study it as a major, joint or minor pathway, which means that you can choose the amount of accounting modules you want to take in your degree.

If you're keen on a career in general management or aim to become a qualified accountant, this course will give you the perfect start. You'll gain a real understanding of the concepts, methods and techniques in modern business accounting and financial management.

Your first year modules will give you the basic knowledge, background and skills in accounting. In your second year you'll learn more advanced techniques and be introduced to more advanced specialisms in accounting. In your final year you'll be tackling and discussing complicated accounting and ethical issues as you focus on strategy, management and leadership.

We'll also develop your personal skills throughout the course. From group working and time management through to report writing and presentation skills, we'll equip you not only with the subject knowledge, but also with the personal, transferable skills that are vital to your career and which you need to be successful in the graduate job market.

Our teaching staff are all professionally qualified and have industry as well as academic experience. As well as teaching on degree programmes, they are also teaching on the professional body courses - ACCA and CIMA. This means that they are aware of and work to the latest and most current professional standards, so you'll benefit from their expertise and understanding of the modern business world.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

• Accounting is the ideal course to combine with another subject so that you gain a valuable awareness of financial language, budget and accounting information. This will be a great base for a variety of careers. You'll be equipped with an accounting and general business education, and if you've chosen the major or joint pathway you will subsequently be able to apply for exemptions from the professional accounting bodies on your route to becoming a qualified accountant.
  
• Our past students have gone on to work in accountancy firms, as management accountants in business or have entered general management positions.
  
• You can choose to continue your studies with a masters degree here at Derby. Take advantage of the 10% discount you'll be eligible to once you've completed your joint honours degree.

What our students say

"I feel privileged to study at Derby because of the excellent quality of teaching and the dedicated support staff, together with the amazing online accounting study resources. You always get the help you need to develop your skills, and learning at Derby has put me on track for my career in accounting."

Zhuoran Zhang

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How you're assessed

You will be assessed by a combination of examination and coursework.

Work placements

You can choose to take the optional work placement in your third year, or move straight to your final year.

Anything else?

On the joint and major pathways you will be assigned a personal tutor to assist you in ensuring that you maximise the opportunities provided by personal development planning. You'll look at your own personal strengths and weaknesses and put in place strategies to develop these, so maximising your employability by the end of the course.

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