Kick-start your professional accounting career on a course that is designed to develop industry-ready graduates, with a number of exemptions from professional body exams to speed up the process to become a qualified accountant.
Course overview
Gain core knowledge and skills, with a huge range of modules covering topics such as Financial Accounting, where you will explore relevant procedures and techniques. As you progress, Management and Strategy will come into play, introducing the theory and practical aspects of managing organisations and the people who work for them. Other modules include Forensic Accounting, Advanced Corporate Finance and Advanced Decision Management.
Our close links with employers and professional accounting bodies will give you opportunities to enhance your career prospects. Depending on your module choices, you could gain exemptions from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Key features
- You could gain up to the maximum nine exemptions from ACCA exams if you choose the appropriate modules, and be exempt from the first eight exams with CIMA - a great start towards gaining your professional qualification and developing a wealth of industry knowledge to kick-start your career.
- Benefit from our close links with employers and professional accounting bodies and enhance your career prospects with visiting sessions by industry speakers, work placements and networking events.
- DMU Leicester graduates have landed roles such as financial analysts, management accountants and banking advisors for globally-renowned organisations including Dunelm, EY, Yorkshire Bank, General Electric and the NHS.
Entry criteria
- A typical offer is 112 UCAS points from at least two A-Levels, or
- BTEC National Diploma/Extended Diploma at DMM. Plus, five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Mathematics or equivalent
Alternative qualifications include:
- Pass Access with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit (or equivalent) with English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSE required as separate qualifications at grade 4. We will normally require students to have had a break from full time education before undertaking the Access course
- International Baccalaureate: 26+ Points.
Personal statement selection criteria:
- Clear communication skills, including good grammar and spelling
- Information relevant to the course applied for
- Interest in the course demonstrated with explanation and evidence
International Students
If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band, or equivalent when you start the course is essential. English Language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.
Course modules
First year
- Financial Accounting
- Global Financial Issues
- Introduction to Law
- Management Accounting
- Professional Skills
- Quantitative Techniques
Second year
- Company Law
- Decision Management*
- Financial Reporting*
- Management and Strategy
Plus option modules from the following indicative list:
- Business Taxation*
- Corporate Finance*
- Organisation Management
- Accounting Standards and Theory
- Ethics for Professionals
- Business Intelligence using Excel
Third year
- Advanced Decision Management*
- Advanced Financial Reporting*
- Audit and Assurance*
Plus option modules from the following indicative list:
- Advanced Corporate Finance*
- Advanced Taxation*
- Forensic Accounting
- Governance and Sustainability
- International Business Taxation
- International Developments in Accounting
- Liquidity and Financial Risk Management
- Managerial Development and Control
- Public Sector Accounting and Finance
* ACCA exemption module
Teaching and assessments
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. Tutorials, seminars and workshops are less formal and students will be expected to contribute to the session. Lectures are formal teaching periods that provide key content and assessment material. Group work helps to embed employability skills and it provides an opportunity to learn from each other. Blackboard is used as a virtual learning environment to support study. Each module will have its own shell and will incorporate material such as; lecture slides, tutorial solutions, assessment material, announcements and pilot examination papers.
Assessment will be through a mix of coursework and examinations. Coursework will include: presentations, academic essays, professional reports, multiple-choice tests, reflective reports and numerical computations. Some assessments will be prepared by students individually and others will be prepared in groups. Assessment is typically weighted as follows in your first year:
- Exam: 42%
- Coursework: 58%
These assessment weightings are indicative only. The exact weighting may vary depending on option modules chosen by students and teaching methods deployed by the academic member of staff each year. Indicative assessment weighting and assessment type per module are shown as part of the module information. Again these are based on the current academic session.
