BSc in Accounting and Finance

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Programme Code: UBAF

Department: Accounting

For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Year 1
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
See note	LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things
Paper 1	AC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance (1.0)
Paper 2	EC100 Economics A (1.0) ^# (withdrawn 2021/22) or
	EC102 Economics B (1.0) ^# ^A (withdrawn 2021/22)
Papers 3 & 4	Route A - For students without Mathematics beyond GCSE level or equivalent:
	ST108 Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (1.0) ^# (not available 2021/22) *and* MA110 Basic Quantitative Methods (1.0) ^# (withdrawn 2021/22)
	OR
	Route B - For students with Mathematics beyond GCSE level or equivalent, one of the following options:
	EITHER Both of the following plus courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the Year 1 options list:
	MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) ^# *and* ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) ^#
	Year 1 options list
	OR
	Both of the following:
	ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0) ^# *and* MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0) ^#
Year 2
Paper 5	AC200 Accounting Theory and Practice (1.0) ^#
Paper 6	FM212 Principles of Finance (1.0) ^# or
	FM213 Principles of Finance (1.0) ^# ^B
Paper 7	One of the following options:
	EC201 Microeconomic Principles I (1.0) ^# or
	EC210 Macroeconomic Principles (1.0) ^#
Paper 8	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following (if not already taken under Paper 7):
	Year 2 options list
Year 3
Paper 9	AC331 Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting (0.5) ^#
	And either:
	AC311 Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation (0.5) ^# or
	AC341 Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit (0.5)
Paper 10	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following (if not already taken under Paper 9):
	AC311 Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation (0.5) ^#
	AC312 Performance Measurement, Strategy, and Uncertainty (0.5) ^#
	AC332 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation (0.5) ^#
	AC341 Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit (0.5)
	AC342 Accounting, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (0.5) (not available 2021/22)
Paper 11	FM300 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets (1.0) ^#
Paper 12	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following (if not already taken under Paper 9 or Paper 10):
	Year 3 options list
Notes	LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.

Year 1 options list

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)
GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0)
LL104 Law of Obligations (1.0)
MG104 Operations Management (0.5) *and* MG105 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (0.5)
PH101 Logic (1.0) (withdrawn 2020/21)

Year 2 options list

EC201 Microeconomic Principles I (1.0) ^#
EC210 Macroeconomic Principles (1.0) ^#
EC220 Introduction to Econometrics (1.0) ^#
EC230 Economics in Public Policy (1.0) ^#
EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)
GV227 The Politics of Economic Policy (1.0) ^# (withdrawn 2021/22)
GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0)
GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)
LL203 Law of Business Associations (Company Law) (1.0) ^#
MA231 Operational Research Methods (1.0) ^#
MG205 Econometrics: Theory and Applications (1.0) ^#
MG212 Marketing (0.5)
ST201 Statistical Models and Data Analysis (0.5) ^#

Year 3 options list

AC311 Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation (0.5) ^#
AC312 Performance Measurement, Strategy, and Uncertainty (0.5) ^#
AC332 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation (0.5) ^#
AC340 Auditing, Governance and Risk Management (1.0) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
AC341 Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit (0.5)
AC342 Accounting, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (0.5) (not available 2021/22)
FM320 Quantitative Finance (1.0) ^#
GY326 Sustainable Business and Finance (0.5)
GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0)
MA300 Game Theory (1.0) ^#
MG303 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) ^#
MG305 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)
ST309 Elementary Data Analytics (0.5) ^#

Footnotes

A : EC102 course allocation dependent on Economics A-level or equivalent background. See course guide for further information.

B : FM212 and FM213 course choice depends on Mathematics and Statistics courses taken by students in their first year. See course guides for further information.

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Accreditation

Accredited by the following bodies for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations:

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) through the Accredited degree accelerated route.
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Further information is available from the Department of Accounting (accounting@lse.ac.uk) or the BSc in Accounting and Finance homepage.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.