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BSc in Accounting and Finance

Programme Code: UBAF

Department: Accounting

For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year Classification Scheme for BA/BSc degrees 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.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

See note

LSE100 The LSE Course

Year 1

Paper 1

AC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance (1.0)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

Paper 2

EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5) # and EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

 

OR

 

EC1A5 Microeconomics I (0.5) and EC1B5 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

Papers 3 & 4

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:

 

MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0) # and ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (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) # A

Paper 7

EITHER

 

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) # 1 2

 

EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5) # 3 4

 

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) # 5

 

OR

 

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC2A5 Microeconomics II (0.5) # 6

 

EC2B5 Macroeconomics II (0.5) # 7

 

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) # 8

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)

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 a half unit taken by all students, running across Autumn and Winter Terms in the first year. The course provides one of the marks that is eligible to be included in the calculation of the First Year Average for purposes of 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)

PH111 Introduction to Logic (0.5) and PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5) #


Year 2 options list

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) # 9

EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5) # 10

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) # 11

EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) # 12

EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)

GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0)

GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)

LL202 Commercial Contracts (1.0) #

MA207 Further Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) # 13

MA213 Operations Research Techniques (0.5) #

MA231 Operational Research Methods (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2022/23)

MA324 Mathematical Modelling and Simulation (0.5) # 14

MG205 Econometrics: Theory and Applications (1.0) # 15

MG209 E-business (0.5)

MG212 Marketing (0.5)

MG213 Information Systems (0.5)

ST201 Statistical Models and Data Analysis (0.5) # 16

ST205 Sample Surveys and Experiments (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) #

AC341 Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit (0.5)

AC342 Accounting, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (0.5)

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) #

EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5) #

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) #

EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) #

FM321 Risk Management and Modelling (0.5) #

FM322 Derivatives (0.5) #

GY326 Sustainable Business and Finance (0.5)

GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

LL203 Company Law (1.0) #

LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0)

MA213 Operations Research Techniques (0.5) #

MA300 Game Theory (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2022/23)

MA301 Mathematical Game Theory (0.5) #

MA324 Mathematical Modelling and Simulation (0.5) #

MA330 Game Theory for Collective Decisions (0.5) #

MG303 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) #

MG305 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)

ST309 Elementary Data Analytics (0.5) #


Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

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

1 : Before taking EC2A3 you must take EC1A3

2 : EC2A3 can not be taken with EC201, EC2A5, MG207

3 : Before taking EC2B3 you must take EC1A3
     Before taking EC2B3 you must take EC1B3

4 : EC2B3 can not be taken with EC2B5, EC210

5 : EC2C3 can not be taken with MG205

6 : EC2A5 can not be taken with EC2A3

7 : EC2B5 can not be taken with EC2B3

8 : EC2C3 can not be taken with MG205

9 : EC2A3 can not be taken with EC2A5, EC201, MG207

10 : EC2B3 can not be taken with EC210, EC2B5

11 : EC2C3 can not be taken with MG205

12 : EC2C4 can not be taken with MG205

13 : MA207 can not be taken with MA100

14 : MA324 can not be taken with MA334

15 : MG205 can not be taken with EC2C3, EC2C4

16 : ST201 can not be taken with ST211, DS202

Footnotes

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