This programme offers flexibility. The first two years of study offer a broad and solid grounding in core Accounting and Economics areas. You then have the option in your final year to focus more on one discipline or maintain a balance of both, depending on your interests and career aspirations. Another option is to include some modules in a new area such as finance.

The status and quality of business degrees at Oxford Brookes are illustrated by our long-standing strategic alliance with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the global body for professional accountants. You will benefit from our close links with leading practitioners and employers, which ensure that your learning experience is practical, relevant and up to date.

Year 1 will start with a week-long induction programme where you will meet fellow students. You will also meet with your academic adviser and course managers to discuss your first year programme of study. Core modules will introduce you to micro-economic and macro-economic theory as well as the fundamentals of accounting. First year core modules will also equip you with key skills, including primary research, sourcing and evaluating secondary data, academic referencing with emphasis on avoiding plagiarism, quantitative methods, and manipulation and critical evaluation of numerical data.

In Year 2 you extend your study with intermediate level modules in both disciplines.

• Your economic study will continue with intermediate level macroeconomics (eg fiscal and monetary policy) and microeconomics (eg firmsÕ behaviour in different competitive markets) as well as a statistics module that will introduce you to the world of data analysis.
• Intermediate level accounting study splits into financial accounting (eg preparing and analysing financial statements) and management accounting (eg providing and interpreting costing, budgetary and control information for managers).

A research methods module will prepare you for your final year synoptic or dissertation study and there are sessions providing help and guidance in sourcing and applying for the most suitable work placement positions for you.

In Year 3 there is the option of a work placement which will enable you to graduate with highly valued graduate-level work experience alongside the academic knowledge and transferable skills gained throughout the course.

In your final year you will study either a synoptic module that will enhance your ability to synthesise various areas that you have studied, or you can choose a dissertation module enabling you to pursue your own subject interests in depth.

You will also choose from a selection of modules in accounting and economics, as well as some from areas such as finance, law, tax, audit, depending on your preferences.