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Accounting with Finance – BA (Hons)

  • CAO Points: 336

  • Campus: Athlone

  • years: 3


Course Overview

The BA (Hons) in Accounting with Finance provides students with a comprehensive foundation in accounting principles, concepts and practices equipping students with the skills to work in various business contexts where they can to progress to become professional qualified accountants. The programme places a high emphasis on obtaining exemptions from professional accounting exams. This ensures that graduates from this programme have a minimal number of exams to sit after they graduate in order to become a fully qualified professional accountant. The programme also places an emphasis on building students’ professional and digital skills. Preparing graduates for employment, the professional skills theme that runs throughout the programme encompasses a range of skills, practices and activities to build the professional competencies demanded of the modern workplace. To further enhance employability, the digital skills theme within the programme encompasses a range of software skills widely used in the accounting profession.

At the Department of Accounting and Business Computing our lecturing staff have extensive industry experience as well as high academic standards. With a strong legacy of accounting within the department, the lecturing team will ensure that graduates are knowledgeable, skilled and well prepared wherever their career takes them.

The BA (Hons) in Accounting won the award for Excellence in Education in Training at the Irish Accountancy Awards in 2022. This award confirms the quality of the programme which is also borne out by the fact that there is a high employment rate among graduates, with many students securing employment while completing the final year of this programme.

Programme Endorsement

The BA (Hons) in Accounting with Finance provides students with the core concepts and principles of Accounting and Finance. A key advantage of the Accounting with Finance degree in Athlone, it awards generous exemptions from the CPA professional accounting exams. Graduates of this programme are highly regarded within the accounting and financial services profession in Ireland and internationally. Students from this programme have secured first position in 2022 and 2023 at the National Accounting Competition with students from across all the universities in Ireland participating. This is a credit to the students and lecturers of TUS Athlone.

ACCA is proud to endorse the BA(Hons) Accounting with Finance programme offered by TUS Athlone. This programme provides students with a solid foundation in accounting and finance, as well as the skills and competencies required for a successful career in the industry. The programme is aligned with the ACCA qualification and offers maximum (9) exemptions, which means that students can benefit from exemptions and accelerated pathways to becoming a chartered certified accountant. We commend TUS Athlone for delivering a high-quality and relevant programme that meets the needs of the accounting profession and the society.

Additional Information

Other than the year-long placement, all other modules and exemptions are identical.

No! All our year 1 courses assume no prior knowledge of accounting.

After graduation, you will undertake an additional three-year training contract to become a fully qualified accountant.

The Accounting programme is a fast track 3-year, Level 8 honours degree. It obtained maximum exemptions from professional bodies, and it includes a variety of new and contemporary modules to ensure graduates stay updated on current trends in the accounting profession.

The introduction of a professional skills theme will develop the student’s soft-skills, with a focus on employability. These skills include how to search for a job, how to develop a professional portfolio and how to find internships and placements

This theme also formalises student contact with industry, with guest lectures, industry events and opportunities to build a professional network prior to graduation.

These skills range from using office applications to embedded certificates from companies such as Sage, which are awarded in addition to the degree, thereby increasing graduate employability. The programme also introduces Data Analytics and Visualisation – an area of increasing importance to the accounting profession.

Contact Details

Bernard Tao Cui

Head of Department

Email: Tao.Cui@tus.ie

What are the entry requirements?

Leaving Certificate

Grade H5 at higher level in two subjects, plus Grade O6 at ordinary level in four other subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish).

Mature Applicants

Candidates applying as mature applicants may be required to attend an interview and may be requested to take an aptitude test to prove their suitability for a place on this programme.

International Applicants

International applicants should apply directly to the International Office at TUS, allowing plenty of time for completing the visa process. Applications for September start should be made by 1st June at the latest to ensure visas are processed in time. You should familiarise yourself with visa processing times for your country of origin to ensure you make a timely application. Find out more here.

Course Modules

  • Critical Skills for Learning

  • Business Law

  • Financial Accounting 1A

  • Management Accounting 1A

  • Business Mathematics 1

  • Computer Applications

  • Financial Accounting 1B

  • Management Accounting 1B

  • Corporate Law 1

  • Economics for Accountants

  • Organisational Management 1

  • Taxation 1

  • Financial Management 1

  • Organisational Management 2

  • Corporate Law 2

  • Information Systems for Accountants

  • Sustainability for Accountants

  • Applications for Accountants

  • Financial Accounting 2

  • Management Accounting 2

  • Data Analytics and Visualisation

  • The Evolving Professional

  • Corporate Reporting

  • Management Accounting 3

  • Taxation 2

  • Financial Management 2

  • Strategic Management

  • Audit and Systems Review

  • Professional Skills & Personal Development

What can you do after this programme?

Do you want to be more employable when you graduate? If so, this is the accounting degree for you. In addition to focussing on professional and digital skills, the programme also enjoys a large number of exemptions from professional bodies, such as Chartered Accountants of Ireland, ACCA, CPA and CIMA. These exemptions reduce the number of professional exams you will have to take once you graduate when you start your training contract. Details of the exemptions are as follows:

  • ACCA offers graduates exemptions from nine papers out of 14 required for qualification.
  • Chartered Accountants Ireland grants exemption from CAP1 for students who pass and achieve at least 50% in year 2 and year 3 modules.
  • CIMA awards graduates of the BA (Honours) in Accounting exemptions from eight out of the 14 examinations in their professional course.
  • CPA Ireland offers graduates exemptions from 10 out of the 15 examination papers through their FastTrack programme.

Successful graduates of this programme, may progress to study for a professional accountancy qualification or you  are eligible for Level 9 and 10 postgraduate programmes within TUS or elsewhere. While the MA in Accounting at TUS Athlone is a natural progression route, students also have the option of continuing on to the MSc in Data Analytics.

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