Course Summary
Course Category: Northern Ireland (HET) - Apply through UCAS
The BSc Hons Accounting and Law is a four-year programme with an equal weighting of accounting and law based modules covered each year. It also has an option of an intercalary/placement year after Year 3.
The overall aim of the degree is to:
- develop students’ core knowledge and understanding of the principles, issues and applications of accounting and law and of the broader financial and economic environment;
- enable the development of intellectual skills including critical, analytical and problem-solving skills relevant to law, business finance and investment decision-making;
- highlight the relevance of legal knowledge to the needs of the community whether at a local, regional, national, European or international level;
- support the development of a range of subject-specific and generic transferable skills;
- develop students' ability to analyse, interpret and communicate legal and financial information;
- develop students' interpersonal, research, computing and communication skills.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
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Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff Points: 128
or
UCAS Grades: 5 Distincitons; 3 Merits
Leaving Cert entry requirements:
English at O4/H6 and Maths at O3/H5. Applicants who achieve a H2 in either Mathematics, Economics, Physics or Accounting will avail of the lower tariff entry requirement.
Leaving Cert Grades and UCAS Points
The following table may help you calculating your Leaving cert grades into UCAS points:
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QQI / FET Links
Points Calculator for QQI Awards:
Details of the QQI scoring system and a points calculator can be found HERE
The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Administrative
Administrative people are interested in work that offers security and a sense of being part of a larger process. They may be at their most productive under supervisors who give clear guidelines and while performing routine tasks in a methodical and reliable way.
They tend to enjoy clerical and most forms of office work, where they perform essential administrative duties. They often form the backbone of large and small organisations alike. They may enjoy being in charge of office filing systems, and using computers and other office equipment to keep things running smoothly. They usually like routine work hours and prefer comfortable indoor workplaces.
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Career Progression
The demand for graduates with accounting and law backgrounds is strong, both in large professional services firms that have forensic accounting departments and from legal firms, in particular from those firms that specialise in corporate law. However, this degree will also be of interest to those who wish to pursue different areas of accounting (for example auditing, taxation, insolvency, etc.) and of law (as knowledge of business and taxation issues influence legal advice given about probate, divorce settlements, etc).
