OVERVIEW
About This Programme
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance (Top-Up) allows students to fast-track their education and earn a bachelor’s degree in just one year. Accredited by CIMA and ACCA, this programme equips students with the knowledge and practical skills needed for success in finance and accounting, enhancing career potential globally. Upon completion, the BA (Hons) degree will be awarded by the University of Greenwich.
CIMA and ACCA accredited degree
8 month | fulltime
fast track degree
Practical and theoretic modules
Guided career sessions
MODULES
Designed to explore beyond subject knowledge
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance (Top-Up) provides a focused curriculum, combining technical knowledge with strategic application. Core modules such as Advanced Financial Accounting, Advanced Management Accounting, and Audit and Assurance equip students with the expertise to analyse and manage complex financial information effectively.
Graduates will develop advanced skills in financial analysis, strategic decision-making, and professional communication. By integrating theoretical knowledge with practical case studies, the programme prepares students for dynamic roles in accountancy and finance, supported by CIMA and ACCA accreditation to enhance career prospects.
Advanced Financial Accounting
This module builds on prior learning by addressing current and complex issues in financial accounting. Students will critically review, evaluate, and contextualise advanced practical and theoretical aspects of the field, including controversial topics and emerging trends.
The module develops an understanding of factors impacting the financial environment and reporting. Students will also enhance their ability to present and communicate financial information effectively, using a wide range of accounting techniques applicable to investors and other stakeholders.
Advanced Management Accounting
This module focuses on the critical evaluation of alternative approaches to management accounting, exploring the factors that influence the choice of accounting practices. Students will also gain an understanding of the behavioural aspects of management accounting and the control process, providing a deeper insight into decision-making and organisational performance.
Finance
This module explores the core objective of finance: maximising shareholder value. Students will examine the internal policies firms undertake to achieve this goal, including risk, return, and utility theories for investors, as well as portfolio construction.
Key topics include capital structure, dividend policy, risk management, and valuation techniques for assets, businesses, and projects. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of knowledge, equipping students with the skills needed to evaluate and implement financial strategies effectively.
Strategic Financial Management
This module explores the intersection of corporate strategy and financial management, addressing the balance between qualitative decision-making in business strategy and the quantitative precision of financial management. Students will apply both strategic and financial analysis to enhance organisational performance.
The module covers topics such as organisational strategic direction and fit, internal and external analysis, option generation and screening, option choice, and implementation. Learning is enriched through case studies based on real organisations and business scenarios, providing practical insights into effective strategic financial management.
Audit and Assurance
This module provides an in-depth understanding of assurance services and internal audit concepts. Students will explore audit testing techniques, including the processes of recording, evaluating, and presenting evidence, as well as the role of auditing in business and society.
The module also fosters intellectual curiosity, responsiveness to challenges, and the ability to demonstrate initiative, equipping students with the skills required for effective auditing practices.
Full programme structure and learning outcomes
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Advance Your Career in Accounting & Finance
Programme Aims
- Develop theoretical and practical knowledge of accounting and finance within the context of the global economy.
- Equip students with the skills needed to thrive in a complex and evolving business environment.Instil professional values, ethics, and attitudes, ensuring students are prepared to function as competent professionals.
- Emphasise the practical application of accounting and finance principles to prepare students for effective job performance in the field.
- Provide a programme that supports career advancement by offering substantial professional exam exemptions.
- Broaden students’ perspectives by developing transferable skills applicable across various business contexts, enabling a wider appreciation of business areas for those pursuing careers outside accounting and finance.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the current technical language and practices of accounting.
- Understand the organisational and business context in which accountants operate.
- Evaluate alternative technical languages and practices of accounting.
- The content, concepts, structure, and meaning of financial reporting for internal and external organisational operations, including satisfying the needs of decision-makers.
- National and international accounting standards, financial reporting, and analysis.
- The regulation of accounting.
- Management accounting, including planning, budgeting, cost management, quality control, performance measurement, and benchmarking.
- Knowledge of the business legal environment and institutional context.
- Insights into financial management, risk, and capital market operations.
- Contemporary theories and empirical evidence regarding the operation and awareness of others.
- Ethical and professional considerations within the wider public environment (Based on QAA 2016).
Intellectual Skills
- Critically evaluate arguments and evidence.
- Analyse and draw reasoned conclusions from both structured and unstructured problems, using available or acquired data.
- Locate, extract, and analyse data from multiple sources, including proper acknowledgement and referencing.
- Demonstrate capabilities for independent and self-managed learning.
Subject Practical Skills
- Apply numeracy skills, including manipulation of financial and numerical data.
- Use communication and IT skills to acquire, analyse, and communicate information effectively.
- Prepare financial reports using appropriate techniques.
- Select and apply management accounting, financial management, and quantitative techniques for planning, decision-making, and control.
Transferable/Key Skills
- Demonstrate effective self-management in time, planning, behaviour, motivation, and individual initiative.
- Perform effectively within a team environment, demonstrating leadership, team-building, influencing, and project management skills.
- Exhibit interpersonal skills such as effective listening, negotiating, persuasion, and presentation.
- Reflect critically through self-awareness, openness, and sensitivity to diversity in people, cultures, business, and management issues.
Scholarship and Autonomy
- Have a critical understanding of finance studies.
- Be independent learners with the ability to become lifelong learners.
- Produce high-quality written, oral, and digital work suitable for academic and industry audiences.
Creativity and Enterprise
- Exhibit an entrepreneurial orientation towards finance.
- Confidently apply core business techniques.
- Use financial skills to solve business problems effectively.
Cross-Cultural and International Awareness
- Analyse the global marketplace for accounting and finance.
- Manage effectively across and within diverse cultures.
- Apply principles of sustainable development to the finance industry.
Skills you will acquire
$92,000+
median Singapore salary for Accounting
483,000+
Singapore job openings in Accounting
75%
of graduates report positive career outcome
programme structure
assessment
Advanced Financial Accounting
- Exam – 60% weighting, pass mark 40% weighting
- 3000-word individual research essay – 40% weighting, pass mark 40%
Advanced Management Accounting
- 3000-word research based essay on given topic: 40% weighting, pass mark 40%
- 3-hour exam: 60% weighting, pass mark 40%
Finance
- Closed in-class 1-hour test – 30% weighting
- Three-hour closed-book exam – 70% weighting, pass mark 40%
Strategic Financial Management
- 2500-word Report 1 – 45% weighting, 40% pass mark
- 3000-word Report 2 – 55% weighting, 40% pass mark
- Students are not required to pass all summative assessments in order to pass the course.
Audit and Assurance
- Two-hour exam 1 – 40% weighting, pass mark 40%
- Three-hour exam 2: 60% weighting, pass mark 40%
contact hours (full-time & part-time)
| Modules | Credits | Hours | Lessons | Teaching contact hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Financial Accounting | 15 | 3 | 13 | 39 |
| Advanced Management Accounting | 15 | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| Finance | 30 | 3 | 22 | 66 |
| Strategic Financial Management | 30 | 3 | 13 | 39 |
| Audit and Assurance | 30 | 3 | 24 | 72 |
| Total contact hours (full-time & part-time) | 252 | |||
teacher student ratio
1:25
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Why choose LSBF for your education
Study Materials
Students will receive study materials after they have made full payment for their programme. Replacement of study materials is subject to additional charge.
Student Portal
Students have access to the Student Portal. It is a useful site where the course information and learning materials are available for students’ easy reference.
Accessible Faculty
Students may contact their lecturers directly via email outside the lecture hours for any academic related queries.
Recorded Lectures
We will show compassion and care to all stakeholders as we believe the journey is as important as the outcome.
ELIGIBILITY
Who can apply for this programme
Local/International Students Entry Requirements
Minimum Academic Entry Requirements:
Students who have successfully completed either of the following:
- LSBF Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Finance
- LSBF Higher Diploma in Accounting and Finance
- Polytechnic or other PEIs Diploma in a relevant field
- Students, who have obtained equivalent qualifications in relevant fields, will be assessed case-by-case and subjected to university approval
Minimum English Language Entry Requirements:
Applicants who have not studied prior qualifications in English requires IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
Minimum Age:
18 years or above
TUTION FEES
(Prices inclusive of GST)
SGD $16,241.00
(local students)
SGD $17,157.41
(international students & progression)
