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Course Overview

In contemporary Wales there is an ever increasing demand for high-calibre professional, bilingual workers. By choosing to study Professional Welsh / Accountancy and Finance, you will be combining professional Welsh language skills with a specialism in accountancy and finance, and this will open doors to wonderful career opportunities.

On this innovative course, you will be able to step into the world of business in Wales and gain valuable skills and experiences. You will have the opportunity to learn about administration, editing, translation and marketing. You will also gain skills in management, presentation, leadership and cooperation, and you will specialise in accountancy and finance.

This degree is available to first language and second language students, and there is a unique opportunity to follow this course even if you have not studied Welsh First Language at A level.

What will I learn?

In the first year, you will explore:

  • the registers of the language, together with the characteristics of standard Welsh
  • the basic principles of accounting and finance
  • the registers of contemporary language in various contexts
  • how to analyse data
  • writing skills, and develop your understanding of grammar in Welsh
  • the essentials of accounting and finance for experts.

In the second year, you will discover:

  • intermediate financial accounting
  • how to use smart and correct Welsh, orally and in writing, by building on what you learned in your first year
  • intermediate financial management
  • various aspects of translation and literary, technological, historical and practical modifications
  • corporate finance and financial markets.

In your final year, you will have the opportunity to:

  • study different aspects of translation and modification, building on what you learn in your second year
  • study investments and financial tools
  • study advanced financial management
  • undertake an extended project based on original research.

Entry Requirement 

UCAS Tariff 120 - 104

A Levels BBB-BCC to include B in Welsh 1st or 2nd Language

GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4):
English or Welsh

BTEC National Diploma:
DDM-DMM, plus B in A level Welsh 1st Language

International Baccalaureate:
30-28, plus B in A level Welsh 1st Language

European Baccalaureate:
75%-65% overall, plus B in A level Welsh 1st Language

English Language Requirements:

Accepted English Tests/Qualifications Computer Science (BSc) and
Business courses
All other undergraduate courses

International English Centre (Aberystwyth University)

Pre-Sessional Course Report 

50% Pass overall with minimum of 40% in each component 60% Merit overall with minimum of 40% in each component

International English Centre (Aberystwyth University)

International Foundation Certificate

Pass in IFC overall. 50-59% in English with no module below 50% Pass in IFC overall. 60-69% in English with no module below 50%

IELTS Indicator

(Online Test)

IELTS 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component  IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component 

TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition

(Online Test)

88 with minimum component scores: Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17 93 with minimum component scores: Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17

LanguageCert International ESOL

(Online Test)

Please ensure that you take the correct version of the LanguageCert International ESOL test – B2 Communicator or C1 Expert - to meet the English language entry requirement for your chosen undergraduate course

High Pass in:

LanguageCert Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International (Listening, Reading, Writing) (B2 Communicator)

AND

LanguageCert Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International (Speaking) (B2 Communicator)

IELTS  6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component  6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component 

TOEFL iBT

(School Code = 0226)

88 with minimum component scores: Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17  93 with minimum component scores: Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17 

Cambridge C1 Advanced

Formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)

C with a minimum score of 162 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency

Formerly known as Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE)

C with a minimum score of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First

Formerly known as Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE)

B with a minimum score of 162 in each component  A with a minimum score of 162 in each component 

Cambridge C1 Business Higher

Formerly known as Cambridge English: Business Higher
(BEC Higher)

C with a minimum score of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 Business Vantage

Formerly known as Cambridge English: Business Vantage
(BEC Vantage)

C with a minimum score of 162 in each component B with a minimum score of 162 in each component 
Trinity Integrated Skills Test ISEII - Pass all components  ISEIII - Pass all components
Pearson PTE Academic  55 with minimum scores of 51 in each component  62 with minimum scores of 51 in each component 
City & Guilds International ESOL Diploma  Pass or above at Expert level, with Pass in all components 
IGCSE  C
UK A/S level English Language  E
Cambridge O Level  Grade C or above
UK GCSE or O level English Language  C
UK - International Baccalaureate 

Standard Level Grade 5 or Higher Level Grade 4 in English A (Group 1) or English B (Group 2).

Fees

Type Amount (£)
Full-Time Arts / Social Sciences 14300
Full-Time Science 16300

This information was accurate on : 02/12/2021
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