BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Law

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of Abertay Dundee

Program Overview

The BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Law degree at Abertay brings together business thinking and legal understanding — giving you a strong edge if you want to work where commerce and regulation meet. It’s a great fit for someone who’s interested in business leadership, entrepreneurship or corporate roles but also wants to understand how law shapes business decisions and relationships.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1
In your first year, you’ll get a solid grounding in business fundamentals like management principles, organisational behaviour, and basic economics — while also starting to explore core legal ideas related to contracts and commercial law. This dual approach gives you a broad overview of how businesses operate and the legal frameworks that guide them, setting you up to think like both a business-person and a future advisor.

Year 2
Your second year deepens both streams: you’ll study more advanced business modules such as marketing, finance or business strategy, alongside law modules focused on corporate law, contract law, and regulatory compliance. This helps you understand how businesses grow, compete and manage risk — all within a legal context — and start thinking strategically about business decisions with legal awareness.

Year 3
In year three, you’ll begin to apply what you’ve learned to real-world business and legal scenarios: working on case studies that combine business strategy with legal compliance, exploring business law in practice, and honing your skills in negotiation, analysis, and decision-making. You’ll get a taste of what it’s like working in corporate, consultancy or legal-compliance roles by dealing with realistic business-law challenges.

Year 4
Your final year brings everything together through advanced modules and possibly a major project or dissertation. You’ll focus on areas that align with your career goals — whether that's corporate governance, commercial law, entrepreneurship or business development — combining business strategy, legal regulation, ethical decision-making, and real-world readiness. By graduation, you’ll be equipped to step confidently into roles that demand both business acumen and legal insight.

Focus Areas:
Business management; Corporate law; Contract & commercial law; Corporate governance; Business strategy; Regulatory compliance; Financial decision-making; Legal-business analysis; Ethical business practices

Learning Outcomes:
Develop a deep understanding of business operations and legal frameworks, learn to analyse commercial and legal challenges together, build skills in strategic thinking, negotiation, legal-business decision-making, and be ready for corporate, consultancy or law-related business roles.

Professional Alignment (Accreditation):
This degree prepares you for careers at the intersection of business and law — in roles such as corporate management, legal compliance, consultancy, business advisory, or corporate governance — giving you a versatile foundation that combines commerce with legal literacy.

Reputation & Graduate Prospects:
With this BA (Hons), you’ll be equipped to pursue diverse career paths: from management and business development to corporate compliance, consultancy or legal-business advisory roles — offering flexibility in the corporate world and a competitive edge thanks to your combined business-law knowledge.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

When you study BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Law at Abertay, you’ll get more than just lectures — you’ll have the chance to practise real-world business and legal thinking from early on. The course is designed to help you apply your learning directly: through group work, realistic business-law scenarios, research and project work, you’ll build skills that employers look for.

Here are some of the ways you’ll get hands-on experience and build real-life skills:

Group projects and case-studies combining business strategy and legal issues — you’ll work with classmates to tackle realistic company problems that require both business planning and legal reasoning, helping you get comfortable with teamwork, negotiation and decision-making under pressure.
Simulated business-law tasks and contract-analysis exercises — you might review contracts, evaluate corporate governance issues, or consider regulatory compliance in “mock” scenarios — giving you a taste of what working in corporate law or business consultancy feels like.
Access to Abertay’s business and law-related resources and support services — you’ll be able to use the university library, study spaces, legal-text collections, and business-research tools to prepare assignments, reports or projects — helping you build strong research and analytical workflows.
Assignments that merge business insight with legal thinking — because the degree combines both fields, many essays, reports or presentations will encourage you to approach problems from a dual business-law perspective — training you to think flexibly and contextually.
Skill development in analysis, communication, ethics, negotiation and commercial awareness — through presentations, group debates, written work and practical tasks, you’ll grow critical soft skills that are highly valued in business, corporate compliance, consultancy, or legal-business roles.

Progression & Future Opportunities

Graduating with a BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Law puts you in a great position to step into roles where business savvy and legal understanding go hand in hand — for instance as a corporate legal advisor, compliance officer, business consultant or contract manager. With this degree, you’ll have the flexibility to enter corporate management, legal-compliance departments, consultancy or business development roles.

With that in mind, after graduation you could benefit from:

Support from university careers services — including help polishing your CV, practicing interviews, and connecting with employers in corporate, compliance, consultancy or legal-business sectors.
Eligibility for roles such as Corporate Compliance Officer, Business Development Executive, Contract Administrator or Legal-Business Consultant — where understanding both corporate operations and legal frameworks is valued.
Opportunities across industries: corporate firms, consulting agencies, compliance teams, business-law consultancies or in-house legal/business management departments — offering flexibility depending on your passion.
A qualification that combines business and legal training — giving you long-term career value whether you move into management, consultancy, corporate governance, or compliance and regulatory work.
Versatility for future career shifts: your skills in business strategy, legal reasoning, negotiation, and problem-solving remain relevant in many sectors — so you’re not locked into one path.

Further Academic Progression:
If you wish to deepen your expertise, you could go on to postgraduate study — perhaps a Master’s in Business Management, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance or Business Compliance — which can open doors to senior roles in business-law consultancy, management, or regulatory advisory positions.