Accounting & Finance in DCU?

Mental_Legend

I was just wondering if anyone who has done or is currently doing this course could give me an impression of the content involved in this course and an example of a typical timetable for a week?

My room mate is doing it. In first year. First semester he had around 14-16 hours, which is nothing. And this semester he only has 12 hours. Which is even better!

As for course content, try dcu.ie

Go to this http://www.dcu.ie/prospective/deginfo.php?classname=AF

busgal

I dont do this course I do business studies but i was thinking of transfering into it before christmas. my friend does it and he says that the maths in it is very hard but it is fine for people who have done higher level leaving cert maths which i didnt do. I think they have around 18 hours a week including tutorials. Hope that helps

Gumstick

How does this course compare to ucd commerce

Chem Lord

In DCU myself and have a couple of mates doing Accounting and Finance, as far as I know, the big four accounting firms take on a lot of graduates from the course. It's a well respected degree if you're getting atleast a 2.1. Also you have the option to go on and do a masters in accounting in DCU afterwards.

TG860

Hi, final year AF student here
The content covered in the course is much the same as most other Accounting & Finance courses, you won't find any massive variations between colleges as they have to cover the same stuff to give you the exemptions from professional exams.

Overall the standard of teaching is very good and the degree does have a good reputation among the Big 4 firms.
The Careers service is quite good for helping you find a job/negotiating the milkround. They also host an Accounting & Finance career fair in the Helix which is handy too.
If you're looking to get into Accounting or Tax, it's one of the best courses out there.

The maths involved is challenging but with sufficient effort is attainable. There is a Maths Learning Centre for outside-class help in DCU which is handy. I did pass maths in the leaving and I didn't find it too bad overall.
There's only 2 compulsory Maths modules over the 3 years so it's manageable. Obviously if you choose to go down the Finance route, you'll need to choose more quantitative modules in final year.

The timetable varies from year/semester but it is typically 14-16 hrs a week. It's a common question (how many hrs?) from people looking at what courses to do but it's generally a pretty meaningless thing to look at, as you'll have plenty of work to do outside of contact hours with assignments and tutorials (if you want to do well).

It is only 3 years so you will be busier than people doing a 4 year business course. That was certainly the case vs Business in DCU.

How does this course compare to ucd commerce

Commerce would be more comparable to the Business degree at DCU. (DCU's is a year longer than UCD's because it has a year of work experience in year 3)
If you are sure you want to go into accounting, you might be better off doing a "pure" accounting and finance degree.
If you're unsure then maybe do commerce or business as you have a wider scope of specialisms if you want to do something else.

banana12

Hi,
I am thinking about studying accounting and finance next year. I was just wondering if there is alot of independent learning (reading books yourself) in this course or is most of the material thought in tutorials/lectures?
Thanks