Accountants are probably best known for checking the validity of company accounts – auditing – but they also devise and operate financial systems, conduct investment analysis, advise on business start-ups, company takeovers and company rescue schemes, and handle individuals' and corporations' tax affairs. This programme has been developed to respond to the needs and expectations of the modern accountancy profession. You will be supported to develop the confidence and skills you need to follow the path that most interests you. Most modules are taught by a combination of lectures and seminars and some have a number of workshops or sessions in computer laboratories. Most of your modules involve individual study using library resources. Most modules have an end-of-year examination that contributes either 70% or 80% to the final module mark: your coursework provides the remaining marks. Both Stage 2 and 3 marks count towards your final degree class (together with your marks from your year in industry, if applicable). Of Accounting students who graduated from Kent in 2015, 94% were in work or further study within six months (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey). The same survey found that 92% of Economics students who graduated from Kent in the same year were in work or further study within six months. Recent graduates have gone into accountancy training with firms such as KPMG, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers; the Government Economic Service; other financial services with banks (including the 'Big Five') and private companies, or roles in journalism, management consultancy and business.