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I've been contemplating doing this degree on the basis that a.) I'm pretty good at maths, b.) I find business related subjects interesting and I feel like this would be a suitable choice and a respected one as well. However, I'm worried that the degree might limit me to only accounting, I'm not sure whether being an accountant is something I desire to pursue yet, so how limiting is this degree, should I decide that it isn't something that interests me whilst I'm studying it?
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In some aspects an accounting & Finance degree does limit your options. If you do decide go into something other than accounting, it is the finance subjects that will help you and with majority of accounting & finance degrees, that won't be much help. You've mentioned being good at maths but majority of top uni's like University of Manchester don't regard Accounting as a highly quantitative maths subject, At the same time however some universities do over the option to change over after your first year of study. The University i studied at, everyone who studies Econ + Finance, Business + Accounting, Business + Finance all had the same first year modules allowing you to change over to a different degree if you realised you enjoy something else better. Having said that not all universities use this form of system
My best advice to you is Economics with Finance/Mathematics. This is leaves loads of doors open and allows you the time to actually think what you want to do depending on what your being taught.
In some aspects an accounting & Finance degree does limit your options. If you do decide go into something other than accounting, it is the finance subjects that will help you and with majority of accounting & finance degrees, that won't be much help. You've mentioned being good at maths but majority of top uni's like University of Manchester don't regard Accounting as a highly quantitative maths subject, At the same time however some universities do over the option to change over after your first year of study. The University i studied at, everyone who studies Econ + Finance, Business + Accounting, Business + Finance all had the same first year modules allowing you to change over to a different degree if you realised you enjoy something else better. Having said that not all universities use this form of system
My best advice to you is Economics with Finance/Mathematics. This is leaves loads of doors open and allows you the time to actually think what you want to do depending on what your being taught.
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