ObjectivesIf you have a degree in any discipline and would like to significantly enhance your career prospects in the wider business practice of accounting and financial management, this Accounting and Finance MSc course is ideal. It offers a rigorous and challenging programme of study that will provide you with a well-integrated knowledge of financial accounting, finance and investment, and management accounting, together with the ability to relate this to the wider issues of management and corporate strategy.
Academic titleAccounting and Finance MSc
Course descriptionWhat will you study?
You will develop your understanding of the purpose and nature of financial accounting and reporting. You will look at the integration of theoretical and conceptual issues within the operational and practical activities of management accounting.
You will also look at the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors that influence an organisation’s social responsibilities and how they integrate with a company’s strategic decision-making processes. In addition you will examine the core theories of finance and investment and how they can be used in practical decision-making contexts.
Course structure
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Core modules
-Financial Accounting3
-Financial Management4
-Research Methods and Dissertation5
-Management Accounting6
-Finance and Investment 7
-Financial Reporting8
-Corporate Strategy9
Option modules (choose 2)
-Auditing and Control10
-Corporate Law and Governance11
-Intenational Finance12
-International Accounting13
-International Financial Markets14
-Taxation15