ObjectivesThis programme aims to: * Develop critically awareness of the forensic aspects of audit and accounting * Facilitate a lifelong commitment to continual professional development * Enhance critical analytical and appraisal skills and attitudes towards business data from a forensic perspective. * Foster opportunities to develop problem-solving, research and reporting skills
Entry requirementsEntry Requirements: Admission to the programme is through meeting both the academic and English language requirements. Academic requirements: * An undergraduate accounting, audit or finance degree from a UK university, second class honours or higher. * An undergraduate business degree with an appropriate level of accounting content, from a UK university, second class honours or higher. Equivalent accredited international or professional qualifications are acceptable English language requirements: * English as mother tongue, or * Any degrees, diplomas or certificates eligible above should have been taught and assessed in English, or * English fluency to TOEFL 550 or higher, or IELTS 6.5 or higher
Academic titleMSc Forensic Audit and Accounting
Course descriptionBrief Overview:
The new award is designed attract students to the rapidly growing areas of forensic auditing and forensic accounting.
The major professional accounting firms now have specialised departments offering forensic accounting and audit services and the demand for expertise in this area is growing exponentially.
Holders of a recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. membership of ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW) may be entitles to exemptions from significant parts of the programme.
Course Content
The programme will encompass the following subject areas;
* Advanced Digital Investigation Techniques and Tools
* Forensic Audit and Accounting
* Corporate Governance
* Advanced Cases in Auditing
* Managing Financial Resources
* Computer Forensics
* Contemporary Issues in Forensic Audit and Accounting
* Research Methods
Students will also be required to complete a dissertation.
How To Study
Modules will be delivered by a combination of methods, including formal lectures, tutorials, workshops, case study analysis and discussion groups. There is a mixture of methods of assessment, including examinations and coursework based assignments. The final stage of assessment is a dissertation.
Career prospects
Forensic accounting and the related discipline of forensic audit are two fast developing areas in the commercial world. There is a growing need for specialised skills to undertake fraud investigations, valuations and related forensic activities in various fields of business. Holders of the MSc Forensic Audit and Accounting award – coupled with previous qualifications in business studies, accounting or audit are likely to be highly marketable.
Additional Information
Exemptions
ACCA/CIPFA/CIMA/ICAEW/ICAS Holders
Candidates wishing to study the MSc in Forensic Accounting and Audit who already hold either the ACCA/CIPFA/CIMA/ICAEW/ICAS are eligible to enrol at an advanced stage of the award and will be required to study a further 100 credits, namely Accounting Research Management and Methods , Contemporary Issues Forensic Accounting and Audit and the Dissertation (AF4T10) to achieve the award of the MSc.
Part qualified accountants will be able to apply with APCL against relevant modules. This will be negotiated on an individual basis.
As there are a wide range of professional accounting qualifications equivalent to the ACCA, members of other professional bodies will be able to achieve exemptions on a subject by subject basis.