Entry requirementsEntry Requirements UK students are required to have a good honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent (in economics, accounting, business studies, maths, statistics, or computing) or an equivalent professional qualification. The degree course should include some study of accounting.
Academic titleMSc International Accounting & Finance
Course descriptionThe Masters degree in International Accounting & Finance is suitable for those who wish to pursue a career which requires an understanding of the international impact of accounting information on stock markets and corporate finance. The course provides an international perspective on the theory and practice of accounting, alongside studies of financial management and securities markets. There is a particular focus on the move towards harmonisation with international accounting standards and the impact of leading standard-setting authorities.
Course Structure
The M.Sc. International Accounting and Finance is a one-year programme, running from late September to the following September. Teaching is arranged on the basis of four half semesters, each six weeks long, followed by a three month period over which students have to prepare either three research projects or a short dissertation. In the first semester the students take core classes in Accounting totalling 18 credits and core classes in Finance totalling 18 credits and, with further supporting classes in financial markets & institutions, statistical methods and computing.
In the second semester each teaching block again includes core classes in Accounting totalling 18 credits and core classes in Finance totalling 18 credits, supplemented by one optional class.
First Semester
-Finance I:
Introduction to Financial Decision Taking
-Accounting for Finance
-Computing for Finance and Financial Analysis (Excel)
-Basic Statistics for Finance
-Financial Markets, Financial Institutions and Banking
Second Block
-Finance II:
Risk and Uncertainty
-Financial Statement Analysis
-Statistics for Finance
-Computing for Finance and Statistical Analysis (Minitab)
-International Finance and Banking
Second Semester
Third Block
-Accounting Theory 1:
Income Measurement and Asset Management
-Comparative International Accounting
-Finance III:
Financing Decisions
-Finance IV:
Advanced Applications
Fourth Block
-Accounting Theory 2:
Positive Accounting Theory and Related Research
-Management Accounting
...plus two classes from the following Options: (Optional classes are split between the two teaching blocks)
-Research Applications in International Accounting
-Security Analysis
-Public Sector Financing in Developing Countries
-Options and Futures
-Statistics and Econometrics
-Case Studies in Corporate Finance
-Portfolio Theory
-Treasury Management
-Money and Capital in Developing Countries
-International Banking and Capital Markets
-Project Management