MSc-Postgraduate Diploma-Postgraduate Certificate Accounting and Finance
ObjectivesThe principal aim of the MSc in Accounting and Finance is to introduce and develop an understanding of a broad range of finance and accounting techniques and concepts, and their application to a range of management and organisational contexts. Specifically, you will be provided with a stimulating and intellectually challenging management development programme, along with a rigorous education in the concepts and techniques of financial management and accounting. The programme aims to prepare students for senior accounting/finance positions in both public and private sector organisations, whilst offering scope to pursue further academic work in this area.
Entry requirementsSelection of candidates is based upon: -a completed application form; -an ability to demonstrate that a contribution can be made to the programme (e.g. practical experience); -references, preferably from former University teachers or current employers. For non-graduates with professional qualifications, one reference should be from a person under whom training beyond school level was received. The forms enclosed with the application form should be used; -AND possession of a good UK honours degree (or its overseas equivalent) or an acceptable professional qualification
Academic titleMSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate Accounting and Finance
Course descriptionCourse modules
You will study seven core modules and then choose two electives followed by your 15,000 word dissertation.
Core:
-Foundations of Professional Knowledge and Skills
-Foundations of Financial Analysis and Investment
-Financial Statements: Theory, Practice, Critique
-Accountability, Representations and Control
-Financial Modelling
-Accounting Representations: Public and Private Sector
-Corporate Finance
Optional:
Finance and Accounting Electives
-Financial Option Pricing
-Computational Derivative Pricing
-Investment and Portfolio Analysis
-Public Finance
-International Finance and Globalisation
-Fixing Futures: Trading and Other Narratives
-Developments in Business Finance
Management and Marketing Electives
-Performance Measurement: Quantitative Approaches
-Project Management for IT
-Managing Information: Technology and Systems
-International Organisational Behaviour
-Branding and Communication
-Business-to-Business Marketing and Supply Chain Management
-Knowledge Management
-Managing Diversity
-A Critical Inquiry into Consultancy
-Critical Perspectives on Corporations and Consumers
-Critical Approaches to HRM
-Alternative Economies
-The Future of Work
-Marketing of Services
-Consumption, Society and Culture
-Total Quality Management
-Information Technology in Marketing
-International Marketing
-Retail Marketing
-Employee Relations
-Strategic Human Resource Management
-Benchmarking
-Shakespeare and Management
Teaching and assessment methods
The MSc in Accounting and Finance is a full-time programme which takes 12 months to complete. Modules 1-5 are studied between September and the end of December. Modules 6-9 are studied between January and May. Each module requires you to write an assignment and/or sit an examination. The dissertation, which is the concluding element of the programme, is completed by mid-September