MSc-Postgraduate Diploma-Postgraduate Certificate Management, Finance and Accounting
ObjectivesThe principal aim of the MSc in Management, Finance and Accounting is to introduce and develop an understanding of a broad range of management, finance and accounting techniques and concepts, and their application to a range of organisational contexts and situations. Specifically, you will be provided with a stimulating and intellectually challenging learning experience, along with a rigorous education in the concepts and techniques of financial management and accounting and general management tools and techniques. The programme aims to prepare students for accounting/finance positions at management level in both public and private sector organisations, whilst offering scope to pursue further academic work in this area.
Entry requirementsEntry requirements Selection 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 Management, Finance and Accounting
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
-Organizational Analysis
-Accountability, Representations and Control
-Business Environment
-Accounting Representations: Public and Private Sector
-Critical Perspectives on Management
Electives:
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 Management, Finance and Accounting 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