Accounting and Finance (MSc)

The MSc in Accounting and Finance has been designed t

To provide students with both the breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise necessary

To cope with the ever-changing financial environment.

Special Features:
A modular, research-led degree delivered by experienced academic staff with international research profiles.
A degree which provides students with an opportunity to focus on international aspects of Accounting and Finance.
Provides excellent training for those who wish to pursue doctoral level research with a view to an academic of research-orientated career.

Course Description:
The course covers the financial and managerial aspects of accounting together with the essential principles of finance.

Course Structure:
The course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive and rigorous training in advanced accounting and finance. Students take a total of six compulsory modules and two optional modules and submit a research dissertation. It offers knowledge and expertise: for a career in accountancy and finance, including management accounting and control, financial reporting, international corporate finance, international accounting, and research in accounting and finance.

Autumn Semester:
Autumn Semester: The following core modules are studied 
Advanced Financial Reporting (BST152)
Research Methods (BST153)
Management Accounting and the Control of Organizational Performance (BST155)
Finance and Investment (BST156)

Spring Semester:  During the Spring Semester, students complete the following two core modules:
Research Topics in Accounting (BST251)
Research Topics in Finance (BST252)

Students must also select two modules from the following list in the second semester:
International Corporate Finance (BST253)
Financial Derivatives (BST254)
International Accounting (BST255)
Accounting and Finance in China (BST257)
Asset Pricing (BST260)

Summer Semester: In the Summer Sumester, students will take the following dissertation module:
Assesseed Assignments, Examination and Dissertation (BST259)

Career Prospects:
Although this is a specialist programme, students will have a wide range of employment options to choose from, including professional accountancy, the financial services sector, management consultancy or a specialist position in the public sector.

Entry Requirements:
This programme is suitable for graduates who possess an upper second class honours degree (2:1, GPA 3.0/4.0) in accounting and finance (separately or combined) from a recognised institution or a related degree which includes the following modules: two financial accounting modules, two management accounting modules, two finance modules.
Students whose first language is not English will be required to pass an IELTS exams with a score of 6.5, with a subscore of 6 in each paper

Notes: International students pursuing part-time programmes of study are not eligible for Tier 4 General Student) visas and must have alternative leave to remain in the UK if they intend to study at the University in person.