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MSc PGDip PGCert Accounting and Finance

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    MSc/PGDip/PGCert 1 year full-time

Course Description

Today's business managers need to be able to analyse and interpret financial information and use this to inform business strategy. This course will help you develop this expertise, as well as giving you an indepth understanding of the contemporary issues encountered by financial managers.

The underlying practical focus ensures that the skills and knowledge you gain are highly relevant to the workplace whichever area of accounting or finance you are seeking to engage in.

Strong practical focus

You will develop your knowledge and understanding of accounting and finance, while also enhancing your critical thinking, research and analytical skills. During the year, you will:

  • analyse and solve complex problems relating to financial reporting, performance measurement and management, corporate strategy and financial management
  • be encouraged to think critically and creatively about problems requiring a multi-disciplinary approach
  • develop in-depth knowledge in a specialist topic you have chosen for your dissertation
  • enhance your key personal skills in time management, information accessing, analysis and interpretation
  • develop your interpersonal, communication and management skills through team working, making presentations and writing reports.

Entry Requirements

You will need:

  • an honours degree of 2:2 or above in Accounting and Finance; or
  • an honours degree of 2:1 or above in Economics, Mathematics or a Business related subject.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

Don’t let money stand in the way of your ambition. On top of the student loans available to UK postgraduate students, we offer a range of generous scholarships and bursaries to help you invest in your potential – please visit website for details.

Student Destinations

The skills and knowledge developed on this course provide you with a wide range of opportunities in finance and accounting-related careers.

Many of our graduates choose to specialise further by going on to study for the CIMA or ACCA qualifications and becoming chartered accountants.

A proficiency in accounting and financial management, as well as an appreciation of the contemporary issues faced by financial managers, can enable you to progress to senior positions, such as business analyst, finance director, investment analyst, financial reporting manager, chief accountant and head of risk management.

Module Details

The Postgraduate Certificate is made up of five of the seven core modules detailed below.

Core modules

  • Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
  • Corporate Governance and Strategy
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Corporate Financial Strategy
  • Strategic Management Accounting
  • Advanced Corporate Reporting
  • Project and Research Methods - Accounting and Finance.

The Postgraduate Diploma is made up of the remaining compulsory modules and one additional optional module, allowing you to specialise in an area relevant to your career plans.

Optional modules

  • Financial Investments in Practice
  • Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Consultancy Project in Accounting and Finance.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.

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