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ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 9
MSc Accounting and
Financial Management
First Semester Second Semester
INDICATIVE MODULES (CORE) INDICATIVE MODULES (CORE)
• Accounting for Decision Making
• International Corporate Governance
and Sustainability
• Financial Markets
• Globalisation and International
Management
• Introduction to Research • Contemporary Issues in Accounting
• International Financial Reporting
INDICATIVE MODULES (ELECTIVE)
• Performance Management
• Multinational Accounting and Control
OPTIONAL CORE
Third Semester
• Dissertation – you will develop
research design skills, an awareness
of ethical conduct in research and
evaluate research methodologies
• Applied Company Research Project
– an opportunity to put the knowledge
and skills learned on your course
into practice.
• Research Methods
(prior to Dissertation)
• Creativity and Personal Development
(prior to Applied Company
Research project)
Ibrahim Alkhataybeh, MSc Accounting and Financial Management
“Studying the MSc Accounting and Financial Management has
given me depth of knowledge in different aspects of Accounting.
It is an interesting course with a wide range of different modules
and the teaching is wonderful, it inspired me to do better.”
Professional Bodies
The programme offers a number of important exemptions
from the professional examinations of the Association
of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Successful
completion of the MSc means that you are eligible for
exemptions on papers F1 to F4.
The MSc also provides exam exemptions from the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
and you can either present your certificate to CIMA in order
to obtain five examination exceptions, C01 to C05, or you
can pay a fee (currently £410) and complete a computer
based case study to obtain exemption from all twelve
certificate, operational and managerial CIMA examinations.
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