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Postgraduate Prospectus 2017

Accounting and Financial
Management

Key Information
Course type

Overview

Our MSc in Accounting and Financial Management is designed
for those who want to challenge complex organisational structures
and dynamic decision making in the global accounting and financial
management environment. It will give you an understanding
of complex accounting information and is designed to be an
interdisciplinary programme enabling you to appreciate the power
of accounting in a variety of contexts using examples from current
practice and theory. The programme is taught from a global context
with particular emphasis on managerial behaviour, institutions and
society at large.

MSc

Mode of study
Full-time

Indicative entry
requirements
2:2

For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Successful completion of the programme will provide you with a range
of skills including:
• The ability to pose appropriate questions, to understand company
financial performance and to challenge decisions
• The application of information appraising skills to complex
business-based case studies by selecting relevant information
from different sources, and the examination and analysis of
marketing and financial data
• An understanding of the theories of entrepreneurship with reference
to finance, management and marketing and how to apply these
in real world contexts

Contact email

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In addition, you will gain experience of designing and analysing
performance management systems using the Bloomberg Professional
Services Platform, with the opportunity to use these skills in recognising
key performance management issues in a current business scenario.
This MSc is an ideal grounding for those wishing to follow a career
in accounting and financial management or to follow a PhD course
in one of the accounting related subjects covered in the programme.
It also provides a sound overview of accounting and finance required
for a range of mana gement careers.

Indicative modules

First semester core modules:
• Accounting for Decision Making
• International Corporate Governance and Sustainability
• Globalisation and International Management
• Financial Markets
Second semester core modules:
• International Financial Reporting
• Contemporary Issues in Accounting
Second semester indicative choice of elective modules:
• Multinational Accounting and Control
• Performance Management
• International Money and Finance
• Developments in International Management and Business
• Strategy and Information Management
• Entrepreneurship
You will also complete a Dissertation.

For more information please visit

Paula Namwanje

MSc Accounting
and Financial Management
Studying this master’s course has
given me a lot more experience in
different areas of the subject than
I expected which is a huge benefit.
The aid and support provided by
the lecturer, and also the different
modules that are taught, are why
I have found this course so interesting.
We had to do individual presentations
every week for most of the modules
which really improved my confidence
and communication skills and now
I am not afraid to speak in public.
I am confident that both the
professional and personal relationships
created over the past few years in
Keele Management School will reach
far into the future and the shared
collective experience is one that will
not be easily forgotten.

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