MSc in Accounting and Finance

Academic-year programme but may be a full year depending on courses selected. Students must take courses to the value of four units as shown.

Paper

Course number and title

1

FM430

Corporate Finance and Asset Markets or

 

FM429

Asset Markets A (H) and FM431M Corporate Finance A (H) or FM431L Corporate Finance A (H)

 

or another approved paper*

2

AC420

Financial Reporting in Capital Markets, or 

AC410

Management Accounting, Strategy and Organisational Control (n/a 14/15)

or both

AC411

Accounting, Strategy and Control (H) and  AC414 Financial Reporting, Capital Markets and Business Combinations (H)

 

Students should select remaining papers to the value of two full units:

3 & 4

AC410    

Management Accounting, Strategy and Organisational Control (if not taken under paper 2- cannot be taken with AC411) (n/a 14/15)

 

AC411

Accounting, Strategy and Control (H) (if not taken under paper 2 - cannot be taken with AC410)

 

AC412

Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H)

 

AC414

Financial Reporting, Capital Markets and Business Combinations (H) (if not taken under paper 2 - cannot be taken with AC420)

 

AC420

Financial Reporting in Capital Markets (if not taken under paper 2 - cannot be taken with AC414)

 

AC444

Valuation and Security Analysis (H)

 

AC470

Accounting in the Global Economy (H)

 

FM402

Financial Risk Analysis (H)

 

FM404

Forecasting Financial Time Series (H)**

 

FM413

Fixed Income Markets (H)

 

FM421

Applied Corporate Finance (H)

 

FM440

Corporate Finance Theory (H) (n/a 14/15)

 

FM441

Derivatives (H)

 

FM442

Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (H)**

 

FM445

Portfolio Management (H)

 

FM447

Global Financial Systems (H)

 

FM472

International Finance (H)

 

GY462

Real Estate Finance (H)

 

ID420

Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (H)

 

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (n/a 14/15)

 

LL4BK

Corporate Crime (H)

 

LL4BL

Financial Crime (H)

 

Any other course *

 

Students can also take a dissertation in either accounting or finance (students cannot take two dissertations):

 

AC499

Dissertation 

 

FM499

Dissertation

Notes

Students may elect to have their degree specialisation indicated on their degree certificate. Students who take both AC470 and FM472 as Paper 3 may choose to have MSc Accounting and Finance: International Accounting and Finance on their certificate. Students who take AC410 or AC420 as Paper 3 may choose to have MSc Accounting and Finance: Accounting and Financial Management on their certificate. Students taking finance courses to the equivalent of two full units as Papers 3 and 4 may choose to have MSc Accounting and Finance: Finance on their certificate.
* means by special permission only.
** Students taking this course can apply for a place on FM457 MATLAB for MSc Students, a non-assessed computer course.
# MA400 is a pre requisite for this course.
This programme is externally accredited by the ACCA.  Further information is available on the Department of Accounting website.