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Course Overview

What you will study

The MSc Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) course provides the 'best of both worlds' - a rigorous Masters level education from both academic and professional perspectives. It provides the advanced work-based skills of a professional course and the advanced critical evaluation of subject areas and research literature of an academic Masters course.

The modules you will study are as follows (note that their names mirror the names of the ACCA external papers):

Teaching

Teaching methods ensure that students are prepared for both the ACCA Strategic Professional Level externally set exams and for internal Masters assessments (assignments and examinations) in an integrated fashion.

The Strategic Business Reporting, Advanced Financial Management and Advanced Performance Management modules each attract 80 teaching hours, and these are typically split as follows:

  • 60 hours of preparation for external ACCA examination and internal MSc equivalent examination (development of advanced technical competencies; application to complex practical scenarios; development of professional skills)
     
  • 20 hours of critical academic evaluation of the subject area.

The Strategic Business Leader module is taught for 90 hours. The Business Research Project includes classroom-based Research Methodology sessions plus one-to-one supervisor support when students reach the project phase. All modules are taught in a workshop environment that includes lecture, seminar/tutorial, simulation, individual research and group work elements.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

Undergraduate finance, accounting or audit degree from a UK university, class 2:2 Honours or higher;

OR an undergraduate business degree from a UK university with an appropriate level of financial content, class 2:2 Honours or higher;

OR equivalent accredited international or professional qualifications (such as direct passes in ACCA Fundamentals Level papers applied knowledge and skills).

Note that as a minimum students joining this course must (a) either be exempt from ACCA Fundamentals Level papers applied knowledge and skills by virtue of their undergraduate degrees or (b) must have passed these papers directly, and hence be ready to commence ACCA study at Strategic Professional Level.

Students wishing to join the course must have applied for student membership with ACCA before the start date and obtained confirmation of their exemptions. 

The course welcomes international applicants and requires an English level of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent.

Please note that whilst this course does not require a DBS Check for entry, some professions will not consider candidates who have certain types of criminal convictions.  Therefore, if you have a criminal conviction and you are considering a particular career path we would recommend that you check with the relevant professional body or refer to their recruitment policy to make sure that your conviction will not disadvantage you.

Fees

Full-time UK: £9000

Full-time International: £14500 


This information was accurate on : 28/04/2021
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