MSc Accounting and Finance (Top-Up)
This part-time online MSc top-up course develops advanced knowledge of accounting, finance and financial management for professionally qualified accountants. It covers accounting and finance theory alongside technologies such as fintech, blockchain, cloud computing and distributed ledgers. You will also use research and data analysis in a Financial Management Project.
About this course
This online MSc top-up course is designed for professionally qualified accountants who want to build advanced knowledge of accounting, finance and financial management. It considers both established accounting and finance theory and the technologies shaping current practice, including blockchain, fintech, cloud computing and distributed ledgers.
You will examine strategic and operational business environments, using data analysis, diagnostics and research to investigate financial management issues. The course includes a Financial Management Project, giving you the opportunity to develop and pitch a focused piece of work in an accounting or finance-related area.
Studied part-time online over one year or more, the course may suit experienced accounting professionals seeking to strengthen their analytical, technological and strategic understanding of finance.
What you will study
Topics include:
• Financial management • Accounting and finance technologies • Blockchain, fintech, cloud computing and distributed ledgers • Accounting and finance theories and principles • Strategic and operational business environments • Data analysis, diagnostics and research • Accounting and finance theory and practice
The course includes a Financial Management Project.
Modules
- Financial Management Project (core)
Assessment
Assessment includes a Performance and Development Plan and a Project Pitch.
Entry requirements
You must have become a fully qualified member of a professional accounting body, such as ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW or an equivalent professional body, within the past ten years.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no element below 6.0; TOEFL iBT 90; or an equivalent qualification.
Evidence of previous study taught in English may be accepted, such as a letter confirming that English was the medium of instruction.
Careers
The course may support progression into finance and accounting roles such as financial analyst, data analyst, technology analyst, asset manager, business planner or business manager. It may also be relevant to work in fintech, inventory management, blockchain design, the wider financial sector or academia.
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