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Accounting and Finance MSc

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Master

    • Duration:

      1 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Start Date:

      01 September 2019

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 6,950 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 16,450

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    University of Dundee

    The University of Dundee was founded as University College, Dundee in 1881 by the wealthy Baxter family. It was founded as a more pragmatic, technological answer to the academic institutions of the time, and dedicated to promoting the education of men and women alike – very progressive for its time – in literature, the arts […]

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    Course Summary

    An MSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Dundee will let you enhance your existing finance or accounting degree and expand your career or advanced study options exponentially.

    It will allow you to apply business, accounting and financial theory in a global context, and really see how these disciplines allow modern international communities to function. You’ll come to understand how global corporations generate and account for their wealth in this international arena.

    As an Accounting and Finance MSc graduate, you’ll be able to critically evaluate financial and accounting data, appreciate the social sciences underpinning finance and economics, apply appropriate research methods to real world financial problems and communicate your results effectively.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This MSc course is delivered over a single year.

    You will have a set of three compulsory modules which will give you an advanced understanding of quantitative research methods, the principles of corporate governance, and the issues facing the accounting profession today. You will also choose four electives from a fairly long list of options. Lastly, you will also undertake a dissertation as a capstone to the program.

    Core (Required) Modules will include:

    • Dissertation
    • Quantitative Methods
    • Research Methods and Methodology

    (Note that Econometrics for Finance may be substituted for Quantitative methods for some students, with special permission.)

     

    You must select one elective module from the Accounting list, one from Finance and two more from any list.

    Elective Modules (Accounting)

    • Strategic Management Accounting
    • International Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Contemporary Accounting Issues

    Elective Modules (Finance)

    • Global Risk Analysis
    • Emerging Financial Markets and Investments
    • Corporate Finance

    Elective Modules (Other)

    • Corporate Governance
    • International Banking
    • Performance Management and Reporting
    • Risk Management in Banking
    • Principles of Marketing Practice
    • Human Resource Management Strategies
    • International Human Resource Management
    • Experience Design

    Learning & Teaching

    Dundee’s Accounting and Finance program is heavily oriented to actual practice, ensuring that you develop a wide range of transferrable skills. You will experience practical computer sessions and simulations, interactive small group tutorials, in-depth workshops and skills sessions, and many classic lectures and seminars. Assessment will include marked coursework, end of module exams and of course your dissertation.

    Career Possiblities

    The University of Dundee’s Accounting and Finance MSc course allows you to go on to seek your PhD, to take a responsible role in business, or to advance yourself within your chosen profession. Many Dundee Accounting and Finance graduates have taken roles in financial institutions, in multi-national businesses, or a specialist accountants or managers.

    Entry Credit

    Entry Requirements for UK and EU-nationals

    Dundee’s Accounting and Finance program typically requires applicants to have a 2:2 degree in business, accounting or finance, or its equivalent.

    Entry Requirements for overseas (non-EU) students                         

    International students must be fluent in written and spoken English. This can be demonstrated by an IELTS score of 6.0 or better overall, with no less than 5.5 in Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening.

    International students must also have earned a degree that is the rough equivalent of that required for UK and EU students. The requirements can be found here.

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