University of Wolverhampton · Part-time
Finance and Accounting - Extended
This course allows an alternate entry route onto the MSc. The MSc Finance and Accounting provides an in-depth grounding for your professional and/or academic career in finance, business and accounting. Why choose this course? The MSc Finance and Accounting pro…
MSc2 yearsPart-time
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School of Business and Law · Business and management
This course allows an alternate entry route onto the MSc. The MSc Finance and Accounting provides an in-depth grounding for your professional and/or academic career in finance, business and accounting. Why choose this course? The MSc Finance and Accounting provides an in-depth grounding for your professional and/or academic career in finance, business and accounting. Previous students studying this course have taken up appointments in large financial institutions, national government departments, and international banks, and excelled in their roles. This course develops your strategic understanding and critical thinking of the main finance principles and theories. These support and inform corporate financial decisions, upon which modern business decision-making is based. In addition, it provides you with an opportunity to develop practical skills and a theoretical understanding of finance for international business. You will explore the importance of accounting information in the management of corporations, as well as a variety of approaches that small firms follow to secure finance and thrive in the hyper-competitive market. You will also have the opportunity to evaluate the impact of organisational theories on corporations in an international context. You will develop your research skills and learn to apply this knowledge through an independent piece of research in an accounting or finance related topic. The course is taught by highly research-active staff who have embedded their research into the programme. What's unique about this course? - Learn what employers want - Study an up-to-date course shaped around the needs of today’s finance and accounting industry. - Be taught by experts - Your lecturers are experienced professionals and active researchers who bring real insight into the classroom. - Boost your global career - Our graduates have secured roles in international banks, government departments, and leading financial institutions. - Put theory into practice - You’ll work on real-world case studies and projects that prepare you for the challenges of professional finance.
Getting in
As the university states it
Any undergraduate degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent, or a professional qualification and/or experience considered to be equivalent to the above; A reference from a tutor who has supervised the applicant’s undergraduate studies and/or employer; Students may apply for recognition of prior learning (RPL) subject to the guidelines set out in the RPL Handbook. RPL includes recognition of prior certificated learning and /or accreditation of prior experiential learning.
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