MA (Hons) Accountancy

Whether you are considering a career as a chartered accountant in professional practice, industry or the public sector, or you are looking to work in other professional, commercial and industrial areas, our MA Accountancy programme has been designed to ensure you have the knowledges and skills that employers most value.

Over the course of studying our MA Accountancy programme, students can expect to develop a broad understanding of the context in which modern accounting operates, as well as developing accounting expertise in several areas including, but not limited to:

• Recording and summarising business transactions
• Preparing and analysing financial statements
• Analysing and making decisions on business operations
• Conducting financial analysis
• Producing and reporting projections
• Conducting audit
• Analysing governance issues
• Gaining awareness of the importance of business ethics.

In addition to these key accounting skills, our MA Accountancy programme allows students to expand their overall skillset through a combination of individual and group work, written reports, presentations and examinations. 

Throughout this programme we will develop skills such as:

• Analysis
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Conflict resolution
• Presentation delivery.

On the whole, our MA Accountancy programme provides students with a solid foundation for their future career in accountancy, business or beyond.

Accreditation:

• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations.
• The Association of International Accountants (AIA) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations.
• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route.
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations.
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations.

• Year 1
• Semester 1 
• Introduction to Accounting and Finance
• Introduction to Marketing
• Academic Skills
• Management in a Global Context
• Semester 2
• The Economy 
• Discovering Business
• Becoming a Professional
• Elective
• Year 2
• Semester 1
• Principles of Accounting
• Fundamentals of Finance
• Elective 
• Semester 2
• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting in Organisations
• Quantitative Methods 1
• Financial Markets Theory 
• Year 3
• Semester 1 
• Intermediate Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting Techniques and Decisions
• Corporate Financial Theory
• Introduction to Commercial Law
• Semester 2
• Taxation (Tax Law)
• Auditing and Assurance
• Business Law and the Law of Corporate Governance
• Business Research Methods
• Year 4
• Semester 1
• Accounting and Finance Dissertation 1 
• Optional courses:
• Governance and Professional Ethics
• Professional and Critical Theory
• Accounting Theory
• Risk Management and Derivatives
• Public Sector Accounting
• Managerial Accounting: Decision Making
• Agency Theory and Corporate Governance
• Semester 2
• Accounting and Finance Dissertation 2
• Optional courses:
• Accounting History
• Strategic Management Accounting
• Corporate Reporting 
• Contemporary Issues in Finance 
• Equity Markets and Fund Management 
• International Accounting