Course Overview
This programme provides advanced study of accounting and financial management. It enables professionally qualified accountants to take stock of what they have learnt, and helps graduates extend their academic training. You will gain the theoretical framework and skills needed to cope with the increasingly complex and global nature of the field.
Many MSc graduates have progressed to senior positions in the accounting profession and industry, including investment banking. Others are now faculty members in universities in the UK and throughout the world.
Many MSc graduates have progressed to senior positions in the accounting profession and industry, including investment banking. Others are now faculty members in universities in the UK and throughout the world.
Compulsory Modules:
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods
- Introduction to Finance
- Introduction to Accounting
- Introduction to Financial Markets
- Quantitative Methods for Finance
- Foundations of Finance
- Principles of Financial Reporting
- Financial Markets
Optional Modules:
Two or three from:
Plus one or two from:
Two or three from:
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial Reporting for Complex Entities
- Advanced Management Accounting
Plus one or two from:
- Financial Econometrics
- Advanced Investment Management
- Derivatives Pricing
- Behavioural Finance
- Fixed Income Markets
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
Plus a dissertation in advanced topics in Accounting or Finance
Key Information
Programme Director: Professor Steven Young
Duration: 12 months full-time
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Studies, mathematics or another quantitative subject; or, professional accountancy qualifications with a good examination record. Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score often required for non-EU qualifications
IELTS: 7.0 or equivalent (minimum element scores apply
Assessment: Coursework, examination and dissertation
Duration: 12 months full-time
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Studies, mathematics or another quantitative subject; or, professional accountancy qualifications with a good examination record. Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score often required for non-EU qualifications
IELTS: 7.0 or equivalent (minimum element scores apply
Assessment: Coursework, examination and dissertation
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/
Fees: View details of our current Postgraduate Research fees or Postgraduate Taught fees.