Accounting and Business Finance MSc
University of Bedfordshire
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This course blends accounting and business finance theory to solve operational problems faced by managers. It provides you with a comprehensive knowledge of the key areas, preparing you for a career in management where an accounting and finance focus is required. You benefit from invaluable opportunities for collaboration and growth with leading organisations in the field, and your studies bring theory and practice together, applying both to situations where vital financial decisions are ...Read more

This course blends accounting and business finance theory to solve operational problems faced by managers. It provides you with a comprehensive knowledge of the key areas, preparing you for a career in management where an accounting and finance focus is required. You benefit from invaluable opportunities for collaboration and growth with leading organisations in the field, and your studies bring theory and practice together, applying both to situations where vital financial decisions are made.

What will you study?

Studying our Accounting and Business Finance MSc course will equip you with the comprehensive knowledge and skills you need around key areas of accounting, business finance and management. Our unit in Financial Reporting and Performance Management will provide you with the skills to read and interpret published financial statements where you will also engage in ‘Financial Information Analysis. Here, you will learn to identify and extract critical information within annual corporate reports while considering how it is impacted by regulations, concepts and standards, and how this affects its usefulness in decision-making.

You will explore this further in our Financial Markets and Investments unit, that will provide you with knowledge of global financial markets, the importance of liquidity, the distinction between exchange versus OTC markets, primary and secondary markets and the role of intermediaries in their various forms. This relates to our unit in Advanced Management Accounting, where you will be equipped with the key tools and techniques used to make decisions, maximise revenue and minimise cost in management. You will combine management accounting and financial planning to make effective management decisions and drive successful businesses.

urthermore, you will develop a critical and informed understanding of business environments and the business opportunities within them in our Strategy unit. Here, you will be introduced to a range of tools and concepts for strategic analysis and business modelling that will allow you to assess the strategic position of business organisations, formulate strategies, evaluate options and implement strategic decisions. Finally, you will complete our Capstone unit that will allow you to bring theory and practice together and research a topic of your interest that is relevant to your field of study. To help you with this, you will be introduced to the processes and techniques of research methods while working with a research supervisor to develop your ideas.

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As a graduate of this course you will have the skills to find career opportunities across a variety of business areas including assurance and audit financial accounting taxation corporate finance corporate insolvency and recovery. You will be able to work as a financial analyst finance manager corporate treasurer credit controller to mention just a few of the potential roles.

The course is also an appropriate foundation for further academic study at either MPhil or PhD level.

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03 Mar 15

Enjoyable environment. They do need more study rooms though. The uni has career advice and help in finding jobs, employability is..Read more

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It has been a good experience. Accommodation is too expensive! The university has good..Read more

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Entry requirements

Applicants should have 2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area.

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£10,000 per year

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£16,900 per year

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Accommodation (Fitzroy Court) - 146.48 Per Week

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Enjoyable environment. They do need more study rooms though. The uni has career advice and help in finding jobs, employability is...
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University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire , Luton

The University of Bedfordshire is a modern university with a vibrant and cosmopolitan student population that includes around...

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University Square Luton Bedfordshire LU1 3JU United Kingdom
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