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MSc/PgDip
International Finance and Accounting/International Accounting and Finance*

Location
Southwark

Duration
1 year plus dissertation (full-time)

Mode of study
Full-time and part-time

Start date
September or February (subject to demand)

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
Full-time: 2093
Part-time: 2126

Course contact
Joe Adomako
adomakkj@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7791

Course units

Core Units

– Advanced Investment Analysis

– Corporate Finance

– International Financial Reporting

– International Performance Management (Management Accounting)

– Research Methods and Methodologies

– Dissertation Options

– Bank Lending and Credit Risk

– Bank Value and Performance

– International Corporate Governance

– International Business Law

– Corporate Management and Strategy

– Financial Derivatives

– Financial Management of International Business

– Institutional Fund Management

– International Banking

– International Bond and Fixed Interest Market

– International Taxation

– International Audit

– Internal Audit

Options may be offered on either day or evening modes and will run only if minimum student numbers are achieved

Non-standard entry requirements
A relevant degree or a professional accounting qualification at a level comparable to that of the Fundamentals Level of the current ACCA professional qualification. Holders of overseas professional accounting qualifications will be considered for advanced entry to the course on the basis of exemption for prior learning. Part-time students would normally be expected to be in relevant employment.

*subject to validation


Course description

This is a specialised course likely to be of interest to current or intending finance or accounting professionals. It provides participants with a thorough and comprehensive grasp of the principles and applications of international finance and accounting, together with relevant technical and conceptual skills, while integrating theory with practice.

The course helps you to develop the skills of a reflective practitioner, with the confidence to bring one’s own professional circumstances and individual/creative interpretation to issues where established theories may not apply. You will build upon your prior knowledge and skills and extend these through a combination of taught units and independent research.

The course units are being developed and updated to provide you with a broader understanding of major issues and topics in relevant subjects. For the MSc you are required to complete eight taught units and the dissertation. Students who complete only eight taught units are eligible for a PgDip.

The taught units are assessed by different methods: coursework assignments, presentations, group work, case studies and unseen examination. The Research Methods and Methodologies unit prepares you for the exercise of writing the Masters Dissertation. It provides a critical understanding of the alternative methods and approaches available for conducting research that are required when writing the dissertation. It is currently assessed by a dissertation proposal. If accepted, this then forms the basis of the subsequent dissertation.

The dissertation provides the opportunity to apply the knowledge, techniques and skills acquired throughout the course, in order to design and carry out research into an area of finance and/or accounting that is of personal interest. An appropriate academic is appointed as Dissertation Facilitator to offer guidance and constructive advice on the preparation of your dissertation. Our team of teaching staff offer a rich profile of academic and professional qualifications backed by professional, teaching and/ or research experience.

The final award title (i.e. MSc International Accounting and Finance or MSc International Finance and Accounting) will depend on the optional units that you have chosen to study.

Career opportunities

Graduates will be highly employable in accounting and finance, in the UK and globally.

Typical background of applicant

Applicants are normally students who have completed, for example, the ACCA Fundamentals Level (2007 syllabus, or the equivalent of other UK and overseas professional accounting bodies), or who possess a relevant first degree and who wish to follow a more academic route than the completion of the later stages of a professional accounting qualification would allow