International Management (Accountancy) MSc

Course overview:

This programme equips you with a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to prepare you for a successful career in business and finance within a global context.

You gain skills in management and enterprise combined with the study of accounting and finance, financial crime and global economy and financial markets. This programme will appeal to those seeking to pursue a career in the financial services sector including economics, accounting and management in both the commercial and public sectors.

This course provides clear links between theory and practice and places discussion of relevant management techniques and themes in the context of the international stage. You gain specialist knowledge of the global economy, financial reporting requirements and financial management in a global marketplace and gain insight into the process of detecting and preventing financial crime. The programme concludes with the dissertation, which provides the opportunity for you to carry out a major international business project.

How you learn:

This programme enables you to develop a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of international management and broad accountancy themes as well as a range of practical, professional and key transferable skills.

Interactive classroom sessions deliver the relevant subject knowledge and allow you to explore and apply theory to real examples.
You engage in group work, class debate, employer projects, case studies analysis and research.
The dissertation requires the use of a range of cognitive and intellectual skills and you need to demonstrate the ability to produce a substantial piece of self-directed work.

How you are assessed:

The assessment strategy has been designed to assess your subject-specific knowledge, cognitive and intellectual skills and transferable skills applicable to the workplace. The strategy ensures that you are provided with opportunities for feedback to assess your learning and guide you with the final assessments for each module.

The assessments include assignments, business reports, case studies, presentations, a research proposal and literature review, and the production of a dissertation. The assessments may include individual or group essays or reports.

Career opportunities:

Successful completion of this programme opens opportunities in international business and management and accountancy.