Accounting and Finance

Our MAccFin (Hons) Accounting and Finance course is suited to students looking to gain a high level of specialist accounting and finance knowledge. You will be taught financial and management accounting, auditing, taxation, corporate finance and financial management in a four-year integrated Masters that provides an additional level of training above the standard three-year BA.

The degree combines three years of undergraduate study with one year of postgraduate, so you’ll enrol on an undergraduate course, but graduate with a Masters degree that provides a direct route into professional accountancy.

You will achieve an in-depth understanding of the current issues in accounting and finance including regulation, framework, and measurement at both national and international levels. The course takes an interdisciplinary and analytical approach that incorporates interactive and problem-based teaching, rooted in contemporary case studies. As a result, you'll graduate with the skills and knowledge to thrive in an accounting environment.

The MAccFin (Hons) Accounting and Finance course is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), CPA Australia and Association of International Accounts (AIA).

Year 1: Mental Wealth 1: Academic and Digital Proficiency (Core), People and Organisations (Core), Fundamentals of Business Accounting (Core), Business Law (Core), Fundamentals of Economics (Core), Business Statistics and Data Analysis (Core)

Year 2: Mental Wealth 2: Graduate Employment Competencies (Core), Intermediate Financial Reporting (Core), Performance Management Accounting (Core), Financial Management (Core), Taxation (Core), Accounting and Tax Clinic Internship (Core), Optional placement (Optional)

Year 3: Mental Wealth 3: Global Enterprise and Consultancy Practice (Core), Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics (Core), Auditing (Core), Strategic Management Accounting (Core), Advanced Financial Reporting (Core), Corporate Finance (Core)

Year 4: Mental Wealth and Applied Research (Core), Strategic Business Reporting (Core), Strategic Business Leader (Core), Advanced Taxation (Core), Advanced Auditing and Assurance (Core)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

Year 1 - You will be assessed in six modules comprising of 20 credits each. You will be required to sit sixty minutes exams in two of the year 1 modules. The exam components will make up fifty percent of the total marks for each of the two modules. The remaining four modules will be assessed by group coursework and individual portfolio.
Year 2 - You will be assessed in six modules comprising of 20 credits each. You will be required to sit for two hours exam in four of the year 2 modules. The exam components will make up an average of 70% of each of the four modules. The remaining modules and other components of the four modules will be assessed by group coursework, individual portfolio and reflective report.
Year 3 - You will be assessed in six modules comprising of 20 credits each. You will be required to sit two exams in each of four modules. The first exam in each of the four modules will be a one-hour exam, and the second exam will be a two hours exam. The assessment for the remaining two modules will be coursework.
Year 4 - You will be assessed in six modules comprising of 30 credits each. You will be required to sit two hours exam in four modules. The exam components of the four modules will make up an average of 50% of each of the four modules. The other components of the four modules will be a case study or a group report. Students will be assessed by individual poster presentation, reflective report and applied business report or dissertation in the remaining two modules.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• International Accountants, Association of