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Strategic Accounting MSc

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Full time | Belfast Campus | 2 years | JAN-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

2 years

Start date

JAN-25

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Accounting

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The MSc Strategic Accounting gives you an excellent opportunity to advance your career within this competitive and highly rewarding sector. Give yourself an additional edge in accounting and professional services by getting the finance, technology, leadership and advanced accounting skills employers are looking for.

This programme will help you obtain ACCA membership, while gaining a Masters with employment relevant skills. All ACCA’s strategic professional papers are embedded into the programme, so you will be ready to complete all the examinations of the ACCA professional qualification. As well as helping you achieve your ACCA membership, this programme provides the opportunity to work with an employer on a live project, ensuring the course is relevant and provides you with workplace ready skills.

Over 18 months, you will cover topics such as strategic business leadership, strategic business reporting, advanced taxation, advanced performance management, advanced audit and assurance, advanced financial management, cyber security and/or data analytics. The Strategic Business Project module provides an opportunity to work with an employer on a specific project which will be structured so that you will meet a number of the learning outcomes specified by ACCA's Professional Experience Requirement.

Modules

The module will provide students with an understanding of the research process when conducting applied research within the accounting and finance profession. It underlines the role that applied research can play in helping to define and ultimately resolve key strategic business issues. This will involve consideration of the development of appropriate research questions, undertaking a literature review, identification and justification of an appropriate research methodology, data collection and analysis, reporting findings in an effective manner.
Strategic Accounting

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£7,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,810

Entry requirements

Applicants must have completed the 9 ACCA papers which comprise the Essential Knowledge and Essential Skills modules of the ACCA qualification or to have been exempted from these papers by having gained: (i) a second class honours degree in Accounting or better from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, or from a recognised national awarding body, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or (ii) an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification in Accounting; and have completed enrolment as a student of ACCA.