Accounting and Finance
University of East London
UCAS Code: N400 | Master of Accounting and Finance (with Honours) – MAccFin (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
112 UCAS Points from an Access to HE Diploma. QAA accredited course required.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
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).
Modules
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.
Assessment methods
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.
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Stratford Campus
Royal Docks School of Business and Law
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You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.
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