Accounting and Finance with Business English MSc

The MSc in Accounting and Finance with Business English has been developed from our highly successful Accounting and Finance MSc, which has established an international reputation for the quality of its graduates. This course allows you to develop your English language proficiency at the same time as studying the key principles of accounting and finance. It also develops your awareness and understanding of aspects of UK and international social and business cultures and practices.

What will you study?

In addition to improving your English language skills, you cover the theories, models and practice of accounting and finance at an advanced level, together with an understanding of how they integrate in the wider business environment. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to critically analyse and use relevant information to offer interpretations and solutions to problems.

You also have the opportunity to focus in depth on a specific area of the business finance function, thus increasing your career choices.

Kingston Business School works closely with the business world's principal professional bodies in order to harmonise its education provision with the needs of today's business practitioners. You will learn how to turn theory into practice and gain a qualification that has real value in the real world. Find out more...

Research is an essential part of the day-to-day life of Kingston Business School and is embedded in its intellectual activities and development. In the most recent RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) undertaken in 2008, the research output of Kingston Business School was the highest rated of any new university. Ninety per cent of our research submitted was assessed as 'recognised internationally' or higher. Of this, 10% was classified as 'world leading' and 35% as 'internationally excellent'.

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Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Core modules

• Quantitative Methods in Accounting and Finance

• Quantitative Methods in Accounting and Finance

  This module provides an underpinning and understanding of numerical techniques used in the business and finance world to aid strategic decision making. It aims to provide students with the mathematical and statistical foundations that are necessary in the areas of accounting and finance. The module will provide candidates with the computer and research skills required by employers in this highly competitive sector.

  
   
• Financial Accounting

• Financial Accounting

  This module introduces you to financial accounting in a business context. It provides you with a mix of practical 'know how' and deeper theoretical underpinning. The module covers:

  • the principles for constructing the key financial statements;
  • how to produce financial statements from transaction records using double entry principles;
  • how to conduct an appraisal of the financial statements of entities; and
  • company financial statements and their regulation.

  The module uses an active-learning approach in the lectures with informal feedback through discussion and practice questions.

  
   
• Management Accounting

• Management Accounting

  This module will enable you to understand and prepare management information to support the decision making in an organisation. It covers:

  • how to calculate the costs associated with the production of products and provision of services, and determine their price;
  • budgeting approaches and how budgets are produced; and
  • effective performance management systems, including performance measures, to assist management decision making.
  
   
• Academic English for Business I

• Academic English for Business I

  This module aims to develop your grammatical and lexical competence to a level at which you can understand and respond effectively to extended native speaker written and spoken discourse within an academic business context.

  You will also develop an awareness and understanding of British business and social culture and practices and gain confidence in your existing and developing language skills.

  
   
• Academic English for Business II

• Academic English for Business II

  Building on Academic English for Business I, this module further develops your critical reading and writing skills to enable you to produce analytical and discursive work. You will:

  • develop your communication and presentation skills to a level at which you can select vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to a particular communication context; and
  • further develop your knowledge of the UK and international business cultures.
  
   
• Financial Statement Analysis

• Financial Statement Analysis

  This module will analyse and interpret financial statements as well as accompanying notes and information in order to assess a company's financial situation and conduct a sound fundamental valuation. The focus of this module is analysis and valuation froma financial accounting perspective. Financial statement analysis builds on the knowledge learned in ‘Financial Accounting' and takes students a step further towards applying this knowledge in practise from the perspective of the users of financial statements. This module will be most useful for prospective financial analysts and other professionals who might use accounting information to judge a company's future prospects.

  
   
• Audit and Control

• Audit and Control

  This module integrates theory and conceptual considerations with the practicalities of auditing. You will gain an understanding of processes and techniques, as well as the constraints and pressures in the environment in which audit is carried out.

  
   
• Research Methods and Dissertation

• Research Methods and Dissertation

  Initially this module will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to successfully complete a research project.

  You will then investigate a specific business problem via a substantial piece of independent work, which demonstrates your proficiency in:

  • the design of a research project;
  • the application of appropriate methods;
  • the collection and analysis of data; and
  • the presentation of results.
  
   

Option modules (choose one)

• Market-based Accounting

• Market-based Accounting

  Market-based accounting deals with the interrelationship between capital markets and accounting information. This module familiarises students with important issues in empirical accounting research and applies the concepts underlying accounting and finance, as applicable in capital market settings. The module builds on the knowledge gained in both ‘Financial accounting' and ‘Corporate Finance and provides skills necessary in both the accounting and finance profession.

  
   
• International Money and Finance

• International Money and Finance

  This module explores the theories and empirical evidence about international risk management with respect to foreign exchange and interest rates. It also looks at how firms utilise risk management techniques and source debt on the international financial markets.

  
   

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