Business with Accounting and Finance at Warwick

This course will not be available for 2022 entry, but you may be interested in our other Master's degrees below.

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MSc

1 year full-time

26 September 2022

Warwick Business School

University of Warwick

Our MSc offers you the opportunity to study business and get specific insight into the world of finance. You will study the underlying foundation disciplines of business, and then specialise in accounting and finance, learning from experts in these fields.

There is a choice of Dissertation or Business in Practice route. If you are considering further academic study (PhD) and you would like the opportunity to research a topic relating to accounting and finance, the dissertation enables you to test and apply the techniques and theories you have learned.

If you would like to develop further applied skills and specialist knowledge to suit your career aspirations, you can complete your studies with one additional elective module and our applied Business in Practice module.

Skills from this degree

• Get a grounding in business whilst specialising in accounting and finance
• Tailor your degree to your own interests with our range of optional modules
• Put your learnings into practice with the applied Business in Practice module
• Access to dedicated CareersPlus service with specialist careers coaches

To complete your degree, you will have the option to choose between the Dissertation or Business in Practice route:

Dissertation route
If you are considering further academic study (PhD) and you would like the opportunity to research a topic relating to accounting and finance, the dissertation enables you to test and apply the techniques and theories you have gained.

You will be supervised and supported throughout and will usually submit your dissertation in early September. The Research Methodology module will help prepare you for the dissertation. In total, you will study eight compulsory modules and one elective, and complete the Research Methodology module and a dissertation.

Business in Practice route
If you would like to develop further applied skills and specialist knowledge to suit your career aspirations, you can complete your studies with two additional elective modules and our applied Business in Practice module.

You will develop deep functional and industry expertise with practical insights from our faculty and our CareersPlus and Corporate Relations team. In total, you will study eight compulsory modules, two optional modules and also complete the compulsory Business in Practice capstone module.

The class size for this course is around 83 students.

Students on this MSc will typically receive between 27 and 30 contact hours per module.

Assessment on the course will be comprised of a mix of exams, individual and group work, and tests.

Reading lists

Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web page.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

There may be events taking place in the evenings. Classes may run up to 7pm and other events, such as careers presentations may take place later or on weekends. Occasionally, classes and exams may be held on weekends. We will notify you in advance if this is the case.

This is a full-time course, so there are no holidays as such. However, the two weeks covering Christmas and New Year are guaranteed to be free from lectures. There may also be weeks free over the Easter period (check with your programme team). Resit exams may take place outside of standard teaching periods.

2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent). This course will suit a wide variety of candidates looking to break into business, and we welcome applicants from all academic fields. The course is designed for candidates who have not studied accounting or finance.

If you have studied a significant amount of accounting at undergraduate level then the MSc Accounting and Finance degree would be a better option for you.

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above

We accept a range of language tests. Please refer to the our website for more details.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

• Foundations of Financial and Management Accounting 
• Quantitative Methods for Business 
• Fundamentals of Economic Behaviour 
• Corporate Finance 
• Business Analysis and Valuation 

• Strategy Analysis and Practice 
• Strategic Management Accounting 
• Corporate Governance 
• Research Methodology and Dissertation or Business in Practice

• Behavioural Economics
• Leading for Innovation
• Forecasting for Decision Makers
• Economics in the Global Environment

Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.

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