Accounting and Finance (Taught)

With a strong practical focus and access to the industry-standard Bloomberg Professional system, our MSc in Accounting and Finance will act as a springboard into a wide range of finance and accounting-related careers.

Today's business managers need to be able to analyse and interpret financial information and use this to inform business strategy. This course will help you develop this expertise, as well as giving you an indepth understanding of the contemporary issues encountered by financial managers.

The underlying practical focus ensures that the skills and knowledge you gain are highly relevant to the workplace whichever area of accounting or finance you are seeking to engage in.

Strong practical focus
You will develop your knowledge and understanding of accounting and finance, while also enhancing your critical thinking, research and analytical skills. During the year, you will:

• analyse and solve complex problems relating to financial reporting, performance measurement and management, corporate strategy and financial management

• be encouraged to think critically and creatively about problems requiring a multi-disciplinary approach

• develop in-depth knowledge in a specialist topic you have chosen for your dissertation

• enhance your key personal skills in time management, information accessing, analysis and interpretation

• develop your interpersonal, communication and management skills through team working, making presentations and writing reports.

Industry links and facilities
As a student at Bristol Business School, you will get to hear from inspiring speakers from the business world. You will also have access to our state-of-the-art trading room, built around the Bloomberg Professional system, the main financial platform used by the large investment banks.

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Core modules: fundamentals of financial management ; financial context and contemporary issues ; corporate strategy ; corporate financial strategy ; performance measurement and management ; corporate financial reporting ; research methods ; masters dissertation.

Assessments will be a mix of written assignments, supervised mini-projects, role playing, presentations and examinations.

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

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants