Accounting and Financial Management - MSc at Birmingham City University

Looking for financial management courses in Birmingham? Our MSc Accounting and Financial Management degree is open to graduates from all subjects.

The MSc Accounting and Financial Management course will build upon your existing graduate level knowledge and transferable skills base to enable progression to senior finance and accounting related roles within industry or commerce.

The course is designed to equip you with technical knowledge and skills as well as a higher range of employability skills, attributes and attitudes. The course will encourage your intellectual and moral development and your personal commitment to the social purpose of becoming a business professional.

As you progress you will become more effective and creative as a problem solver and be able to critically advise individuals and companies in the UK and internationally on a range of business related matters utilising the strong financial expertise you will develop on the course.

What's covered in the course?

The accounting and financial management specialism of the course enables progression into a career requiring accounting and/or financial management and offers a conversion route for non-accounting graduates.

As a highly flexible course, the MSc Accounting and Financial Management allows you to customise your pathway, selecting from a variety of modules in a range of disciplines to enable you to specialise in areas of most interest and relevance for your chosen career path. You’ll be fully supported in making informed decisions about the modules you take.

You’ll develop your teamwork, IT, analytical and presentation skills whilst boosting your commercial acumen and awareness as you progress through this course which has employability at its heart and aims to equip you with the skills required of a demanding postgraduate role.

Why Choose Us?

• This course is a conversion course aimed at graduates with non-accounting related degrees. It will allow you to gain skills in accounting and finance related disciplines to complement your existing qualifications. 
• Your course will prepare and equip you for a career in accountancy, finance, management or business by relating your studies to the latest research led developments in business. Your studies will make use of the latest business software applications that will provide you with opportunities to gain experience and develop workplace skills
• You’ll be fully immersed in a range of case studies as you progress through the programme and you’ll consider both internal and external stakeholders in the decisions you make and the advice you provide
• Your programme will provide you with an opportunity to apply your developing knowledge and skills in workplace scenarios. You’ll work on real world case studies acting in postgraduate level roles gaining experience of the workplace environment. Additionally you’ll have the option of working on live business scenarios for actual clients