International Management (Accountancy) (Applied), MSc

Course overview

This programme equips you with a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to prepare you for a successful career in business and finance within a global context.

You gain skills in management and enterprise combined with the study of accounting and finance, financial crime and global economy and financial markets. This programme will appeal to those seeking to pursue a career in the financial services sector including economics, accounting and management in both the commercial and public sectors.

This course provides clear links between theory and practice and places discussion of relevant management techniques and themes in the context of the international stage. You gain specialist knowledge of the global economy, financial reporting requirements and financial management in a global marketplace and gain insight into the process of detecting and preventing financial crime. This course equips you with the skills and knowledge for a higher-level career in business management, and allows you to develop employability skills and UK experience to further enhance your employability. It provides clear links between theory and international business practice, and places discussion of relevant management techniques and themes in the context of the international stage. It focuses on areas such as global decision-making within operations and finance, global economics and cultural issues within management in an international environment. The work-based module in your second year provides access to an organization to enable you to put into practice these skills and gain valuable experience of working within a UK-based organization. The programme concludes with the dissertation, which provides the opportunity for you to carry out a major international business project. It provides a basis for students from business or other disciplines looking for management careers but who do not yet have significant management experience. It equips you with:

• knowledge and understanding of the global influences on business and an ability to analyze management decisions in an international setting
• an understanding of recent advances in management theory, research and practice.

Career opportunities

You gain real-world practical experience that involves working on a project or internship so you can gain valuable UK experience to enhance your global career prospects.

Successful completion of this programme will open opportunities in international business and management.