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| Location: | Portsmouth / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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The MSc Financial Decision Analysis is practically orientated and based on financial, computational and modelling studies related to financial decision making and analysis, including investment, risk management, budgeting, finance, financial analysis, planning and forecasting, and research methods. The course is specifically designed for those with non-financial backgrounds who would like to move into positions involving financial decision analysis in a variety of different organisations. In the second semester a number of optional units are offered, which are particularly relevant for different career paths. Students wishing to move into similar careers to those studying the MSc Finance are likely to study the finance options. Those students wishing to move into accountancy or general management are more likely to study options such as strategic management accountancy and resource allocation or information strategy.
The course can be studied full-time over 15 months or part-time over 30 months.
Contents
You will study five core units and three optional units (see below)
Core units
* Financial Analysis
* Decision and Risk Analysis
* Corporate Finance
* Business Systems and Planning
* Research Methods
Optional units
* Strategic Management Accounting and Resource Allocation
* Information Strategy
* Behavioural Finance
* Derivatives
* Business Valuation
* Fixed Income Securities
Unit descriptions
Financial Analysis will enable you to gain a critical awareness of the financial environment from both an accounting and finance perspective. You will learn to understand and interpret company reports, examine the role of the regulatory environment for corporate reporting and the stock market, and explore the pricing of bonds and shares.
Decision and Risk Analysis: the key areas of decision and risk analysis are covered in this unit, alongside the process of decision making, key statistical concepts, and selecting and using appropriate software tools as aids to decision making.
Corporate Finance will look at shareholder value and the goals of the firm, corporate governance, advanced capital budgeting, strategic analysis of capital investment decisions, dividend policy, financing policy, and mergers and acquisitions.
Business Systems and Planning covers business planning and control systems, including issues such as budgeting, the design of management control systems, and the design and development of spreadsheetbased decision support systems.
Research Methods: so that you are well equipped to complete your dissertation, this unit explores research philosophy and approaches, literature reviews, sampling, questionnaires and interviews.
Strategic Management Accounting and Resource Allocation explores the relationship between strategy, strategic management and strategic management accounting and sets the latter in the context of the historical development of management accounting in general. It also critically evaluates the various tools, techniques and approaches with regard to their strengths and weakness in a variety of contextual settings.
Information Strategy: the importance of information systems in achieving the strategic objectives of an organisation is considered in this unit. It will also analyse the key issues relating to the strategic management of the information resource.
Behavioural Finance looks at the psychological, institutional and agency theory ideas; key empirical research on the explanatory and predictive power of models on the implementation of investment strategies; guided critical analysis of research and analysis of live data.
Derivatives will develop your knowledge of the theory and applications of key financial derivatives products with the emphasis on futures, forwards, interest rates and swaps.
Business Valuation explores particular issues in corporate finance practice related to the important area of business valuation. This area of study is particularly relevant for mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, litigation and forensic accounting work.
Fixed Income Securities provides students with a thorough understanding of the fixed income securities market and develops the analytical skills specific to valuing fixed income securities and the management of interest rate risk.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A second-class honours degree, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 or equivalent, with a minimum score of 6.0 in all individual components.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
Accreditation
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
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