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Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) at University of South Wales - UCAS

University of South Wales

Degree level: Postgraduate
Awarded by: University of South Wales (Prifysgol De Cymru)

Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) (Taught)

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Course summary

Our innovative MSc Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) combines advanced academic and professional study. The MSc’s technical content is aligned with the final, Strategic Professional Level of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (‘ACCA’) Qualification. When studying our MSc modules, students are also prepared to sit external ACCA exams - internal USW MSc assessments are followed by external ACCA exam sittings. Students therefore have the opportunity to complete all four ACCA Strategic Professional exams at the same time as obtaining a Masters qualification. Please note that it is the responsibility of students to enter external ACCA exams (see http://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration.html for further details). Our course therefore offers a study regime that is highly efficient in terms of both cost and time. The course is aimed at students who have passed the Fundamentals Level papers of the ACCA Professional Qualification (namely nine papers, F1-F9), or those who are exempted from these ACCA papers by virtue of studying an Accounting degree recognised and accredited by ACCA. Our MSc offers a rigorous, critical education: • ACCA final level technical syllabi are at Masters level and require advanced evaluation and synthesis skills to solve complex practical problems in the subjects studied; • teaching of all modules incorporates critical evaluation of the subject area, including study of contemporary research and practical issues; and • Research Methodology and a Business Research Project (dissertation) are embedded into the 60 credit Strategic Business Leader Business with Research Project module. The course provides more value than a standard Masters programme or ACCA study alone. It provides the practical advanced work-based skills that a standard Masters would not, and the advanced critical evaluation of subject areas and research literature that ACCA study would not. Therefore, it provides the best of both worlds – a rich Masters level education from both academic and professional perspectives. On passing their final ACCA exams, students will be able to qualify as Chartered Certified Accountants, subject to satisfying ACCA’s practical work experience requirements, and hence will hold a prestigious professional qualification that will form the basis for a successful senior career in Accounting & Finance. Our professional tuition expertise Tuition for the ACCA Professional Qualification has been offered on a part-time basis at USW campuses for 45 years and our current part-time course typically attracts 200-250 students per annum. We have a long-standing reputation for the high quality of our tuition. Our Newport Campus is a Platinum Approved Learning Partner, the highest available level of accreditation from ACCA. We have also been the winner of the PQ Magazine ‘Public Sector Accountancy College of the Year’ award in 2010, 2012 and 2016, and a number of our students have received national ACCA Wales prizes in recent years. What is the ACCA Professional Qualification? ACCA is the global body for professional accountants with more than 198,000 fully qualified members and 486,000 students worldwide. The association has a network of offices across the world. The ACCA Professional Qualification (the ‘Qualification’) is a vocational professional accountancy qualification that ultimately leads to Chartered membership of ACCA. Students are required to pass 13 examinations and gain three years of verifiable work experience (administered by ACCA) to become full Chartered members. ACCA designs the Qualification (including aims, learning outcomes and detailed syllabi) and offers external examination sittings at a large number of centres worldwide. The Qualification is split into a Fundamentals Level (9 exam papers) and a Strategic Professional Level (4 exam papers).

Modules

Modules include: Contemporary governance Research methods for finance and accounting Strategic management accounting Corporate financial reporting Dissertation - Accounting and finance Students then choose two modules for the following: Contemporary issues Audit and assurance in a global environment Forensic audit and accounting

Assessment method

Assessment is by a range of methods including examinations and coursework based assignments.

Professional bodies

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

  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Entry requirements

• An undergraduate finance, accounting or audit degree from a UK university, class 2:2 Honours or higher. • Alternatively, an undergraduate business degree from a UK university with an appropriate level of financial content, class 2:2 Honours or higher. • Equivalent accredited international or professional qualifications are acceptable (such as direct passes in ACCA Fundamentals Level papers F1-F9). The course welcomes international applicants and requires an English language level of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component). • Note that as a minimum students joining this course must (a) either be exempt from ACCA Fundamentals Level papers F1-F9 by virtue of their undergraduate degrees or (b) must have passed these papers directly, and hence be ready to commence ACCA study at Strategic Professional Level. • Students wishing to join the course must have applied for student membership with ACCA before the start date and obtained confirmation of their exemptions. Details are available on the ACCA website at: www.accaglobal.com


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Some courses incur costs as part of your learning - these are in addition to the course fees and students are often responsible for these costs. We would urge you to visit the relevant course pages on our website (http://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/msc-accounting/). These pages have information on fees and funding, and additional costs where relevant.
Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) at University of South Wales - UCAS