Programme structure: Accounting, Finance and Management (MSc) (T) - what's running in 2018/19

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Financial Reporting	ECONM0001	15	Mandatory	TB-1
Finance and Accounting	ECONM1007	15	Mandatory	TB-1
Management	ECONM1013	15	Mandatory	TB-1
Quantitative Methods for Economics, Finance and Management	ECONM1012	15	Mandatory	TB-1
Applied Empirical Accounting and Finance	EFIMM0047	15	Mandatory	TB-2
Dissertation (MSc AFM)	EFIMM0078	60	Mandatory	AYEAR
Group 1 Options (choose one only)
Digital Business & E-Commerce Management	EFIMM0050	15	Optional	TB-2
Industrial and Managerial Economics	EFIMM0031	15	Optional	TB-2
Marketing Management	MGRCM2015	15	Optional	TB-2
Operations Management	MGRCM2017	15	Optional	TB-2
Project Management	MGRCM2028	15	Optional	TB-2
Strategic Management	ECONM2025	15	Optional	TB-2
Enterprise and Entrepreneurship	ECONM2036	15	Optional	TB-2
International Business	EFIMM0003	15	Optional	TB-2
Group 2 options (choose one only)
Accounting Theory, Scandals and Standards	ECONM1016	15	Optional	TB-2
Advanced Financial Reporting	EFIMM0034	15	Optional	TB-2
Strategic Management Accounting	ECONM2024	15	Optional	TB-2
Group 3 Options (choose one only)
Corporate Finance	EFIMM0017	15	Optional	TB-2
Financial Markets and Investments	EFIMM0018	15	Optional	TB-2
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation	ECONM2027	15	Optional	TB-2
International Finance	ECONM2031	15	Optional	TB-2
Introduction to Business and Economic Forecasting	ECONM2038	15	Optional	TB-2
Law and Economics	ECONM2037	15	Optional	TB-2
MSc Accounting, Finance and Management		180

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.