Heriot-Watt University Dubai
MA (Hons) in Accounting and Business Finance
Academic City, United Arab Emirates
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
AED 58,800 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Rolling admission
** all tuition fees inclusive of VAT
Introduction
Overview
Our Accounting and Business Finance programme is a specialist degree, particularly suited to those seeking entry into the accounting profession, financial services or financial management. The value of such studies is also recognised by professional accountancy bodies which offer examination exemptions.
Admissions
Curriculum
Teaching and assessment
Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials and project work. Course assessment is generally based on either coursework or an exam at the end of the semester, or a mixture of the two at the end of the semester or academic year.
The degree of Master of Arts (MA) is an undergraduate Honours degree, awarded by the ancient universities in Scotland and the UK including Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews, Cambridge and Oxford. At other universities in Scotland and the UK, undergraduate degrees in the arts, liberal arts, humanities or social sciences are awarded as Bachelor of Arts (BA).
Course content
Please note that there are no options for this pathway, all courses are mandatory.
Year 2
Semester 1
- Commercial Law
- Management in a Global Context
- Business Accounting and Assurance
- Finance and Financial Statistics
Semester 2
- Organisational Behaviour
- Business Entities
- Financial Reporting
- Management Accounting in Organisations
Year 3
Semester 1
- Business Research Methods
- Auditing and Assurance
- Management Accounting Techniques and Decisions
- Finance Markets Theory
Semester 2
- Strategic Management
- Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting
- Taxation
- Corporate Financial Theory
Year 4
Semester 1
- Accounting and Finance Dissertation
- Agency Theory and Corporate Governance
- Managerial Accounting-Decision making
- Accounting Theory
Semester 2
- Accounting and Finance Dissertation
- International Accounting
- Contemporary Issues in Finance
- Corporate reporting
*Information correct at time of publication and may be subject to change