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Postgraduate Course: Advanced Management Accounting (CMSE11101)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits15
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is based on both research and practice in management accounting. The objective is to provide students with an appreciation of the main research developments in management accounting and to explore how they have impacted on practice.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary.
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesBusiness School postgraduate students only.
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 125 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Advanced Management Accounting2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
On completion of the course students will be able to:
* Be familiar with many of the seminal contributions in management accounting research.
* Have a knowledge of contemporary research in the discipline
* Understand the role played by management accounting in the modern organisation.
* Have developed skills in the critical analysis of research.
* Appreciate very practical issues in the application of management accounting

Intellectual Skills and Personal Development:
Students will develop skills in analysing research and in appreciating the practical issues involved in operating management accounting systems.

Subject Specific Skills:
Students will gain skill in accessing the strengths and weakness of a range of management accounting techniques (both established and new).

Planned Student Learning Experiences / Teaching Approach:
Students will learn by listening, reading and doing. In each of the ten sessions the course lecturer will present for approximately one hour. The second hour of the session will involve a mix of discussion topics and exercises. The course booklet provides specified reading.

Assessment Information
An examination will count for 100% if the course assessment. The examination questions will be narrative although students may use numerical illustrations in their answers.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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KeywordsAMA
Contacts
Course organiserProf Falconer Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)50 8340
Email: F.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stephen Graham
Tel: (0131 6)50 8071
Email: Stephen.Graham@ed.ac.uk
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