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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accreditation.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

MA Accounting and Finance Year 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
BUST08036 The Business of Edinburgh is recommended.

ECNM08013 Economics 1 (40 credits) may be chosen instead of ECNM08004 Economic Principles (20 credits) and ECNM08003 Economic Applications (20 credits). Choose Economics 1 if you are considering continuing your studies in Economics in year 2.

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Progression to Year 3 honours normally requires a Pass in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, including: (i) passes in Accountancy 2A and Accountancy 2B and a minimum mark of 50% in ONE, (ii) passes in Introduction to Corporate Finance and (Applications of Finance or Business Analytics and Information Systems) and a minimum mark of 50% in ONE, and (iii) a Pass in Business Research Methods I: Introduction to Data Analysis.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accreditation.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

ROU_H_UTACCFIMAH2_8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
One of these courses must be passed.
AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W
Notes:
LAWS08058 Business Law (20 credits) is required for accreditation purposes.

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of TWO taught courses (40 credits) per semester.

The Dissertation proposal must be on a research topic in the field of Accounting or Finance.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accreditation.

Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits) as well as equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses in Accounting and Finance.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

ROU_H_UTACCFIMAH1_09

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students writing a quantitative Finance dissertation should choose BUST10132 Research Methods in Finance.
AND

Courses from School(s) H - Accounting and Finance (MA) - Year 3 Level(s) 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
The Management Honours Dissertation must be on a research topic in the field of Accounting or Finance.

Students must take a minimum of ONE taught course (20 credits) per semester.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accreditation.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Courses from School(s) H - Accounting and Finance (MA) - Year 4 Level(s) 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School(s) H - Business Studies and Accounting (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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