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Master of Professional Accounting
Course Fee
MVR MVR 4,550/- per month x 15 months
Programme Details
Introduction
The Master of Professional Accounting programme provides students with the skills required to handle complex accounting and financial issues. The course builds students’ technical skills and professional competencies in accounting issues and practices that impact and drive internal and external decision-making. It combines theoretical and technical knowledge in delivering key information on financial and management accounting, auditing, finance, economics, research methods, business valuation, business law and taxation. This course is designed to meet the local and global demand for high-quality graduates in accounting. The programme is aimed at practicing accounting practitioners and future professionals who wish to forge a career in the finance sector. This programme provides a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of key areas of accounting and finance. It is appropriate for applicants interested in careers across a wide range of sectors and organisations in the fields of business, consulting, and finance, and provides thorough preparation for academic research in accounting or finance.
General Entry Criteria
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (MNQF level 7) or equivalent.
Note: Passed finalist of ACCA and CIMA need pass in Financial Accounting, Auditing and Taxation to join the programme.
Core Modules
Year 1Semester 1
Advanced Audit and Assurance
Corporate Governance and Ethics
Research Methods in Accounting and Finance
Advanced Financial Reporting
Award Postgraduate Certificate in Audit and Assurance
Semester 2
Corporate Finance and Investment Decisions
Financial Statement Analysis
Management Accounting for Decision Making
Select One Elective from the below modules
Advanced Taxation
Business Valuation
Semester 3
Case Study for Professional Practice
Award Master of Professional Accounting
Upon successful completion of this programme participants will be able to:
Integrate advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge in a business context, including an understanding of developments in accounting and accounting research,
Exercise judgement under minimal supervision to analyse and provide possible solutions to emerging and advanced accounting problems in complex contexts,
Critically apply advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge and skills to evaluate complex accounting problems in professional and research contexts, and
Justify and communicate accounting advice and ideas to both specialists and non-specialists
- Course Fee: MVR 4,550/- per month x 15 months
The broader goals of the programme are as follows:
Demonstrate competencies, professional skills, and knowledge in relation to contemporary accounting issues and practices including financial reporting, local and international accounting methods, and basic concepts associated with information for managers within a firm.
Identify and demonstrate professional skills in knowledge bases and techniques in the related disciplines of financial and management accounting, finance, auditing, and taxation.
Critically analyse and think strategically in relation to accounting and business analysis issues and problems including the role of management accounting information in strategic performance management.
Identify and critically evaluate professional accounting and business issues emerging from strategic developments in practice and accounting regulation.
Explain the role of cost information in organisations, and key financial business processes underpinning organisational activities.
Analyse the impact of aspects of the law on accounting practice including the ethical, legal, and professional environments in which audit and assurance providers operate, and the framework within which regulatory aspects of corporate reporting are conducted