Program Description
Program Description
This programme in Accounting at Dublin City University is designed for accounting graduates to combine study for a Master?s degree while gaining exemptions from professional examinations at the same time. The one-year full-time Masters programmeencourages critical and creative thinking, teamwork and communication, and develops a diverse range of professional attributes which equip graduates to excel in the accounting profession and to adopt leadership positions in their professional lives. Why do this course? Designed and continually updated in conjunction with both leading industry and academic experts. Lectures are delivered by experienced experts from industry and practice. DCU Business School is accredited by AACSB, a standard reached by only 5% of business schools worldwide reflecting its established international reputation for high quality graduates. Gain generous exemptions such as CAP2 from the Chartered Accountants Ireland. Prepare students for success in the advanced professional examinations in accounting such as the FAEs. Because all students come from similar backgrounds, it has been possible to design the MSc in Accounting so that it encompasses both professional and conceptual material. Students are trained to prepare financial statements for a range of business entities at an advanced level in accordance with IFRSs/IASs and current professional and legal requirements in International Financial Accounting & Analysis, while interpret such financial statements and report thereon. Advanced Management Accounting seeks to integrate the study of management accounting with the study of strategy, behavioural science and organisation theory and bring students' knowledge of the principles and practice of management accounting to an advanced level. The objective of Corporate and Investment Finance is to equip the corporate manager with the tools and techniques available to create value from the firms financing and investment decisions. Special emphasis is placed on long-term managerial policies and the relevance of corporate finance to the accountant. Careers Graduates of the MSc in Accounting are exempt from all subjects in the CAP2 Examination of Chartered Accountants Ireland. To qualify as chartered accountants, graduates of the programme will be required to pass the Institute's Final Admitting Examination and to serve a training contract of three years. Graduates are typically employed by the leading international accounting firms, who go on to great success in their professional examinations. Frequent employers of our graduates include Accenture, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, JP Morgan, KPMG and PwC.
