MSc in Accounting and Financial Management
Programme structure
Four Assessed Modules in Autumn Term (October - December)
Quantitative Methods for Finance
Foundations of Finance
Principles of Financial Reporting
Financial Markets
Four Assessed Modules in Spring Term (January - March)
Three or two from three:-
Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Reporting for Complex Entities
Management Control Systems
Plus one or two from six:-
Financial Econometrics
Advanced Corporate Finance
Advanced Investment Management
Derivatives Pricing
Fixed Income Markets
International Money and Finance
Summer Term (May - July), Assessment by Dissertation only
Taught Dissertation and Progress Report
Summer (July - September), completion of Dissertation Topic
Previous topics have included:-
Option bounds and option pricing with limited information
Equity valuation using accounting numbers
Corporate payout policy: Theory and evidence
Submission of Dissertation (September)
Graduation (December)
The Masters programmes in Accounting and Finance at Lancaster have attained 
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