Heriot-Watt University – Programme Description
Form P10
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment
& exit awards)
2. Programme Titles for all awards
(unabbreviated)
C31D-ACC/C31E-ACC/C31F-ACC
Master of Science in Accounting, PG Dip
Accounting, PG Cert Accounting
6. Programme Accredited
7. UCAS
8. School
by
Code
Management and
Languages
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited
to)
4. Exit Awards (for graduation
only)
Master of Science in Accounting
PG Dip Accounting, PG Cert
Accounting
5. Type
9. QAA Subject Benchmarking
10. Date of
Group(s)
Production/
Taught
Revision
Accounting and Finance
17 September 2014
11. Educational Aims of the Programme
This programme is designed to equip students with essential skills and competences in order to succeed in a career in accountancy. These skills include corporate
reporting in different international settings, auditing and assurance, social and environmental accounting, strategic management accounting, organisational
governance, accounting for risk, accounting history, public sector accounting. The programme’s multidisciplinary approach to accounting will provide participants with
rich conceptual insights to enable a critical evaluation of a range of contemporary accounting practices and the skills to apply these in a range of different
organisational contexts.
12. The Programme provides opportunities for learners to achieve the following outcomes:
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills
Subject Mastery
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Students will be able to identify and describe the principal theories, processes and practices of accounting, assurance and accountability.
Students will be able to critically evaluate theories, processes and practices of accounting, assurance and accountabi lity.
Students will be able to apply theories, processes and practices of accounting, assurance and accounta bility in practical contexts in order to
develop and evaluate the effectiveness of alternative processes and practices.
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research
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understand and evaluate a comprehensive range of research techniques used in accounting.
understand how research techniques are put into practice in order to create and interpret knowledge;
evaluate critically academic research, professional research and pronouncements and financial and business media articles on accounting,
assurance and accountability.
encourage the development of subject interests by enabling MSc students to carry out original research at the forefront of kn owledge on a relevant
topic through a dissertation;
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Heriot-Watt University – Programme Description
Form P10
1. Programme Code(s) (recruitment
& exit awards)
2. Programme Titles for all awards
(unabbreviated)
C31D-ACC/C31E-ACC/C31F-ACC
5. Type
Taught
Master of Science in Accounting, PG Dip
Accounting, PG Cert Accounting
6. Programme Accredited
7. UCAS
8. School
by
Code
Management and
Languages
3. Main Award(s) (to be recruited
to)
4. Exit Awards (for graduation
only)
Master of Science in Accounting
PG Dip Accounting, PG Cert
Accounting
9. QAA Subject Benchmarking
10. Date of
Group(s)
Production/
Revision
Accounting and Finance
17 September 2014
Industrial, Commercial and Professional Practice
•
Personal Abilities
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Apply selectively and appropriately a range of tools and techniques, and how they can be used for planning and control, and to
facilitate decision-making.
Critical awareness of a range of organisational contexts and practices.
Autonomy, Accountability and Working with Others
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Demonstrate effective working within a team environment.
Demonstrate effective working independently.
Reflect critically upon their process of learning, and identify areas for continued professional development.
Communication, Numeracy and ICT
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Communicate equally effectively by written and verbal means.
Apply ICT resources for maximising impact.
Undertake critical evaluation of a wide range of graphical and numerical data.
13. Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching will comprise of a mixture of lectures and seminar activity involving multiple modes of learning (case study, workshop, research paper, electronic formats) with
supportive infrastructures and all lectures will be inputted to VLE for students to download.
14.
Assessment Policies:
Assessment process will comprise of a mixture of formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment involves giving informal feedback with the objective of
offering incremental advice to help students progress and achieve a given standard. Summative assessment is offered for evaluating their contribution and overall
performance for each course, and is the grade that is taken forward toward progression of the MSc. The programme uses a range of assessment types across its
component courses including presentation, written reports and classroom exercises that may be undertaken individually or in groups. There will be a blend across the
programme of coursework and examination for summative assessment. Reassessment courses will be by examination or by coursework according to the course
descriptor.
The accompanying Programme Structure template provides details of courses, awards and credits for the programme.
The accompanying Programme Notes provide details of stage notes, progression requirements and award requirements for the programme.
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