BU5903: Master's Dissertation In Accountancy & Finance

BU5903: MASTER'S DISSERTATION IN ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCE (2025-2026)

Last modified: 15 Dec 2025 14:46

Course Overview

The capstone of your programme. A significant individual piece of work showing your ability to think, research, organise and analyse. You will work with a member of faculty to develop a proposal that you will then turn into 10,000 words of reality!

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Third Term	Credit Points	60 credits (30 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Abraham Adu Dr Daniel Gyimah

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
One of MRes Finance or Master Of Science In International Finance And Political Relations or Master Of Science In Corporate Finance And Law or MSc In International Business And Finance or () or Msc (Econ) In Finance & Investment Management (Ueh Vietnam) or MSc (Econ) in Finance and Investment Management (Includes Cfa Exam) or ()

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

To develop student competencies through the completion of a substantial piece of original research work at postgraduate level, on a topic related to accountancy or finance, over an extended time period.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	10,000 words

Learning Outcomes

Sorry, we don't have this information available just now. Please check the course guide on or with the Course Coordinator
Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of updated dissertation

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback

Learning Outcomes

Sorry, we don't have this information available just now. Please check the course guide on or with the Course Coordinator
Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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