MSc

MSc Accounting Practice

Statements, controls, and a file a reviewer can follow

Online or on campus

18 months36 creditsEnglish

Overview

You prepare a small set of workings, explain a judgement, and leave a file someone else can review. The degree is practice, not a chartered title. Crownshire University teaches this award online and, where a cohort is formed, on campus. The 36 credit hours on this page are the sum of the modules listed in the curriculum, so the transcript and the prospectus describe the same load. MSc Accounting Practice is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Workings that Tie through Workings that Tie; Judgement; Controls; Review File, and finish on Review File. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result. Reading is financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. The artefact a marker expects is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Prepare workings that tie Explain one accounting judgement Describe a control and how it fails Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Assessment is coursework on each taught module plus the final project named in the curriculum. Results are recorded as credit hours against each module. Fees are the figures published by Crownshire University for this award; this page does not add a separate tuition claim.

Who This Program Is For

Practitioners who need a named postgraduate award in this subject
Career-changers with a first degree and relevant work
Specialists moving from delivery into design or management of the work
Applicants who can study alongside a job

Faculty spotlight

School of Business at Crownshire University supervises the modules and the final project. Supervision is assigned from that school, not from a visiting name shared with another institution.

How you can study

Study options & delivery

Online pathway· Flexible remote

Complete your MSc Accounting Practice fully online from anywhere in the world with faculty-led modules and flexible scheduling.

On-campus pathway· £4,100 / $5,200/year

Attend seminars and access facilities in person at Crownshire University. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged.

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What You Will Learn

Prepare workings that tie
Explain one accounting judgement
Describe a control and how it fails
Leave a reviewable file

Curriculum

Stage 1 — Subject foundations

Code	Course	Credits · hours
ACP501	Workings that Tie Workings that Tie (ACP501) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Workings that Tie as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. ACP501-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Workings that Tie ACP501-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Workings that Tie ACP501-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Workings that Tie ACP501-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Workings that Tie ACP501-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Workings that Tie ACP501-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Workings that Tie	9 · 90 h
ACP502	Judgement Judgement (ACP502) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Judgement as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. ACP502-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Judgement ACP502-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Judgement ACP502-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Judgement ACP502-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Judgement ACP502-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Judgement ACP502-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Judgement	9 · 90 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

ACP501

Workings that Tie

Workings that Tie (ACP501) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Workings that Tie as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

ACP501-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Workings that Tie
ACP501-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Workings that Tie
ACP501-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Workings that Tie
ACP501-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Workings that Tie
ACP501-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Workings that Tie
ACP501-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Workings that Tie

9 · 90 h

ACP502

Judgement

Judgement (ACP502) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Judgement as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

ACP502-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Judgement
ACP502-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Judgement
ACP502-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Judgement
ACP502-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Judgement
ACP502-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Judgement
ACP502-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Judgement

9 · 90 h

Stage 2 — Applied practice and project

Code	Course	Credits · hours
ACP503	Controls Controls (ACP503) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Controls as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. ACP503-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Controls ACP503-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Controls ACP503-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Controls ACP503-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Controls ACP503-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Controls ACP503-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Controls	9 · 90 h
ACP504	Review File Review File (ACP504) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Review File as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. ACP504-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Review File ACP504-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Review File ACP504-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Review File ACP504-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Review File ACP504-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Review File ACP504-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Review File	9 · 90 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

ACP503

Controls

Controls (ACP503) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Controls as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

ACP503-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Controls
ACP503-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Controls
ACP503-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Controls
ACP503-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Controls
ACP503-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Controls
ACP503-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Controls

9 · 90 h

ACP504

Review File

Review File (ACP504) is a 9-credit course on MSc Accounting Practice, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Review File as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

ACP504-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Review File
ACP504-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Review File
ACP504-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Review File
ACP504-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Review File
ACP504-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Review File
ACP504-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Review File

9 · 90 h

Career Paths

Accounts assistant
Management accountant
Audit junior
Finance business partner

Program Highlights

4 assessed modules whose credits sum to the award total
A final project marked against a published brief
Live seminars with recordings for students in other time zones
A transcript that lists every module credit

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

A bachelor's degree from a recognised institution, or equivalent professional standing considered by admissions

English language

English sufficient for postgraduate study, or evidence of prior English-medium study

Documents

A statement of about 500 words on why this award fits your work
Two references, academic or professional
A CV showing study and relevant work

Programme questions

How long is the MSc Accounting Practice?

The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Crownshire. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Crownshire University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@crownuni.com.

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