Accounting (MSc)
Programme Overview
This programme is designed to produce accounting thinkers, researchers and practitioners who can meet the demands of an increasingly complex and internationally competitive business environment in keeping with international developments in accounting education in recent years. The programme continues to be one of the sources for the provision of Chartered accountants in Jamaica and the degree is accepted as the final professional examination for admission to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica.
Programme Objectives
Admission Requirements
Applicants must:
• Hold an undergraduate degree in Accounting or related field with at least a Lower Second Class Honours .
N.B. There are special pre-requisites for students with non UWI, non-Faculty of Social Sciences and non-programme specific degrees.
Programme Structure
Core Courses
Data Warehousing and Mining
Decision Models for Managers
Decision Support Systems
E-Commerce
Finance
Governance and Policies
Information Systems in Organizations
International Business OR Production and Operations Management
IT Economics
Marketing
Organizational Theory and Behaviour
Project Management
Software Engineering
Research Project
In lieu of a thesis, each participant in the programme will be required to undertake a project which will entail defining and developing a software system which has real potential for solving a practical problem of significance to managers. The system will require students to draw on their capacity to analyze business problems as well as on their ability to implement the software development tools, techniques and concepts learned throughout the programme.