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Master’s Degree in Forensic Accounting at University of Northumbria at Newcastle

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The University of Northumbria at Newcastle offers a range of modules for students pursuing a Master’s degree in Forensic Accounting. Below, we outline some key points about these modules.

Optional Modules


NX0480 - The Newcastle Business School Masters Dissertation


  • Worth 60 credits
  • Produces a 15,000-word Master’s dissertation on a topic related to forensic accounting
  • Areas covered include:
    • Justification for the choice of topic
    • Literature review
    • Methodology
    • Findings
    • Analysis
    • Conclusions

NX9734 - Masters’ Management Enquiry


  • Worth 60 credits
  • Allows students to undertake a significant piece of assessed work, exploring theory in practice through a discipline-specific investigation
  • Learning is experiential and problem-based, focusing on discovering, probing, and questioning key practice-based issues

Core Modules


AF7000 - Forensic Accounting


  • Worth 20 credits
  • Explores various aspects of financial crime through the lens of forensic accounting
  • Students will develop a specific body of knowledge of the modalities used to prove financial crimes, assess and apply accounting techniques to evaluate data in financial crime investigations, and manage forensic investigations into financial crime

AF7001 - Fraud Examination


  • Worth 20 credits
  • Content is not explicitly described, but it appears to be related to fraud examination and investigation

Important Notes


These modules are subject to change, so applicants will be informed if there are any changes.