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Study Details: 12 months full-time, 24 months full-time (includes 12 month placement), 12 months online learning
This Oil and Gas Accounting and Finance course at Robert Gordon University will help you develop and be capable of using advanced critical knowledge of the accounting for upstream activities and the financial arrangements/implications of a broad spectrum of oil and gas ventures. It confers desirable skills for careers in the oil and gas, energy and financial sectors.
The course will develop your practical problem-solving, analytical financial modelling and essential transferrable skills in the financial risks and rewards of oil and gas investments within relevant accounting, regulatory and policy guidelines.
It offers a mastery of the accounting for and financial management of the unique arrangements and transactions encountered in the oil and gas industry.
Applicants normally hold a 2:2 undergraduate honours degree or its equivalent.
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A postgraduate qualification in Oil and Gas Accounting and Finance provides you with the opportunity to pursue a variety of roles and careers requiring knowledge, understanding and practical skills of accounting, finance, management and economics within the context of the oil and gas industry and the energy and financial sectors.
Example careers include working in:
Your remit could include applying oil and gas accounting, finance and economics in policy analysis and regulation and governance of the oil and gas industry and the extractive industry.
For those who are new to accounting, this course will allow you to develop the practical skills, knowledge and understanding required to enter into and develop your career within the accounting profession.
The qualification can also be a stepping stone for advanced research degrees (e.g. PhD) in accounting and finance.
Stage 1
The first stage of the course will provide you with a broad context for understanding corporate accounting and finance considerations, including quantitative techniques and foundational elements of finance and an appreciation of the economics of the oil and gas industry.
Stage 2
You will develop the skills for specific applications of accounting and finance principles and tools to the oil and gas industry’s needs. You will be able to provide sound rationale and clearly communicate to relevant stakeholders the basis for accounting reporting and disclosure, operational considerations and theoretical formulations and applications of finance concepts. You will develop models and financial risk management strategies in the oil and gas industry.
Stage 3
The Capstone module is designed to provide you with an opportunity to integrate master’s level knowledge and skills by independently working on an applied academic study or business consultancy project from a degree related discipline.
Extended Master’s
We offer an extended Master’s route, starting in September, on our traditional 1-year route which incorporates a 12 month placement.
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