English requirement: A minimum score of 7.5 in the IELTS (TOEFL iBT 114) with a minimum of 7.0 (TOEFL iBT 27) in both listening and writing elements (see entry requirements)

GRE/GMAT requirement: None

Fee level: £13,992

Financial support: Graduate Support Scheme (see Fees and financial support)

Application deadline: None – rolling admissions

Departmental website: www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law; www.lse.ac.uk/collections/accounting

Studying at LSE

This programme draws on the resources of the Department of Law and Department of Accounting and offers you the chance to:

Increase your awareness of the interaction between legal and accounting regulation in a commercial environment.
Study in a stimulating and developing field where the interests of leading departments in both disciplines combine.
Combine an overview of topics and disciplines you may not have studied already, with in depth studies in your own specialism, and an interdisciplinary dissertation.
Equip yourself for new career opportunities with additional specialist skills outside those normally available in either of the relevant professions.

About the MSc programme

The programme is intended for graduates with a good first degree in law or accounting or a degree which contains elements of law or accounting. Some management, business and economics degrees may also be accepted.

The course is designed for students who have studied or worked in legal, accounting or related fields. You take four courses – a core compulsory course, one course in each of Law and Accounting (the choice depending on your specialist background), and a further option in a relevant field.

The core course requires you to write a dissertation and is also assessed by examination.

The English language requirements are a minimum of 7.5 in the IELTS (TOEFL iBT 114) with a minimum of 7.0 in the listening and writing elements (TOEFL iBT) (see English language requirements).

You do not need GMAT for entry on to the programme but it could be to your advantage to take it if you wish to be accepted on to certain advanced Accounting and Finance options within this degree. Please see Admissions Enquiries System.

Compulsory course

Corporate Accountability: Topics in Legal and Accounting Regulation

Options

Law

Choose one (subject to your supervisor's approval) from:

European Community Tax Law
Insolvency Law: Principles and Policy
Elements of Taxation
Taxation of Corporate Transactions
International Tax Systems
Law of Corporate Finance
Law and Practice of International Finance*
Regulation of Financial Markets
Employment Law
Fundamentals in International Business Law
Value Added Tax
Corporate and Financial Crime
or any other LLM course for which the prerequisites are appropriate, with the course director's agreement

Accounting

Corporate Financial Reporting (for those with a prior knowledge of accounting) or
Management Accounting, Decisions and Control* and Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure*

Choose a further law course from the list above (subject to your background), or one of the following (subject to permission):

(* half unit)

Corporate Finance and Asset Markets
Introduction to Regulation*
Media and Communications Regulation*
New Media Regulation*
Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in the EU and the US
Internet and New Media Law
Valuation and Security Analysis*
Portfolio Management*
Accounting in the Global Economy*
Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management*
Takeover Regulation in the UK and US*
Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe*
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
Legal Risk in Financial Markets*
Any other relevant master's degree course, for which you satisfy the prerequisites and with the course director's approval.

Please note that not all the optional courses mentioned above will be available every year.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching for the compulsory course and law courses will be primarily through seminars. Teaching in the accounting courses will normally be by a combination of lectures and classes or seminars.

The compulsory core course is examined by an interdisciplinary dissertation and a two hour examination. The other courses are examined mainly by a traditional three hour examination but students should check requirements for individual courses.

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