Name of qualification Name of qualification: magister financ in računovodstva / magistrica financ in računovodstvaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts of Finance and Accounting
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:

Enrolment in the master’s study programme Forensic Investigation in Finances and Accounting is open to candidates who have completed:

  • a first-cycle study programme (180 credits) in the field of economy, business sciences or management; 
  • a first-cycle programme (180 credits) in other professional fields, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further studies, totalling 13 credits, namely examinations in two subjects: Introduction to Accounting (first-cycle programme VŠR Accountant, 9 credits) and Introduction to Economic Law (first-cycle programme VŠR Accountant, 4 credits); - professional higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 in the fields of Economy, Business Sciences or Management; 
  • professional higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 in other professional fields, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further studies, totalling 13 credits, namely examinations in two subjects: Introduction to Accounting (first-cycle programme VŠR Accountant, 9 credits) and Introduction to Economic Law (first-cycle programme VŠR Accountant, 4 credits); 
  • admission requirements are also met by candidates who have completed a qualification in another country, equivalent to the study programmes mentioned in the above indents.
ISCED field Field:
Business, administration and law
ISCED subfield subfield: accounting and taxation
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:

The qualification holder will be able to:

Students will be able to: 
General competences:

Students of the master’s programme will, in the course of their studies, acquire comprehensive and comparative knowledge of basic development courses of finances, economy, forensics in accounting, ethics and law.
By achieving the basic objectives of the study programme students will develop the following general competences: 

  • analyse, synthesise and envisage solutions and the consequences of phenomena in the fields of accounting, economy and law,
  • master research methods and procedures and processes in the field of social sciences and develop critical and self-critical assessment in the field of social sciences,
  • apply knowledge in the field of organisations accounting in international and domestic environments, economy and law in practice;
  • demonstrate autonomy in professional work and business decision-making;
  • demonstrate a capacity for ethical reflection and a commitment to professional ethics in a business environment;
  • show collegiality towards co-workers and loyalty to employers and cooperativeness, work in a group (and in an international environment), be tolerant to and accept constructive criticism and comments towards customers;
  • investigate and assess illegal business actions and states in the functioning of enterprises, companies, public administration and elsewhere;
  • assess real consideration of economic categories in documents, business records and elsewhere;
  • get to know and understand the differences among cultures and their effect on the business of organisations in international environment.

General competences will be developed within various subjects, complement each other and united in the framework of the whole study programme, and be reflected in the competences of graduates.

Appendix:

The master’s study programme Forensic Investigations in Finances and Accounting enables students to deepen their knowledge in the fields of finances, business management, economy, forensics in accounting, ethics and law. Students are trained for locating new sources of knowledge in the field of finances and accounting in organisations in international and domestic environments, discovering, assessing and investigating illegal business actions and states in the functioning of enterprises, companies, public administration and elsewhere. Students acquire knowledge to use scientific research methods in a broader spectre of problems in management of organisations in new and changed circumstances. The programme graduates are capable to take on the responsibility for managing most demanding working systems. In the course of the study students acquire ability to show collegiality towards co-workers and loyalty towards employers, for successful work abroad, for tolerance to and acceptance of constructive criticism and comments of customers. Graduates are capable of ethical reflection and commitment to professional ethics in a business environment.

Subject-specific competences:

  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the foundation and theories in the fields of accounting and economic, business, legal and behavioural sciences, 
  • resolve concrete professional problems by using appropriate methods and procedures; 
  • coherently master fundamental knowledge, acquired mostly at compulsory subjects, and integrate knowledge from various fields and use it in domestic and international business environments;
  • search for new information in domestic and international environments in the field of accounting, economy of law in literature in practice, and place them in an appropriate context; 
  • understand the general structure and contents of social sciences and interconnectedness among their sub-disciplines, especially accounting, economical, business, security and legal sciences;
  • understand and apply critical analysis methods and development theories, and apply them in solving specific technical problems; 
  • develop skills and expertise in the application of knowledge in a specific field of expertise, which will be developed via seminar classes and seminars as part of individual subjects;
  • use information and communication technologies and IT systems which will be to the greatest degree included in the implementation of individual subjects, mostly of practical classes;
  • be active in an international environment and understand cultural differences and their influence on business operations;
  • connect strategic and tactical activities and inclusion of financial operations in all activities of the enterprise;
  • know and understand the risks related to financial operations and their effect on business operations.

Assesment and completion:

Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

In order to advance to the second year, the student must fulfill all obligations prescribed by the course book and individual curricula.

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Completed all study requirements under the programme (15 exams, or 108 credits) and diploma – master’s thesis (12 credits).

Awarding body:

College of Accounting and Finance, Ljubljana

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