Online MSc Course Structure
Globalisation is the defining theme of our time. As organisations expland internationally, they require leaders who can navigate the global marketplace. The MSc in Finance and International Banking programme consists of 4 common Finance generalist modules and 2 specialisation modules: Trading: Capital and Money Markets and Advanced Financial Modelling.
Online MSc in Finance and International Banking Programme Structure
| MSC Degree |
Diploma in Finance |
Certificate in Finance |
| Modules |
Modules |
Modules |
| Financial Reporting |
Financial Reporting |
Financial Reporting |
| Corporate Finance |
Corporate Finance |
Corporate Finance |
| Quantitative Methods |
Quantitative Methods |
Quantitative Methods |
| Financial Markets |
Financial Markets |
Financial Markets |
| Trading |
Trading |
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| Securities |
Securities |
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| Capstone Module |
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| Research Methods |
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| Dissertation |
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Specialisation Module 1: Trading: Capital and Money Markets
The aim of this module is to develop an intellectual and practical understanding of the principles governing the valuation of fixed income securities and their derivatives, the main problems and issues relevant in the management of interest rate risk, and the organisation and structure of debts markets.
The module will equip you with a firm understanding of the structure and operation of the FX and short term interest rate markets. This will not only provide the technical knowledge required to trade in or use those markets, but will also introduce and illustrate a number of key financial concepts such as balance sheet constraints, liquidity, funding issues, no arbitrage pricing and arbitrage.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify principles and trends in fixed income, portfolio management, forex and money markets
- Identify and evaluate the range of trading portfolios and foreign exchange markets
- Demonstrate deep and systemic knowledge in the sphere of fixed income, portfolio management and money markets
- Critically evaluate data to make investment decisions
- Demonstrate new approaches to portfolio management
Specialisation Module 2: Advanced Financial Modelling
The aim of the Advanced Financial Modelling module is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which Excel spreadsheets can be used to assist finance professionals in data analysis. it will introduce you to the range of tools and techniques available for a number of financial applications and will also develop and reinforce rules and principles for model design that ensure robustness, and ease of use.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe how the tools and techniques of financial modelling can be applied in analysis, calculation, and presentation of financial data
- Explain how to introduce robustness and quality into model building
- Evaluate how to construct a suitable spreadsheet to analyse information productively
- Interpret the results produced by spreadsheets
- Design spreadsheets which are informative, and clear, for a range of users
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