Finance-BSc
Bachelor's degree
In Durham
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Bachelor's degree
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Durham
Our specialist BSc Finance degree places considerable emphasis on the key quantitative and analytical skills needed to pursue a career in finance and financial markets. The degree prepares you for a career in the financial environment by providing a technical curriculum to strengthen the link between academia and practice. The BSc Finance enables you to acquire a critical understanding of theories, empirical evidence and practical application whilst maintaining a rigorous academic underpinning. In particular you will learn about corporate finance, investments, financial institutions and the vast array of sophisticated financial products traded in today’s global financial markets. Furthermore, you will develop the quantitative techniques needed to analyse, in depth, financial data and financial securities. Flexibility – subject to optional module choice and...
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Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: We require AAB from A-levels. We consider all A-level subjects, with the exception of General Studies – therefore General Studies would not be included in any offer. For all Business, Marketing, Accounting and Finance degrees a strong proficiency in Mathematics is required. If Mathematics is not taken as an A-level subject a grade A in Mathematics at GCSE is required. We consider each application...
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Subjects
- Finance
- Economics
- Global
- Securities
- Corporate Finance
- Financial
- Financial Training
Course programme
In the first year, compulsory modules will provide you with the key fundamentals to examine and evaluate modern financial markets. These include:
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Introduction to Management Accounting
- Foundations of Finance
- Introduction to Economics
- Quantitative Methods
Further optional modules will be chosen from a range which has in the past included:
- People Management and Organisations
- The Global Economy
- A Foreign Language.
In the second year you will study three compulsory modules, including:
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Introduction to Financial Econometrics.
By studying these modules you will be able to examine financial issues and the institutions, markets and securities that facilitate the vast array of financial transactions that occur continuously across global markets. Furthermore you will acquire numerous quantitative tools which enable you to interpret financial data and price financial securities.
The finance modules are complemented by two compulsory economics modules:
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics and International Finance.
You will also choose one further module from a selection which in previous years have included, for example:
- Corporate Financial Reporting
- Principles of Business Law
- Auditing and Assurance
- Introduction to Taxation
- A Foreign Language.
In the third year you will study three compulsory modules, including:
- Financial Econometrics
- Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
- Security Investment Analysis.
You will also complete a Dissertation which will allow you to analyse, in great depth, your choice of research question in finance. These modules facilitate the development of your theoretical and empirical knowledge of core and topical issues in finance.
You will also choose one module from a selection which have previously included, for example
- Financial Engineering
- International and Multinational Finance
- Behavioural Finance
- Computational Quantitative Finance.
- Islamic Economics and Finance
- A Foreign Language.
The course is founded in the disciplines of Finance and Economics and has significant application to practice whilst maintaining a rigorous academic underpinning.
Finance-BSc