MSc Money and Banking
Postgraduate
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
1 Year
About the course
Why are banking and finance so important for our economy? How do banks work? How do their activities affect business cycle fluctuations or even economic crises? And how can economic policy, particularly monetary policy, steer the banking sector and the overall economy towards desirable outcomes?
If you wish to pursue a career in the financial industry, central banks, civil service or academia, MSc Money and Banking is for you
Our course provides you with specialised training in money and banking, and also equips you with state-of-the-art tools and methods in economics and finance
You explore topics including:
Financial intermediation and money creation
Commercial and investment banks
The monetary transmission mechanism
The implementation of monetary policy and its interaction with financial markets
We are top 5 in the UK for research, with over 90% rated as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”
Much of this world-class research is related to policy, and we have particular strengths in the areas of:
Game theory and strategic interactions
Theoretical and applied econometrics
Economic policy
The quality of our work is reflected in our stream of publications in high-profile academic journals, including American Economic Review, Econometrica, and Review of Economic Studies
Professional accreditation
Our University is one of only 21 ESRC-accredited Doctoral Training Centres in the UK
This means that our course can form part of a prestigious 1+3 funding opportunity worth up to £21,575
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Subjects
- Economics
- Banking
- Financial Training
- Financial
- Finance
Course programme
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are, in many instances, just a selection of those available. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Dissertation
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Econometric Methods
Monetary Economics
Banking
Economics of the European Union (optional)
Economics of Transition (optional)
Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour (optional)
Environmental Economics (optional)
Mathematical Methods (optional)
Economic Development Theory (optional)
Political Economy (optional)
Economics of Financial Markets (optional)
Topics in Financial Economics (optional)
Behavioural Economics I: Individual Decision Making (optional)
Computational Agent-Based Macro-Economics, Financial Markets and Policy Design
Behavioural Economics II: Games and Markets (optional)
Theory of Industrial Organisation (optional)
International Trade (optional)
International Finance (optional)
Game Theory and Applications (optional)
Economics of Incentives, Contracts and the Firm (optional)
Microeconometrics (optional)
Time Series Econometrics (optional)
Estimation and Inference in Econometrics (optional)
Panel Data Methods (optional)
Applications of Data Analysis (optional)
Teaching
Core components can be combined with optional modules to enable you to gain either in-depth specialisation or a breadth of understanding across several topics
Our postgraduates are encouraged to attend conferences and seminars
Assessment
Each module is assessed with a final examination and a coursework component
Coursework is taken in the form of a term paper or a midterm test
Dissertation
You undertake an individually supervised research project that involves the in-depth study of a specific economic problem or issue
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MSc Money and Banking