Finance (MSc)

The MSc programme starts in September and lasts 12 months. During the first semester (September to January) students take the following four core modules:
Semester 1
Financial Markets
Financial Derivatives
Quantitative Methods in Finance
Accounting for Decision Making
Introduction to Research

In the second semester (January to May) students take the following modules;
Semester 2
Corporate Finance
Applied Finance
Choose one from;
Portfolio Risk Management
Financial Modelling
Performance Management
Choose one from;
Research Methods
Creativity and Personal Development
Summer
Choice of either Dissertation or Applied Company Research Project.
Students take a total of nine taught modules. Each taught module is worth 15 credits, apart from Introduction to Research which is a compulsory module but bears no credits, with the total credits accumulated from the taught modules equal to 120 credits.
From May to September, students undertake a dissertation in finance or management, or applied company research project, both of which are worth 60 credits.
Students gaining 120 credits from taught modules and successfully completing the dissertation will be awarded the MSc. Students gaining 120 credits but not proceeding to the dissertation will be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma. Students who do not gain 120 credits but pass modules worth 60 credits will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate, provide they have successfully completed specialist modules from the designated list worth at least 30 credits. Students who do not gain 120 credits but pass modules worth 30 credits will be awarded a Postgraduate Award.