MSc International Finance

Course details Core units International Accounting & Analysis: Explore the principles for producing financial statements, outline the theoretical and regulatory framework financial accounting operates in and offer techniques for analysing corporate financial reporting. International Corporate Finance: The aims of this unit are to address the importance of the corporate finance function in an internationally diverse corporation and to offer a framework for assisting corporate decision makers in a complex, dynamic and inherently uncertain external environment. Economics of Money & Financial Markets: A solid grounding in the economic concepts surrounding the monetary system and financial markets. International Direct Taxation: The globalisation of business means that firms must not only understand the domestic tax systems in the states in which they operate, but also the ways in which those systems interact. Direct taxes at the federal level usually account for between 10 and 30 per cent of pre-tax profits and this unit aims to foster an understanding of the international tax system and the principal tax planning techniques open to multinational firms. Portfolio Construction & Theory: The aim of this unit is to equip you with the knowledge of finance theory and the ability to structure portfolios of financial assets within that context. International Investment Management: To understand the workings, structure and importance of the global investment marketplace and its role in risk analysis and management at practical and theoretical levels. Core units Research Project: The Research Project provides Master's level students with an opportunity to undertake a significant piece of self-managed research in a relevant area of particular interest. Option units Optional Work Experience: You will have the opportunity to undertake work experience as part of the research project unit, subject to interview and availability. The type of work being undertaken will be relevant to your course of study and will provide experience that informs your final research project. Combining work experience with the research project aims to attach further practical context to the value of your learning experience. Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for MSc International Finance (pdf 881kb). Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.