BSc Financial Management
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Bachelor's degree
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
3 Years
About the course
Do you want to widen your career options by studying both finance and business management? Do you want to join one of the largest and most respected finance groups in the UK, with some of Britain’s most satisfied students?
This professionally accredited course is designed to give you career flexibility after graduation
You may seek to lead a finance team within an organisation, pursue a career as a financial analyst or use your business knowledge to work in any area of management
In your third year, you also have the option to undertake a paid work placement to develop your professional skills and further enhance your CV
You learn about how businesses make financial decisions and study international financial markets
Your management modules also develop the necessary skills and knowledge to be an effective leader
We use real-life examples to apply theory to practice and you regularly have access to our virtual trading floor
Here, you can learn how to use real-world Bloomberg data, information and analytics to make better business decisions and practise trading stocks and securities using X_TRADER
This industry leading software enables you to trade multiple markets from a single screen
Management topics may include:
organisational behaviour
business strategy
human resource management
management psychology
corporate governance and business ethics
Finance topics may include:
corporate finance
financial management
portfolio analysis
risk management
financial markets and trading
Your first year introduces you to finance, management, marketing, accounting and economics so you receive a fully-rounded business education
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The accomodation office was no help at all! The college halls are Ok, but during term time it isn't easy for foreign students to get a room there. I had a great time in all.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
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Subjects
- Trading
- International
- Options
- Business Strategy
- Organisational Behaviour
- Ethics
- Economics
- Resource Management
- Industry
- Risk Management
- IT risk
- Governance
- Corporate Governance
- Psychology
- Risk
- Financial Management
- Management
- Corporate Finance
- Portfolio Management
- Loans
- Teaching
- Marketing
- Marketing Management
- Finance
- Financial
- School
- Business School
- Financial Training
- IT Management
Course programme
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore 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 and optional 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 just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Introduction to Accounting
Quantitative Methods and Finance
Introduction to Management and Marketing
Economics for Business
Research and Study Skills for Professional Development
Personal Tutor Meetings
Year 2
Corporate Finance
Portfolio Analysis
Financial Modelling
Organisational Behaviour
International Business Environment
Business Strategy
Successful Futures
Financial Reporting and Analysis (optional)
Final year
International Finance
Options and Futures
Risk Management and Financial Institutions
Financial Management (optional)
Corporate Governance (optional)
Human Resource Management (optional)
Management Psychology (optional)
Business Ethics (optional)
Placement
On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Teaching includes a combination of lectures, seminars and computer-based lab sessions
Modules delivered by experts in the field as well as guest speakers
Contribute and interact in lectures through the use of smart technology
Lecture presentations and notes are uploaded online beforehand to help you prepare in advance
Complete your final-year project in consultation with a personal supervisor
Assessment
Assessed through traditional methods of end-of-year exams and multiple choice questions in class tests and essays
Plus more innovative and creative assessments include laboratory work, poster presentations, real-business case problems and group presentations
Your first year marks do not count towards your final degree
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BSc Financial Management