BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: ABB with B in A/AS-level Mathematics OR A-level Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Statistics. IB: 32 points overall including minimum 5 in Maths and 4 in English at standard level.
About this course
BSc in Accounting and Finance, combining financial technology with quantitative methods. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Financial Analysis, Accounting, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The four-year course includes an integrated placement year between the second and final years of study. The degree is affiliated with the CFA Institute, and students have access to the ICMA Centre's dealing rooms for practical trading experience.
Modules
- Introductory Securities and Markets
- Introductory Finance/Trading Simulation I
- Introductory Economics for Business and Finance
- Introductory Quantitative Techniques for Business and Finance
- World of Work
- Business in Practice: Accounting for Managers
- Corporate Finance
- Portfolio Management
- Programming for Finance
- Financial Modelling
- An Introduction to the Management of Information Systems
- Climate Change and Finance
- Data Science for Finance
- Trends in Finance
- Sustainable Finance
- FX and International Debt Market
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules
- Management of Risk
- Fintech and Cryptocurrencies
- Derivative Securities
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Finance
- Financial Engineering
- Research Project
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Bond and Money Markets
- Advanced Derivative Securities Hedging and Trading
- Information Systems and Digital Business
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules