BSc Finance 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. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Financial Analysis, Accounting, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The four-year programme includes an integrated placement year between the second and final years of study. The programme holds CFA Institute affiliation, and students may access scholarships toward CFA exam fees.
Modules
- Introductory Securities and Markets
- Introductory Finance/Trading Simulation I
- Introductory Quantitative Techniques for Business and Finance
- World of Work
- Business in Practice: Accounting for Managers
- Corporate Finance
- Portfolio Management
- Financial Modelling
- Data Science for Finance
- Climate Change and Finance
- Trends in Finance
- Programming for Finance
- Sustainable Finance
- FX and International Debt Markets
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules
- Management of Risk
- Derivative Securities
- New Directions in Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Financial Engineering
- Research Project
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Bond and Money Markets
- Fintech and Cryptocurrencies
- Advanced Derivative Securities Hedging and Trading
- Machine Learning in Finance
- Information Systems and Digital Business
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules