BSc Finance and Financial Technology with Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level.
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Finance and Financial Technology with Placement Year, an accounting and finance degree centred on the intersection of modern financial systems and technological innovation. Core topics include Programming, Embedded Systems, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Accounting, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme incorporates a compulsory third-year business placement in a corporate setting. Year one establishes foundational knowledge through compulsory modules such as Foundations of Finance, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Introduction to Management, Introduction to Marketing for Accounting and Finance, Management Analysis, Personal Finance, Realising Success, and Statistical Methods for Finance, alongside optional studies like Analytics Implementation I: Spreadsheets and Databases and Financial Accounting 1. Year two develops specialized expertise via compulsory modules including Financial Management, Introduction to Fintech, and Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets, complemented by optional choices such as Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking, Neural Networks, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Business, and Principles of Audit and Taxation. Year four focuses on advanced study through compulsory modules like Alternative Investments, Behavioural Finance, Cryptocurrency Investments, Final Year Project in Finance and FinTech, and Futures and Options, supported by optional modules such as Derivatives Trading Book Management with Programming and Risk Management.
Modules
- Foundations of Finance
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Introduction to Management
- Introduction to Marketing for Accounting and Finance
- Management Analysis
- Personal Finance
- Realising Success
- Statistical Methods for Finance
- Analytics Implementation I: Spreadsheets and Databases
- Digital Technologies in Business
- Financial Accounting 1
- Introduction to Economics For Non-Economists
- Financial Management
- Introduction to Fintech
- Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets
- Analytics Implementation II: Visualising Data for Effective Communication
- Blockchain, the Internet of Things, and Other Technologies Complementary to AI
- Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking
- Econometrics with Big Data
- Financial Accounting 2
- Financial Econometrics 2
- Human Resource Management
- Innovation, Technology and the Environment
- Islamic Banking and Finance
- Management Ethics
- Neural Networks, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Business
- Principles of Audit and Taxation
- Business Placement
- Alternative Investments
- Behavioural Finance
- Cryptocurrency Investments
- Final Year Project in Finance and FinTech
- Futures and Options
- Climate Finance
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
- Derivatives Trading Book Management with Programming
- Empirical Finance
- Financial Accounting 3
- Innovation for the Ministry of Defence
- International Banking
- International Finance
- Risk Management
- Strategic Management
- Technological Innovation