Money, Banking and Finance

study money, banking and finance and graduate with a university degree

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How do financial markets operate? How do companies behave? And how does the financial sector interact with other parts of the economy?

This programme is designed to give you both a good understanding of the workings of the financial sector, and a good preparation for a career in it. Financial institutions not only play an increasingly important role in the world economy, they're also major employers of graduates.

You'll combine studying core Economics modules with additional options in Money and Banking, and core modules in Finance.

BA (Hons) Money, Banking and Finance

UCAS Code N310

Entrance Requirements

Year 1
Highers BBBB.
A-levels BCC or a combination of A2 and AS levels, VCE and VDA.
IB Diploma with a total of 30 points.
HNC or HND with 3 Bs in Graded Unit(s).
Access courses and other UK/EU and international qualifications are also welcomed.
General Entrance Requirements apply.

International students can study our Undergraduate Certificate if they do not possess the necessary entrance requirements to be admitted directly to the first year of an undergraduate degree programme.

Required Subjects

English Standard Grade (2), Intermediate 2 (C), GCSE (C) or equivalent. Applicants with English Standard Grade (3) will also be considered, although alternative entry conditions may be made in this case.
Mathematics Standard Grade (3), GCSE (C).

Modes of Study

Full-time (3 modules per semester).
Part-time (1 or 2 modules per semester).

Study Abroad

You can study abroad for a semester or a year.

Related Degrees

Accountancy; Economics; Finance.

Rating

The Economics Division and the Accounting & Finance Division are renowned for the quality of teaching provision and are committed to the pursuit of excellence in both research and teaching.

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Degree Programme

Semesters 1 – 4

In Semesters 1 and 2 students take introductory modules in Economics (Introductory Microeconomics and Introductory Macroeconomics) and Accounting (Accounting I and II).

In Semesters 3 and 4 the programme consists of further core modules in Economics and Finance:

Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Introduction to Quantitative Techniques for Economics
Finance I
Finance II

You also take a third subject for at least one semester; this might be, for example, a language course if you are interested in pursuing an international career, or a module in a cognate discipline such as Business Studies or Business Law.

Semesters 5 – 8

You will continue to take the core modules in Economics and Finance:

Advanced Microeconomics
Advanced Macroeconomics
Economic Policy in Britain and Europe (or Using Economic Data)
Financial Management: Theory and Practice
International Finance
Financial Analysis or Securities and Investment

In addition, you take three of the following specialist modules:

Money and Banking
Domestic and International Banking
Financial Economics
Monetary Economics
Modern Banking

The final semester is devoted to writing a dissertation on a ‘Money and Banking’ topic.

Teaching and Assessment

There are typically two or three lectures per week on each module. Each student also attends a weekly meeting in a smaller group, either a tutorial or a seminar, on each module. There is some variation to meet the different demands of different syllabuses.

Usually, lectures are used to present the core material. Tutorials and seminars provide an opportunity for you to ask questions about any points of difficulty from the lectures or related reading, to discuss the answers to problems and written work, and to discuss wider issues raised by the subject matter of the module.

In each module, a final grade is given at the end of the semester, based on coursework and an examination. The weighting is usually 40 percent to coursework and 60 percent to the examination.

Career Opportunities

There are many careers within the financial sector for which this programme is a good preparation. These include posts with major international and national institutions, such as central banks, commercial banks, other companies engaged in the buying and selling of stocks and shares in the City of London and other financial centres, and major corporations.

Combined Honours Degrees

There are combined programmes available in both Economics and other subjects and Finance and other subjects.

Money, Banking and Finance can be studied with:
Programme	UCAS Code
Business Law	MN24
Business Studies	NNF4
Computing Science	GN44
Economics	LN14
Finance	NN43
French	NR41
Management Science	NN24
Marketing	NN45
Mathematics	GN14
Spanish	NR44
Sports Studies	NC46

(For a Combined Honours degree the higher entrance requirements of the subjects usually apply.)