Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 41
Overview
The MSc Finance will enable
you to systematically develop
your understanding of the key
principles of finance alongside
practical skills in financial
management. The programme is
designed for those interested in
a wide range of future careers in
finance, including analytical and
financial management roles in
financial institutions, firms and
public organisations, and also lays
the foundations for an academic
career in finance when followed
by a PhD.
Our specialist programme
delivers a comprehensive and
rigorous treatment of core
modern financial theory and
quantitative analysis to enable
an understanding of a wide
range of modern real world
financial applications. Across
the programme, you will learn
to work confidently with both
numerical and qualitative
economic and financial business
data from industry standard
sources such as the Bloomberg
Professional Services Platform
and Datastream.
Additional information
The programme is designed
to develop the analytical and
technical skills associated with
financial asset pricing and
hedging, portfolio management
and corporate finance.
Successful students will gain:
Key Information
• Increased confidence in
the analysis, synthesis and
evaluation of financial
decision making problems
and their solutions
• Improved employability
through enhanced professional
and practical skills
Module titles
During the first semester you will
study the following core modules:
• Financial Markets
• Financial Derivatives
• Quantitative Methods
in Finance
• Accounting for
Decision Making
Course type
MSc
Mode of study
Full-time
Entry
requirements
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Finance
Applicants must
have a second-class
honours degree (2.2 or
equivalent), along with
the relevant language
qualifications. For
further information
please visit the website.
Contact email
a.audzeyeva
@keele.ac.uk
In the second semester you will
study core modules in Corporate
Finance and Applied Finance.
The following is a list of indicative
elective modules:
• International Money
and Finance
• International Financial
Reporting
• Behavioural Finance
• Performance Management
• Economics of Financial
Decisions under Risk
• Financial Modelling
• Portfolio Risk Management
• Risk and Insurance
• Current Issues in Financial
Risk Management
• A command of analytical
techniques, computing and
statistical software in the
relevant areas of finance
• Advanced practical skills in
using Bloomberg Professional
Services Platform and
Datastream for market data
extraction and analysis using
industry standard tools
www.keele.ac.uk/kms/mscfinance
Good to know
MSc Finance students
benefit from access
to the Bloomberg
Professional Services
Platform. You will take
part in a Bloomberg
professional training
event delivered by
experts from the
company. During
this event you will
be familiarised with
the Bloomberg
Professional Platform
and explore its uses,
functionality and
tools as used by
finance professionals.
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