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. 41