Subjects overview
This program can be completed in 1 year 4 months (4 semesters)
Required Subjects
Students must complete the following sixty credit points (60CP) of subjects.
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ACCT71-100: Accounting Principles (10CP)
This subject introduces students to accounting concepts, procedures, and influences under which basic financial statements are prepared, and focuses on how financial and business information is used for decision-making by various stakeholders. Students are also introduced to concepts of governance, social responsibility, business ethics, and the ethical standards expected of accountants, and they will integrate this knowledge to make decisions and solve problems in a range of complex, contemporary business situations. The use of both manual and computerised accounting systems is explored, and the use of other contemporary business software platforms will develop technology skills which are fundamental to accounting practice.
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ECON71-100: Principles of Economics (10CP)
An introduction to economics for postgraduate students, with a focus on microeconomics. An overview of fundamental topics such as opportunity cost, trade-off, relative scarcity and marginal analysis are explained using contemporary issues, including minimum wages, carbon taxes, competition policy and state ownership of monopolies. The underlying structure of macroeconomics is also included to provide a framework for understanding the economy as a whole and the news and policy that affects it.
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FINC71-101: Fundamentals of Finance (10CP)
This subject introduces the analytical approaches used by managers when making financial decisions. Core topics include the time value of money, the relationship between risk and return (i.e., CAPM), portfolio theory (i.e., diversification), and capital structure. On successful completion of the subject, students will be able to apply these concepts to value both stocks and bonds, estimate the cost of capital and implement discounted cash flow techniques in order to make capital budgeting decisions. Students will also gain exposure to real-time market data via the Bloomberg database.
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FINC71-601: Corporate Finance
This subject bridges the gap between financial theory and practice through an in-depth examination of an organisation’s three key financial decisions -- the investment (i.e., capital budgeting), the financing (i.e., capital structure) and the payout (i.e., dividend). This is undertaken within the context of responsible corporate governance, supported by appropriate quantitative models and applied through contemporary case studies focusing on boardroom decisions.
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FINC71-607: International Financial Management
Learning to take advantage of opportunities in the global financial markets while managing the associated risks is the aim of this advanced finance subject. The primary themes include understanding the nature of international financial markets, risk management and hedging by firms with international operations, the advantages and disadvantages of the diverse sources of funds available from international financial markets and issues related to cross-border and multi-currency valuation. You will apply theoretical frameworks to analyse the macroeconomic environment of international finance and employ an array of financial instruments and tools for managing foreign exchange and country risk, raising capital in the global financial markets and valuing cross-border investments. The case method is central to the learning approach used in this subject, highlighting a number of contemporary organisations and issues in international finance. The material draws on and extends theories and concepts from previous subjects to provide an in-depth understanding of the themes noted above.
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STAT71-111: Business Statistics (10CP)
This subject introduces students to fundamental quantitative theory and tools to support the data analysis and decision-making needs of modern organisations. This subject covers descriptive statistics, probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing and regression. This subject focuses on developing practical computational skills and systematic problem-solving capabilities to analyse and interpret data for various business problems and decisions. The tools and techniques introduced in this subject, including the use of spreadsheets for data management and analysis, can be applied to exploratory big data analysis.
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Financial Management Option
Students must choose twenty credit points (20CP) of subjects from the following Options
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DTSC71-200: Data Science (10CP)
Organisations use their data for decision support and to build data-intensive products and services. The collection of skills required by organisations to support these functions has been grouped under the term Data Science. This subject will articulate the expected output of data scientists and then equip students with the ability to deliver against these expectations. A particular focus will be given to the tools required to model, store, clean, manipulate, and ultimately extract information out of stored data.
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DTSC71-305: Financial Trading Systems (10CP)
This subject provides the opportunity to learn the tools and strategies used by investment and hedge fund managers to invest and trade in a number of financial instruments, including equities, futures, FX and ETFs in both low and high-frequency environments. Using financial data drawn from a variety of sources including Bloomberg, you will learn to model and benchmark these strategies using Python. The overall aim of this applied, research-focused subject is to explore quantitative trading strategies used to capitalise on market anomalies.
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FINC71-305: Financial Derivatives (10CP)
This advanced finance subject explores the concept of derivatives and their associated pricing, hedging and trading strategies. This includes the rationale underlying derivative market structures and mechanics and the application and pricing of derivative products.
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General Electives
Students must choose forty credit points (40CP) of postgraduate subjects from across the University.
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University Postgraduate Electives
Students may choose from all postgraduate subjects across the University that are available as general electives.
Optional Specialisation
Students are encouraged to tailor their study with an optional Specialisation. This will replace forty credit points (40CP) of elective subjects.
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