Leeds is the second centre of banking in the UK - there are over 30 national and international banks here employing 12,700 people. Leeds University Business School is also home to two widely respected research centres, the Institute of Banking and Investment and the Credit Management Research Centre. Taken together, this means that students on the BSc Banking and Finance programme have a unique opportunity to work with highly qualified teaching staff in one of the most student friendly cities in the UK with great graduate and placement opportunities literally on their doorstep.
The programme will produce graduates who are:
- Technically competent in the discipline and well prepared for a successful career in banking and finance;
- Proactive problem solvers with an ability to formulate feasible solutions to complex financial and commercial scenarios;
- Alive to relevance of research in banking and finance and the implications of the current knowledge boundaries;
- Professional in their approach to ethical and practice dilemmas; and
- Global citizens, effective communicators and self-confident team players.
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Students enter directly in to Year 2 of this programme as they have already undertaken a period of study with a partner institution, for which the curriculum studied aligns to the Learning Outcomes of this programme in Year 1.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following 90 credits of compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS2055 | Academic and Management Skills | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2205 | Corporate Finance | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| LUBS2227 | Financial Econometrics | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2260 | Banks and Banking Systems | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| LUBS2265 | Commercial Banking | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
| LUBS2270 | Commercial Skills for Finance Professionals | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2290 | Intermediate Financial Accounting | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Students will be required to study 20 credits of optional modules which can be taken from the Optional modules list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways.
Optional
Optional
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS2020 | From Study to Work | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2022 | Experiencing the World of Work | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2036 | Python Programming for Finance | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2226 | Applied Credit Analytics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2295 | Intermediate Management Accounting | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS2810 | Business and the Legal Environment | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Enterprise and Innovation Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS2028 | Leading and Managing Small Businesses | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2045 | Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2065 | Managing Innovation in Business | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2080 | New Enterprise Planning | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Ethics and Sustainability Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA2000 | Leadership Ethics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2060 | Contemporary Industrial Relations | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2970 | Corporate Social Responsibility | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Economics Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS2050 | Industrial Economics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2140 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2230 | Mathematics for Business and Economics 2 | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2420 | Business Economics | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2610 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Business Management Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS2785 | How Managers Make Decisions | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2895 | Organisational Behaviour in Practice | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2931 | Evidence-based Consultancy | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students may study a maximum of 10 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to study discovery modules, all of their discovery credit allowance can be used to study a further module from the Optional list and/or from a Pathway instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.
Students will be required to pass 100 Year 2 credits including all Pass for Progression (PFP) modules in order to progress to Year 3.
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Students will be required to study the following 50 credits of compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3117 | Sustainable Banking | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3125 | Investment Banking | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3145 | Risk Management in Banking | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3151 | Contemporary Issues in Banking | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students will be required to study ONE of the following 40 credit optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3317 | Dissertation for Accounting, Banking and Finance | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3671 | Financial Analysis | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students will be required to study 10 credits from the following Finance optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3116 | Private Equity | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3140 | Behavioural Finance | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3160 | Financial Derivatives | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3620 | International Business Finance | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3645 | Advanced Finance | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3656 | Advanced Portfolio Management | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students may study 0-20 credits of optional modules. These can be taken from the Optional/Finance optional modules list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways.
Optional
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3120 | Forensic Accounting and Finance | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3290 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3690 | Principles of Taxation | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3880 | Corporate Governance | 10 | Not running in 202526 |
Enterprise and Innovation Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3013 | Enterprise Consultancy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3306 | Critical Perspective in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3990 | Innovation Thinking and Practice | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Ethics and Sustainability Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA3000 | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3001 | Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3002 | Diversity Management | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3003 | Business Ethics | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3098 | Sustainable Business Futures: Policy and Practice | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Economics Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3005 | Advanced Microeconomics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3365 | Environmental Economics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3430 | Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3505 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3925 | The Political Economy of Work | 10 | Not running in 202526 | |
| LUBS3930 | Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Business Management Pathway
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUBS3013 | Enterprise Consultancy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3070 | Strategic Management | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3805 | International Business Management | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3955 | Leadership in Organisations | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students may study a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to study discovery modules, all or part of their discovery credit allowance can be used to study further modules from the Optional/Finance optional list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.
Students will be required to pass 100 Year 3 credits in order to be eligible for the award of an Honours Degree made up as follows:
Pass LUBS3117 (20 credits) AND 40 credits of either LUBS3317 OR LUBS3671, AND 40 credits of additional modules which can comprise of compulsory, optional or discovery modules.
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