(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- Explain, evaluate and interpret the variety of banking and financial service activity around the world using current financial theory and evidence.
- Explain the financing arrangements and governance structures of banks and critically evaluate these arrangements and structures in relation to the broader economic and social context.
- Independently research, summarise and critically evaluate some key contemporary theories and relevant empirical research evidence in the field of banking, corporate finance, risk and the operation of capital markets and explain the implications and relevance of current knowledge boundaries.
- Identify situations and activities which raise professional and ethical responsibilities and challenges for practitioners in banking and finance and outline the consequences of unethical behaviour.
Competence Standards
1. Demonstrate technical expertise in key areas of banking and finance essential for a professional career in the industry.
2. Formulate feasible solutions to complex financial and commercial scenarios.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge boundaries in contemporary empirical research in banking and finance.
4. Demonstrate understanding of the implications and evaluate limitations of current financial regulatory frameworks.
5. Demonstrate a global awareness of the national and cultural contexts in which banking and finance is practised.
6. Effectively communicate stylised facts, ideas, problem solutions, and results using appropriate support as necessary.
7. Demonstrate effective teamwork, using appropriate support as necessary.
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement –
8. Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
9. Demonstrate an awareness of own strengths and development needs and the need for ongoing learning and proactive continuing professional development.
If the chosen pathway includes an international placement -
10. Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
11. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme, the ability to:
- Apply advanced numerical and statistical skills to manipulate and interrogate complex financial and other numerical data using specialised statistical software and relevant financial data bases.
- Identify problems, extract relevant information and define alternative feasible solutions and justifiable conclusions from structured and unstructured scenarios and data.
- Apply intelligent scepticism in independently locating, extracting, referencing, analysing and critically evaluating arguments, data and information from multiple sources, including the academic literature.
- Structure and communicate quantitative and qualitative information, ideas, analysis, argument and commentary in the form of academic essays and professional quality business reports.
- Confidently and professionally articulate their own and others group working skills in a commercial context.
Student achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- Demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;
- Work that draws on a wide variety of material;
- The ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion; and
- Evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline.
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