Banking and Finance with Foundation Year
Middlesex University
UCAS Code: N3FY | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Grade C/4 in English Language
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
The finance sector is essential to a successful global economy, and currently employs over 2 million people across banking, insurance and accountancy services. You will study within our flourishing Business School in the heart of London.
**Why study BSc Banking and Finance at Middlesex University?**
Our course is tailored towards students wishing to forge careers in the financial sector. You will build specialist economic knowledge of the operations, strategy and regulatory functions of finance and banking institutions, prepared to pursue a management career within a financial institution. There is no better city to study finance. London remains, alongside New York and Tokyo, a powerhouse of international banking.
Work placements are an invaluable opportunity to gain employability skills so we have introduced two options by which you can integrate into your time at Middlesex. Those who wish to do a placement can take either a 36 week sandwich placement in Year 3 as part of a 4 year degree or two 18 week summer placements allowing you to complete your degree within 3 years.
**Course highlights**
You will have access to the latest Bloomberg and Datastream finance software in our Financial Markets Lab
You can spend one year studying abroad as part of the course by becoming part of the EU Erasmus programme - this can also include a contribution to your tuition fees
Modules
Foundation Year
Introduction to Business (30 credits) - Compulsory
Academic Writing and Research Skills for Business (30 credits) - Compulsory
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics (30 credits) - Compulsory
Management Foundation Project (30 credits) - Compulsory
Year 1
Financial Accounting (30 credits) - Compulsory
Financial Data Analysis (30 credits) - Compulsory
Financial Markets and Institutions (30 credits) - Compulsory
Decision Theory (30 credits) - Compulsory
Year 2
Banking Theory and Practice (30 credits) - Compulsory
Securities and Derivatives (30 credits) - Compulsory
Business Communication Spanish (30 credits) - Optional
Financial Mathematics (30 credits) - Compulsory
Behavioural Finance (30 credits) - Optional
Applied Financial Accounting (30 Credits) - Optional
Year 3
Financial Risk Management in Banking (30 credits) - Compulsory
Investment Analysis (30 credits) - Compulsory
Monetary Policy (30 credits) - Optional
Applied Financial Econometrics (15 credits) - Compulsory
Ethics and Sustainability (15 credits) - Compulsory
Business Start-up (30 credits) - Optional
Financial Statistics (30 credits) - Optional
Global Business Spanish (30 credits) - Optional
International Finance (30 credits) - Optional
Work Internship (30 credits) - Optional
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Top job areas of graduates
Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.
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