Programme Title

BSc Finance

Final Award
(exit route if applicable for Postgraduate Taught Programmes)

Bachelor of Science

Programme Code

FIN-BSC-E

UCAS Code

HECoS Code

100107

ATAS Clearance Required

No

Mode of Study

Full Time

Type of Programme

Single Honours

Length of Programme

3 Academic Year(s)

Total Credits for Programme

360

Exit Awards available

Teaching Institution

Queen's University Belfast

School/Department

Queen's Management School

Framework for Higher Education Qualification Level 
www.qaa.ac.uk

Level 6

QAA Benchmark Group
www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements

Finance (2007)

Accreditations (PSRB)

Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations
(Please see General Regulations)

Degree classification weighting of 10% First Year, 30% Second Year, 60% Final Year.

Programme Specific Regulations

Awards, Credits and Progression of Learning Outcomes

Stage 1
Students will be allowed to proceed from Stage 1 to Stage 2 only when they have passed all six Stage 1 modules.

Stage 2
Students will be allowed to proceed from Stage 2 to Stage 3 when they have passed at least 4 Stage 2 modules.

Students with protected characteristics

N/A

Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations

(Please see General Regulations)

No

Learning Outcomes: Cognitive Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Logical reasoning

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Independent enquiry

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Critical analysis and interpretation of financial information

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Comprehension of abstract concepts

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Ability to generate original ideas

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Problem solving

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Integration of knowledge

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Cognitive skills are developed across modules and between degree levels. Critical analysis of up-to-date academic literature develops students’ cognitive ability: logic, critique, abstraction, assimilation, creative thinking and problem solving.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment of cognitive skills occurs in the form of oral presentations, individual and team based projects, class tests, quantitative analysis and examinations.

Learning Outcomes: Transferable Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Ability to present knowledge and demonstrate expertise in a coherent, effective and meaningful form

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Synthesise information/data from a variety of sources

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Reach conclusions while recognising the constraints affecting outcomes

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning. .

Present quantitative and qualitative information together with analysis, argument and commentary in a form appropriate to different intended audiences

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Ability to work creatively and flexibly with others as part of a team

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Application/Use of Information and Communication Technologies: word-processing, e-mail, internet and statistics/econometrics packages

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Independent learning, communication and time management

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Critical self-reflection with the aim of identifying areas for personal and professional development

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Transferable skills development permeates the teaching and learning at all levels in the degree programme.

Methods of Assessment

Successful completion of projects on both an individual and group basis across modules requires students to gather additional information from a variety of sources, select and assimilate relevant information and to complete tasks within deadlines.

Assessment of various projects requires students to use a range of media (e.g. essays, powerpoint presentations, econometric based project work) to demonstrate their learning.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

the institutional framework within which financial markets operate

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The degree programme follows a structured core finance curriculum which progresses from first to final year. Compulsory modules provide coverage of core finance knowledge: economics, quantitative techniques/econometrics, financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and corporate finance, derivative securities and international finance. Teaching methods employed across the degree modules include lectures, tutorials, group work, seminars and econometrics lab sessions, Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

End-of-term examinations, class tests, group projects, take-home tests and oral presentations are used to assess students’ learning.

the nature of the main financial markets, the pricing of each market’s financial instruments and appropriate risk management techniques

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The degree programme follows a structured core finance curriculum which progresses from first to final year. Compulsory modules provide coverage of core finance knowledge: economics, quantitative techniques/econometrics, financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and corporate finance, derivative securities and international finance. Teaching methods employed across the degree modules include lectures, tutorials, group work, seminars and econometrics lab sessions, Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

End-of-term examinations, class tests, group projects, take-home tests and oral presentations are used to assess students’ learning.

core finance theories and their application to practical problems

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The degree programme follows a structured core finance curriculum which progresses from first to final year. Compulsory modules provide coverage of core finance knowledge: economics, quantitative techniques/econometrics, financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and corporate finance, derivative securities and international finance. Teaching methods employed across the degree modules include lectures, tutorials, group work, seminars and econometrics lab sessions, Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

End-of-term examinations, class tests, group projects, take-home tests and oral presentations are used to assess students’ learning.

the relationship between financial theory and empirical testing

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The degree programme follows a structured core finance curriculum which progresses from first to final year. Compulsory modules provide coverage of core finance knowledge: economics, quantitative techniques/econometrics, financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and corporate finance, derivative securities and international finance. Teaching methods employed across the degree modules include lectures, tutorials, group work, seminars and econometrics lab sessions, Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

End-of-term examinations, class tests, group projects, take-home tests and oral presentations are used to assess students’ learning.

financing arrangements and governance structures of business entities factors influencing the investment behaviour of firms and private individuals, the use, and limitations, of financial statements

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The degree programme follows a structured core finance curriculum which progresses from first to final year. Compulsory modules provide coverage of core finance knowledge: economics, quantitative techniques/econometrics, financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and corporate finance, derivative securities and international finance. Teaching methods employed across the degree modules include lectures, tutorials, group work, seminars and econometrics lab sessions, Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

End-of-term examinations, class tests, group projects, take-home tests and oral presentations are used to assess students’ learning.

quantitative analysis techniques

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The degree programme follows a structured core finance curriculum which progresses from first to final year. Compulsory modules provide coverage of core finance knowledge: economics, quantitative techniques/econometrics, financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and corporate finance, derivative securities and international finance. Teaching methods employed across the degree modules include lectures, tutorials, group work, seminars and econometrics lab sessions, Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

End-of-term examinations, class tests, group projects, take-home tests and oral presentations are used to assess students’ learning.

Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

construct arguments and exercise problem-solving skills in the context of financial theory

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Subject-specific skills are developed across modules and between levels of the programme.

Up-to-date finance literature is integrated into the curriculum, in lectures, tutorials, sessions in the Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

Summative assessment of subject-specific skills is an integral part of all statistical/econometric based modules from level I to level III.

Formative assessment of student learning occurs both in tutorial small-group activities and econometric software lab practicals man of which are held in the Trading Room

The ability to communicate, debate and critique the literature is assessed in oral presentations.

read and critically evaluate finance related literature

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Subject-specific skills are developed across modules and between levels of the programme.

Up-to-date finance literature is integrated into the curriculum, in lectures, tutorials, sessions in the Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

Summative assessment of subject-specific skills is an integral part of all statistical/econometric based modules from level I to level III.

Formative assessment of student learning occurs both in tutorial small-group activities and econometric software lab practicals man of which are held in the Trading Room

The ability to communicate, debate and critique the literature is assessed in oral presentations.

evaluate/interpret financial data

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Subject-specific skills are developed across modules and between levels of the programme.

Up-to-date finance literature is integrated into the curriculum, in lectures, tutorials, sessions in the Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

Summative assessment of subject-specific skills is an integral part of all statistical/econometric based modules from level I to level III.

Formative assessment of student learning occurs both in tutorial small-group activities and econometric software lab practicals man of which are held in the Trading Room

The ability to communicate, debate and critique the literature is assessed in oral presentations.

apply computer-based statistical/econometric techniques to the analysis and evaluation of data

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Subject-specific skills are developed across modules and between levels of the programme.

Up-to-date finance literature is integrated into the curriculum, in lectures, tutorials, sessions in the Trading Room.

Methods of Assessment

Summative assessment of subject-specific skills is an integral part of all statistical/econometric based modules from level I to level III.

Formative assessment of student learning occurs both in tutorial small-group activities and econometric software lab practicals man of which are held in the Trading Room

The ability to communicate, debate and critique the literature is assessed in oral presentations.