(BSc) Bachelor of Science
Finance (Including Year Abroad)
Current
University of Essex
University of Essex
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Honours Degree
Full-time
Accounting
BSC N302
19/03/2014
Details
Professional accreditation
None
Admission criteria
A-levels: ABB-BBB
GCSE: Mathematics C
IB: 32-30 points, including Standard Level Mathematics grade 4, if not taken at Higher Level
Entry requirements for students studying BTEC qualifications are dependent on units studied. Advice can be provided on an individual basis. The standard required is generally at Distinction level.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) code
English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.0 overall. (Different requirements apply for second year entry.)
If you are an international student requiring a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK please see our immigration webpages for the latest Home Office guidance on English language qualifications.
Other English language qualifications may be acceptable so please contact us for further details. If we accept the English component of an international qualification then it will be included in the information given about the academic levels required. Please note that date restrictions may apply to some English language qualifications.
Course qualifiers
A course qualifier is a bracketed addition to your course title to denote a specialisation or pathway that you have achieved via the completion of specific modules during your course. The
specific module requirements for each qualifier title are noted below. Eligibility for any selected qualifier will be determined by the department and confirmed by the final year Board of
Examiners. If the required modules are not successfully completed, your course title will remain as described above without any bracketed addition. Selection of a course qualifier is
optional and student can register preferences or opt-out via Online Module Enrolment (eNROL).
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Rules of assessment
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Additional notes
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External examiners
External Examiners provide an independent overview of our courses, offering their expertise and help towards our continual improvement of course content, teaching, learning, and assessment.
External Examiners are normally academics from other higher education institutions, but may be from the industry, business or the profession as appropriate for the course.
They comment on how well courses align with national standards, and on how well the teaching, learning and assessment methods allow students to develop and demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills needed to achieve their awards.
External Examiners who are responsible for awards are key members of Boards of Examiners. These boards make decisions about student progression within their course and about whether students can receive their final award.
Programme aims
1. to provide students with a broad foundation in finance relating to financial decision making of companies, institutional investors, and individuals while devoting specific attention to the nature and role of financial markets and with an opportunity to develop expertise in a chosen specialism;
2. to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue careers in financial markets or corporate careers that involve financial decision making;
3. to encourage and facilitate critical, analytical thinking by students as a vital foundation for subsequent academic study, employment, professional and personal development, and participation in society;
4. to enable students to acquire the personal and key skills they need to develop as autonomous and reflective individuals with the capacity to continue learning;
Learning outcomes and learning, teaching and assessment methods
On successful completion of the programme a graduate should demonstrate knowledge and skills as follows:
A: Knowledge and understanding
A11: Fundamental accounting concepts and principles;
A12: The contexts in which accounting is situated, including the business entity, capital markets and the legal framework;
A21: Contemporary theories relating to portfolio analysis, asset allocation and the market efficiency debate;
A22: Contemporary theories relating to issues in corporate finance such as the role of dividend payments and the nature of external finance;
A31: The context, nature and processes of management and the core theoretical frameworks employed in attempts to explore and conceptualise the management process;
A41: The application of economic principles to individual decision making and to the performance of the economy;
A42: The essential consequences of monetary and fiscal policy for the performance of the economy;
Learning methods
Lectures and tutor-led seminars
Directed reading
Individual and group tasks
Assessment methods
Unseen written examinations
Assessed essays
Class tests
Pre-published class assignments
B: Intellectual and cognitive skills
B91: Bring together data from a variety of relevant sources in order to support an argument;
B92: Critically evaluate contemporary theories and empirical evidence, marshal evidence, develop an argument (in writing) and present ideas in a coherent and effective manner;
B93: Manipulate and analyse numerical (including financial) data and appreciate the nature and limitations of basic statistical concepts.
Learning methods
Lectures and tutor-led seminars
Directed reading
Individual and group tasks
Assessment methods
Unseen written examinations
Assessed essays
Class tests
Pre-published class assignments
C: Practical skills
C11: Record and summarise transactions and other economic events.
C13: Analyse and evaluate financial statements.
C21: Undertake investment appraisal analysis using DCF and other techniques
C91: Ability to locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources, including the acknowledgement and referencing of sources.
C92: Present data in an appropriate format.
Learning methods
Lectures and tutor-led seminars
Directed reading
Individual and group tasks
Assessment methods
Unseen written examinations
Assessed essays
Class tests
Pre-published class assignments
D: Key skills
D1: Present ideas and arguments in a coherent and effective manner.
D2: Use appropriate Information Technology to locate, acquire and analyse data.
D3: Manipulate and analyse numerical (including financial) data and appreciate the nature and limitations of basic statistical concepts.
D4: Identify and analyse problems and apply appropriate knowledge and skills to develop effective solutions;
D5: Improving own Learning/Performance.
Learning methods
Lectures and tutor-led seminars
Directed reading
Individual and group tasks
Assessment methods
Unseen written examinations
Assessed essays Class tests
Pre-published class assignments