About this Course

Programme Objectives

• Financial markets are becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, with managers, traders and analysts continually evolving new methods of packaging and selling assets and securities offering new combinations of risk and return.
  
• Business Studies and Finance focuses on combining a specialised stream of modules in finance with a more general business studies programme which covers a broad range of business and management disciplines.
  

Course duration

The duration of the full-time programme is 24 months while the part-time programme is 36 months.

The programme comprises of 31 modules.

Assessment Methods

Students are required to complete a coursework or assignment or class test as stipulated in the respective module descriptor for each module. 

Programme Curriculum

Year 1

• Introduction to Business and Management 
  
• Learning Skills
  
• Quantitative Methods
  
• Management and Financial Accounting
  
• Introduction to Economics
  
• Introduction to Marketing
  
• Financial Markets and Institutions
  
• Business Information Systems
  
• Research Methods for Business 
  

Year 2

• Principles of Marketing
  
• Principles of Organisation and Management
  
• Probability and Optimisation
  
• Financial Accounting
  
• Investment
  
• Finance
  
• Statistical Methods
  
• Business Economics
  
• Macroeconomics 
  
• Consumer Behaviour 
  
• Corporate Governance and Regulation
  

Year 3

• Human Resource Management
  
• International Business
  
• Marketing Strategy and Management
  
• Entrepreneurship, Capital and the Firm
  
• Financial Economics
  
• Advanced Corporate Finance
  
• Business Planning
  
• Principles of Econometrics
  
• Strategic Management 
  
• Advanced Investment Theory and Practice 
  
• Money and Banking
  

Entry Requirements

Interested applicants must possess ONE of the following entry requirements:

• Full GCE 'A' Level OR
  
• MDIS Diplomas /other relevant diplomas from recognised polytechnics / PEIs OR
  
• Mature candidates with work experience will be assessed on a case-by-case basis
  
• Applicants must be of age 18 and above.
  

English Language requirements

IELTS 6.0 with at least 5.5 in each component: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

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