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All the units that you will study are designed to enhance your personal and professional development by combining your learning of the subject knowledge with the practical skills necessary to succeed in your chosen career. We do this by embedding within the learning experience the use of real life case studies, live consultancy projects, business simulations and other interactive approaches to support your experiential learning.

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Why study MSc International in Finance and Banking?

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The MSc International Finance and Banking is designed to enable you to become a more effective and enterprising manager in a range of financial organisations in a knowledge-based global economy. Finance and Banking as a study area is distinct from Accounting in that it is interdisciplinary and draws upon a wide range of soft and hard sciences. Thus at post graduate level the study must be integrative, blending economic, mathematical and financial theory with analytical approaches to solving complex problems and implementing solutions. Finance must also be treated as international in context to ensure relevance in the global economy. In light of

the extensive Oil and Gas discoveries in Guyana this will be rapidly expanding field

 

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Educational Aims and Learning Outcomes

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The MSc International Finance and Banking course has been designed to develop graduates who are able to:

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• Appreciate the importance of the key areas of financial markets, financial regulation and risk management.

• Evaluate the validity of published research and assess its relevance to new areas of financial risk as they arise; Identify real life business problems, approach them accordingly, and use the appropriate empirical methodology in order to provide recommendations and possible solutions in a professional manner

 

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

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• Demonstrate a critical understanding of bank valuation and risk management in accordance with regulatory requirements

• Critically analyse various economic models and practical skills of decomposing economic models in order to apply them to real and current economic situation.

• Critically assess and evaluate global financial regulation and fraud management and practical skills of examining and identifying potential fraud and irregularities.

• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate various securities in the financial markets and apply different techniques in portfolio management in order to meet the required return and minimize risk.