BSc (Hons) Finance

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Swansea University

Course Overview

Are you looking for a finance degree to give you a competitive edge? The BSc Finance degree at Swansea University will do just that.

This degree is perfect if you have a dedicated interested in financial fields such as investment banking or financial trading.

By blending theory, empirical evidence and practical application, you will build essential transferable skills, enabling the analysis and critical evaluation of real-world financial issues and concepts.

As a finance specialist you will play a fundamental role in the running of a business – big or small. Managing budgets and taxes, financial reporting, completing audits - all are critical in ensuring that a business or organisation runs as effectively and successfully as possible.

Our course is accredited by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) with University Affiliation Program status, which signals to students and employers that our curriculum is closely tied to the practice of investment management and is helpful to students preparing for the CFA® Program exams.

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Modules

  • Compulsory modules
  • Maths for Accounting and Finance
  • Foundations of Financial Accounting
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Economics for Accounting and Finance
  • Foundations of Finance
  • Statistics for Accounting and Finance
  • Foundations of Management Accounting
  • Managing in the Digital Age
  • Compulsory modules
  • Corporate Finance 1
  • Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Introductory Econometrics
  • Options modules
  • Corporate Governance and Ethics
  • Strategic Marketing Planning
  • Digital Marketing
  • Change Management
  • Information Systems
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Management Science
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
  • Corporate Governance and Ethics September-January 15 MN-2003
  • Strategic Marketing Planning September-January 15 MN-2007 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed MN-1016 Marketing or MN-1007 Marketing and Strategy.
  • Digital Marketing September-January 15 MN-2008 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed MN-1016 Marketing or MN-1007 Marketing Strategy.
  • Change Management September-January 15 MN-2009
  • Information Systems September-January 15 MN-2011
  • Organisational Behaviour September-January 15 MN-2013
  • Management Science September-January 15 MN-2017
  • Intermediate Microeconomics September-January 15 MN-2021 BSc Finance students are permitted to select this module. This module is not open to students on other programmes within the School of Management. For students to undertake this module they must have completed and passed MN-1014 Economics for Accounting and Finance.
  • Environmental and Resource Economics September-January 15 MN-2029 BSc Accounting, BSc Accounting and Finance and BSc Finance students are permitted to select this module. This module is not open to students on other programmes within the School of Management. To undertake this module, students must have passed MN-1014 Economics for Accounting and Finance. A knowledge of microeconomics is required for this module.
  • Global Business Environment: International Political Economy
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Management Accounting 1A
  • Financial Accounting 1A
  • Applied Entrepreneurship: Action-Based Planning
  • Critical Thinking in Entrepreneurship
  • Contemporary Issues in Tourism
  • Business and Employment Law
  • Problems and Decision-Making in Economics
  • Decision Making and Analysis
  • English for Management 1
  • Human Resource Management
  • Management Consulting 1
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • International Business
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Business Information Systems
  • e-Business
  • Business Analytics
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Auditing 1
  • Social Aspects of Organisation
  • Management Accounting 1B
  • Financial Accounting 1B
  • Applied Entrepreneurship: Action Based Practice
  • Applied Entrepreneurship: Consultancy
  • Entrepreneurship for Tourism Experiences
  • International Marketing
  • Mathematical Economics
  • English for Management 2
  • English for Management 1 (TB2)
  • Compulsory modules
  • Financial Market Efficiency
  • Investment Banking
  • Asset Management
  • Derivatives and Risk Management
  • Options modules
  • Financial Services
  • Corporate Finance 2
  • Management Accounting 2
  • Financial Accounting 2
  • Marketing Research
  • International Human Resource Management
  • Power and Organisation
  • Innovation Management
  • Project Management
  • Lean Operations
  • Data Mining
  • Application Development
  • Time Series Econometrics
  • Applied Money and Banking Economics
  • Taxation 1
  • Strategic Implementation
  • Rheoli Prosiectau (Project Management)
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Tourism Planning
  • Social Media Marketing
  • English for Management 1
  • Financial Economics
  • Auditing 2
  • Financial Innovation and Risk Management
  • Risk Management in Banking
  • Contemporary Issues in Finance
  • Business Ethics
  • Leadership
  • Marketing Ethics
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Information Technology Service Management
  • International Standards
  • Sustainability and Environmental Management
  • Spreadsheets and Databases for Business Analysis
  • Microeconometrics and Panel Data Models
  • Monetary Economics
  • Financial Accounting 3
  • Management Accounting 3
  • Taxation 2
  • Business and Employment Law
  • Law of International Corporate Governance
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Strategic Sales Management
  • International Financial Management
  • Enterprise Life Cycle
  • Marketing Communications
  • Disaster and Crisis Management
  • Digital Accounting
  • English for Management 2
  • English for Management 1 (TB2)
    • £17,750 Per Year

    International student tuition fee

    3 Years

    Duration

    Sep 2024

    Start Month

    Aug 2024

    Application Deadline

    Upcoming Intakes

    • September 2024
    • September 2025

    Mode of Study

    • Full Time
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