BA (Hons) Finance with Placement Year

What's the course about?

This course gives you a firm foundation in the finance sector. In addition to modules on financial markets, you get a view on the societal and behavioural elements of finance.

Strengthen your ability to understand and shape numerical data, analyse statistics and information, but importantly how to communicate this effectively.

Get into the practicalities of the industry and manage your own spreadsheets to form and track a portfolio of your own.

Assignments include a mix of essays, reports, and presentations, both individually and as part of the team. This prepares you for the world of work.

As the course progresses, and you develop key areas of interest, choose which routes to take based on your own passions and career plans.

We actively support you in boosting your CV through industry placement, study abroad or internships (including the latest online bite-sized digital experiences).

Above all, you are mentored and supported, to aim high to achieve future personal and professional success.

Where you'll study

Your learning experience will happen on our modern de Havilland campus, with self-study materials to support you from our virtual learning platform, StudyNet.

Hertfordshire Business School is located within a large University campus, at our de Havilland site. You’ll be sharing this campus with others studying business, law, sports, education, and the humanities, as well as the Sports Village, which features a gym, swimming pool, coffee shop, and climbing wall and our Enterprise Hub.

There are dining options, a bar, and a recreational space on campus where you can shoot some pool or play video games. The Enterprise Hub is a vibrant destination where local firms and students can work and learn in comfort. In addition to open study spaces, our Learning Resources Centre also features private study rooms, and is open 24/7 allowing you to study around your schedule.

The student union bar and additional facilities are only a 20-minute walk or short bus ride away at our second campus. Student housing is available at both campuses.