International Banking and Finance (Top-Up) BSc (Hons)

Course Content

• Course Details

  This is a research driven international banking & finance programme focusing on contemporary issues within the challenging global banking and finance sector. You will gain up-to date technical and professional skills, through specially designed modules namely Contemporary Issues in Banking, Risk Management in Banking and a dedicated project in International Banking and Finance.

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 24/25. The modules relating to the academic year 25/26 will be available from June 2025.

  • Stage 1
    • International Money and Finance (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC3007

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to appraise the increasingly important aspect of multinational financial management in dynamic international business. It critically analyses the attractions and limitations of doing business in a global market, identifying the additional inherent risks that global market exposure produces and strategies in managing the global firm.
    • Corporate Finance (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC3009

      Status: Designate
      The purpose of this module is to equip students with theoretical and practical skills in contemporary corporate finance. Students explore the complexities of corporate financial management, investment decision making and financial risk.
    • Corporate Governance (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC3017

      Status: Designate
      The purpose of this module is to examine the practice and key issues of governance within organisations in the national and multinational context. The module combines theories, codes and regulations, corporate social responsibility and ethics in addressing how modern corporations could adopt effective governance to manage their role and place in the society.
    • Global Banking (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC3019

      Status: Compulsory
      This module explains the place and importance of banking in the context of the global Financial Services industry and covers the practical aspects of international banking and financial markets. The focus is on the evolving structure and regulation of international financial markets, their role and importance to the world economies.
    • Contemporary Issues in International Banking (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC3026

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to develop students' understanding of the complexity of the international financial systems and the issues multinational banks face in different jurisdictions. The module will cover historical and current developments towards the development of the `new' financial systems architecture and the challenge for harmonisation.
    • Risk Management in Banking (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC3027

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to prepare the students for roles in treasury and risk management. Asset and Liability management is core to the sustainability of financial institutions especially banks, hence, this module focuses on the tools, techniques and models of bank risk measurement and management.
    • Banking and Finance Project (20 Credits)
      Module code: ACC4007

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to apply knowledge gained on the programme to carry out an independent project in international banking and finance. The focus is on the implications of environmental changes to the structure and performance of global banking groups.

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• FAQs

  How will I learn on the international banking and finance course?

  For this international banking and finance degree course, you can expect taught study to be a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops and usually 16 hours per week. We recommend that you spend ten hours per week in self-directed study time.

  How will I be assessed?

  Assessment for the Banking and Finance Degree Top-up involve case-based reports, essays, exams and a research project. We place particular emphasis upon developing your skills in independent study.

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