Introduction
This postgraduate scheme of study will provide students with learning opportunities to enhance their career prospects in an exciting and rapidly changing world of investment banking and international finance.
The recent upheaval and turmoil witnessed in the global financial markets has placed greater demands on students and finance professionals to become more effective in the workplace. Successful completion of the course will enable students to apply for a diverse range of careers in finance.
The course is designed to provide a detailed understanding of corporate and investment finance principles, together with underlying theories of security markets. Students will get a good grounding in pricing financial securities (equities, bonds and derivatives) and develop an understanding of their applications to areas in corporate finance, investments and financial risk management.
Course Content
The course is part of the School's modularised postgraduate programme which allows students flexibility in choosing electives. The degree framework consists of seven core modules and one elective module.
Core Modules
Data Analysis for Business, Finance, Economics.
Modern Finance
Modern Portfolio Management
Fixed Income Analysis
Forecasting Financial Markets
Financial Derivatives
Project
Option Modules
International Risk Management
Financial Engineering
International Financial Services
or another elective from the Westminster Business School Postgraduate programme, subject to the Course Leader's approval.
Teaching and Assessment
A variety of teaching methods are employed, ranging from lectures to smaller-scale seminars and laboratory sessions. In addition students work on their own on assignments involving data collection and analysis, typically drawing on specific databases.