University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School
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Our programme is designed for aspiring financial professionals. We can help you accelerate your career prospects by sharpening your analytical and critical reasoning skills, and honing your proficiency in financial knowledge and techniques both in national and global economics.
The programme aims:
- to help you to develop skills, competencies, knowledge, and understanding demanded by a complex financial environment
- to enhance problem-solving skills in corporate financial management
- to foster an understanding of the global financial environment, with particular reference to stock markets and institutional issues, and the implications of this for financial management decisions and policies
- to develop an understanding of the implications of a firm"s financial strategies on investor income, wealth and risk
- to develop an understanding of the complex, diverse and international nature of financial management
- to promote in-depth knowledge and understanding of financial management decisions and policies
- to meet the needs of commerce, industry and society in producing postgraduates with high analytical skills and a critical appreciation of financial issues and their implications
- to provide you with an opportunity to take an elective, for example, in quantitative or maritime finance; and
- to demonstrate technical competence and knowledge in econometrics, which can provide a sound basis for dissertation preparation and the possibility of subsequent postgraduate research in finance
Programme Highlights
- Gain a global perspective on the overseas financial environment
- Three flexible study options give you more control over your time
- Accelerate your career through academic achievement
- Enhance your current vocational skills to a higher level
Duration 1 year full time or 2 years part time (part time can be via block release or two half days per week)
Entry Requirements A UK awarded second-class honours degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent professional qualification. Overseas students: IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent.
Contact Marketing and Admissions Office, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
Tel: +44 (0)1752 585500 Fax: +44 (0)1752 585501 Email:pbs.hello@plymouth.ac.uk Web: www.plymouth.ac.uk/pbs
