International Banking and Finance, MSc

University of Greenwich

This module is for students to consolidate grammatical accuracy and knowledge of vocational and academic lexis in written and spoken English; to further develop critical awareness of features of written and spoken texts such as discourse, register and appropriateness of style; to broaden their range of writing skills to a higher level of fluency and refine usage and command of style and register; gain a better understanding of the need to use clear and consistent systems of referencing and an ability to put such systems into practice.

The aims of this module are: to apply the practical skills and knowledge of research techniques established in the Research Methods course in order to manage a small-scale research project in the field of accounting or finance; to develop an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice and extend capacity for analysis and logical inference; to research a chosen topic area with the academic rigour appropriate for work at masters level using the knowledge and skills acquired through the taught courses; and to demonstrate an ability to analyse specific intellectual theories and concepts as presented in the academic literature and to apply them in an empirical study.

The course provides students with conceptual frameworks and practical knowledge for an understanding and evaluation of the roles, functions and operations activities of financial markets, intermediaries and instruments in providing financing and risk management services to their users.

The aims of this module are: to enable students to understand and apply a range of skills in respect of listening, note taking and studying in a postgraduate financial environment; to equip students with skills in reading and writing at advanced levels; to introduce students to key elements of university writing and academic journal writing; to provide students with the opportunity to think laterally and argue rationally and applying these skills in planning written work and presenting written/oral data in appropriate format; and to provide students with basic statistical skills and to train students in statistical analysis.

The module aims to: • develop students’ understanding of theoretical aspects of financial intermediation and of the impact of the external and internal factors on banking operations; • develop students’ knowledge of and abilities to apply appropriate techniques in lending assessment, executing key banking activities and bank management.

This fundamental course in Finance aims to provide students with an understanding of the role of finance in business; the nature of available financial instruments and determinants of the prices of marketable securities; investment appraisal decisions, risk management methods, capital structure and dividend policy. All of these topics are studied in the context of effective financial management, corporate governance and business ethics. During the course students will gain an understanding of long-term financial strategies, basic valuation principles, basics of company valuation, effective investment decisions, bond pricing, cost of capital and capital asset pricing, corporate governance and ethics and basics of financial risk management, among others. Finance theories, tools and techniques covered in the course can be utilized in any management decision-making process in any business sector.

• To develop students' knowledge and critical understanding of Regulation and ethics for banking and finance. • To enable students to review and evaluate governance structures and responsibilities. • To develop students` ability to exercise judgement in utilising and reviewing ethical and professionalism concepts for banking and finance in society.

The aims of this module are: to develop a suitable research proposal in accounting, finance, banking, investment, financial management or other appropriate area of accounting or finance; to develop skills in manipulating and analysing datasets using statistical techniques and packages; to create and build a working relationship with an appropriate supervisor who can support the student through the development of the research proposal and subsequent completion of the Dissertation course (either 45 or 30 credit variant).