BA (Hons) Banking and Finance
Course Leader: John Parker
j.parker@shu.ac.uk
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This course is part of the University's Summer School programme for successful TAR College students. The course aims to provide a positive, meaningful, participative and enjoyable learning experience in a supportive environment. This should stimulate an enquiring, critical and investigative approach to banking and finance. Students will develop transferable skills in critical thinking and problem solving based on analysis, synthesis and evaluation of financial services concepts and processes with an emphasis on current developments.
Entry requirements
This course is available only to students who have successfully completed the Advanced Diploma in Business Studies (Banking and Finance) at TAR College's Kuala Lumpur campus since 1999.
Modules of study
Students are required to take three modules as indicated below:
• Corporate Treasury Management (CTM)
This module focuses on the role of a corporate treasurer in a major company from any sector apart from that of financial services. Over the past few years, there have been exciting developments in the practice and theory of corporate financial risk management, and there has been a phenomenal growth in the use of derivatives. Students who wish to pursue a career in investment/corporate banking should find the module develops their appreciation of the requirements of an investment bank's corporate clients. In addition, students with career aspirations in general management should find this module a very useful aid to the monitoring and control of the treasury function.
Assessment is through a combination of coursework (80%) and examination (20%).
• Risk Management and Investment
Lectures and handouts will introduce the concepts of risk, risk measurement, risk modelling, risk management and fund/asset management. Students will develop their knowledge via directed learning and the seminars will be used for discussion and formative learning.
The material introduced in the module will build up a coherent 'toolbox' of knowledge that will then be synthesised through the development of sophisticated investment portfolios, which, for example may form the basis of some of the coursework. Other coursework tasks may include phase tests to test students' knowledge and understanding of key concepts.
• Marketing of Financial Services (MFS)
The effective marketing of financial services enables the organisation to satisfy the needs of all the stakeholders. This can be achieved by focusing on customer needs and wants, matching these with the organisation's mission statement and resources and developing marketing strategies to provide cost effective solutions. This module aims to enable students to identify the nature of financial services marketing by analysing specific scenarios and financial services marketing related problems.
The assessment is based on one major piece of coursework (100%) which has two equally weighted parts.
Applications
If you would like to apply for this course, please follow the standard application process. The day to day co-ordination of the course will be under the direction of John Parker.
