The finance sector is at the heart of the economy of every nation.

The jobs there are

interesting, challenging and highly lucrative. However, competition for the jobs is often very
intense, especially in the area of financial management. This programme equips students
with a broader, deeper, range of the knowledge and skills required for the jobs than any of
its kind currently available - a valuable competitive advantage.

Students graduating from this programme will gain:

A critical knowledge of corporate finance and foreign exchange markets;

The ability to interpret and analyse financial statements;
The ability to use a wide range of financial modelling techniques to analyse data, conduct
research and forecast variables;
Critical knowledge of the literature on entrepreneurial finance;
Skills for valuing securities, managing risks, and managing treasury departments;
A firm grounding in the research training and skills needed for starting a PhD course.
These knowledge and skills are in high demand in banks, insurance companies, stock
broking firms and other industries in the finance sector. They are also in high demand in the
treasury departments of many local and multinational companies.

Students will take four modules in the first semester and another five modules in the second
semester. In addition, they will have a series of seminars on research methods and
techniques in accounting and finance in semester two and each student will write a
dissertation during the summer period under the supervision of an academic member of
staff.

A variety of methods will be used to deliver the programme, including lectures, seminars
and classes. Typically, the contact hours for each module on the programme will be
approximately 3 per week, for 10 weeks, making a total of 30. Students are expected to
complement that with 70 hours of independent study for each module over the 10 week
period to read further on the topics and issues that are covered in the lectures, seminars
and classes.

The main method of assessment that we use is a 2-hour or 3-hour examination. However,
we also use a variety of other methods of assessment, such as class tests, individual
assignment, group assignment, presentations, a dissertation, etc. Marks obtained in taught
modules will contribute two thirds (i.e. 120 credits) of all the marks that will be used to
determine the class of the degree that will be awarded to each student at the end of their
programme. The dissertation written by each student will have a weight of 60 credits and
contribute the remaining one third.

The contents of our programme reflect many of the topics in the syllabuses for the
examinations for the Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals and the syllabuses for the
examinations for Unit 1 (The Context of Treasury), Unit 3 (Corporate Finance), Unit 4
(Ethics, Governance and Regulation in Treasury) and Unit 5 (Risk Analysis and
Management) for the Certificate in Treasury of the ACT. Students who graduate from our
programme will also find the knowledge and skills that they get from the programme very
useful in preparing for the examinations for the Diploma in Treasury Management of the
ACT, if they take the relevant modules.

ACT is the worlds only chartered body for the treasury profession and qualifies finance
professionals working in a broad range of roles in non-financial corporates as well as in
banks and other financial institutions.

For further information about the ACT and the syllabuses for the examinations for the
Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals, Certificate in Treasury and the Diploma in Treasury
Management,, please visit ACT qualifications.