BSC (HONS) FINANCE

1. Statistics 1: This half course introduces students to the basic statistical concepts which they may need to understand and use in the other courses they intend to study in their degree or diploma.
2. Mathematics 1: This half course develops basic mathematical methods and will emphasise their applications to problems in economics, management and related areas.

Depending on the courses studied a student will be able to:

• Communicate knowledge and understanding of several of the major contexts within which banking operates, based on a critical evaluation of related theoretical and conceptual frameworks and of empirical evidence as to its effects.
• Communicate knowledge and understanding of, and appropriate ability to use and critically evaluate, current and major alternative technical languages and practices of banking and finance, together with appropriate ability to apply them.
• Manipulate financial and other numerical data and appropriate understanding of and ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts.
• Communicate and apply knowledge and understanding of the principles of business information systems management to an appropriate level.
• Analyse business activities and perform financial analyses and projections in appropriate contexts of planning, decision making and control to an appropriate level; and to recognise the limitations of these techniques.
• Understand the pricing of financial assets and why and how corporations issue various types of assets.
• To demonstrate appropriate ability to communicate knowledge and understanding of financial management, risk and the operation of financial markets, based on critical evaluation of theories and empirical evidence.

A student will be able to:

• Locate, extract, analyse and draw reasoned conclusions from multiple sources (including electronic sources) of appropriate literature and relevant data and acknowledge and reference sources appropriately
• Critically analyse arguments
• Assimilate and lucidly evaluate alternative views

A student will be able to:

• Communicate effectively in a written context
• Use information technology (spreadsheets, word-processing and online databases) appropriately
• Organise information, and to assimilate and evaluate competing arguments
• Manage their own learning, including working effectively to deadlines
• Be open minded and have a capacity to handle ideas and scrutinise information in critical, evaluative and analytical ways

Students exiting with a Certificate of Higher Education would expect to:

• Have the essential introduction to that subject
• Demonstrate an understanding on the concepts and principles related to their area of study; and be able to communicate ideas and findings in a reliable and structured way

Students exiting with a Diploma of Higher Education would, in addition, expect to:

• Develop a greater understanding and a sophistication of thinking as they work through the courses
• Build on their existing knowledge to approach the concepts and principles from a wider context
• Be at a stage where they will have obtained qualities