International Banking and Finance (Top-Up) BSc (Hons)

Program Overview

This International Banking and Finance (Top-up) course for HND holders provides a full honors degree in one year. The program covers international finance, corporate finance, governance, global banking, risk management, and a banking and finance project. Graduates gain knowledge and skills for careers in financial institutions, such as analysts, financial advisers, and investment bankers. This degree also prepares students for further postgraduate studies.

Program Outline

The award allows you to gain a full honours degree in one year.

Outline:

Stage 1

• International Money and Finance (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC3007
• Status: Compulsory
• Description: This module appraises the importance of multinational financial management in dynamic international business.
It critically analyzes the attractions and limitations of doing business in a global market, identifying the additional inherent risks that global market exposure produces and strategies in managing the global firm.
• Corporate Finance (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC3009
• Status: Designate
• Description: This module equips students with theoretical and practical skills in contemporary corporate finance.
Students explore the complexities of corporate financial management, investment decision making and financial risk.
• Corporate Governance (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC3017
• Status: Designate
• Description: This module examines the practice and key issues of governance within organizations in the national and multinational context.
The module combines theories, codes and regulations, corporate social responsibility and ethics in addressing how modern corporations could adopt effective governance to manage their role and place in the society.
• Global Banking (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC3019
• Status: Compulsory
• Description: This module explains the place and importance of banking in the context of the global Financial Services industry and covers the practical aspects of international banking and financial markets.
The focus is on the evolving structure and regulation of international financial markets, their role and importance to the world economies.
• Contemporary Issues in International Banking (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC3026
• Status: Compulsory
• Description: This module develops students' understanding of the complexity of the international financial systems and the issues multinational banks face in different jurisdictions.
The module will cover historical and current developments towards the development of the `new' financial systems architecture and the challenge for harmonisation.
• Risk Management in Banking (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC3027
• Status: Compulsory
• Description: This module prepares the students for roles in treasury and risk management.
Asset and Liability management is core to the sustainability of financial institutions especially banks, hence, this module focuses on the tools, techniques and models of bank risk measurement and management.
• Banking and Finance Project (20 Credits)
• Module code: ACC4007
• Status: Compulsory
The focus is on the implications of environmental changes to the structure and performance of global banking groups.

Careers:

The UK is the centre for financial services and the largest sector for employment. Those with knowledge in the field of financial services will find employment in international financial institutions in various roles such as analyst, financial adviser/manager roles, investment banker/analyst and compliance roles. Students graduating from this international banking degree can choose to progress onto a full-time postgraduate programme. This will enable you to focus your studies in a specialist area or gain a general management qualification such as the MBA.

• 2024/25 Tuition Fees
• Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 2024/25 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
• UK Full Time: £9,250
• International Full Time: £16,500
• 2023/24 Tuition Fees
• Fees quoted for the banking and finance undergraduate top up degree relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
• UK Full Time: £9,250
• International Full Time: £15,500