📖Program Curriculum
Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma (year 1):
improve students' English language proficiency to a level required for direct Masters entry;
equip students with the academic English, conventions and practices which are required at Masters level studies;
offer the opportunity to students who may not have any background or experience in economics and finance to gain subject-specific knowledge as a foundation for a greater focus at Masters level;
provide an introduction to research methodology, tools and techniques which will be employed at Masters level;
instill a range of learning skills including independent learning and time management;
allow students to become familiar with academic culture in the UK so as to build confidence and motivation to embark on Masters studies;
provide pastoral support to allow international students to settle into life and study in the UK;
MSc Investment and Finance (year 2):
offer the opportunity to students who may not have any background or experience in economics and finance to gain subject-specific knowledge within financial markets; to understand institutional frameworks, the creation, marketing and trading of financial products. This training will better prepare students for employment in terms of language skills and quantitative proficiency.
Year 1 of the MSc Investment and Finance with Integrated Pre-Masters is the level 6 Graduate Diploma in Finance and Economics. Students take the following 120 credits:
30 credit core module IFP6000 English Language and Study Skills
15 credit compulsory module IFP6013 Introduction to Research Methods for Finance & Economics
15 credit compulsory module IFP6014 Finance & Economics Independent Research Project
15 credit compulsory module IFP6005 Introduction to Econometrics
15 credit compulsory module IFP6006 Topics in Econometrics
15 credit compulsory module IFP6007 Economics
15 credit compulsory module IFP6008 Finance
The final award of the Master of Science is based exclusively on the 180 credits of Year 2 of the programme. It is the same structure as the standard MSc Investment and Finance programme within SEF.
Compulsory/Core modules
Compulsory/Core modules
English Language and Study Skills
English Language and Study Skills
This module encourages student engagement through a blended learning approach, permitting students to demonstrate their independent study skills increasingly to an exit level. The module provides students with a critical understanding of UK academic culture, and motivates them to develop the linguistic, analytical and argumentative skills necessary to succeed on a postgraduate degree programme in both written and spoken work. The module introduces how to incorporate evidence successfully into academic text, and raises awareness regarding issues of plagiarism. Students are exposed to different styles of academic texts within the disciplines of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Finance and Economics, focusing on the development and evaluation of critical argument as well as on linguistic features, such as syntactic and grammatical patterns. The module assessment is both formative and summative and is flexible enough to allow students to develop ideas around their subject specific areas. The portfolio incorporates an extended essay which also externalises the writing process effectively. Students write a series of text responses and demonstrate reading and writing skills to an exit level in two comprehension assessments. In addition, students are assessed in their ability to lead and engage in academic presentations and discussions, using (where appropriate) an online platform.
