Middlesex University London - Business Management (Finance) BA Honours

Middlesex University London

Business Management (Finance) BA Honours

The business of finance

Understanding contemporary corporate finance is the key to understanding modern business. Covering all areas of finance including investment analysis and capital management, you’ll have the tools to solve financial problems faced by businesses today.

This course is tailored towards ambitious students who want a management and finance degree, and you’ll learn in a live environment. Using data from the London Stock Exchange, you’ll form portfolios of listed companies and compare them against the market. You’ll identify over and under-priced companies, as well as calculate Beta, among other skills.

You’ll take on the challenge of a work placement, developing your theory and practical skills to an employable level, as well as developing your understanding of financial organizations.

Building your financial skills

During your BA in Business Management

 

(Finance), you’ll develop key business skills to help you in a management or financial career. Focusing on topics such as resource management, leadership, business finance, and analysis, you’ll be able to work effectively as part of a team. Presenting and communicating your ideas will give you confidence in a fast-paced business environment, and you’ll have specialist knowledge in business strategy and process. You’ll also successfully train to get Bloomberg and DataStream certificates during your degree, a key part of the course.

Course highlights

  • You’ll be successfully trained on industry-leading software like Bloomberg and DataStream during your degree.
  • You will learn in a live environment, with access to data from the London Stock Exchange to help you analyze specific markets.
  • Enhance your employability prospects and understanding of financial organizations by embarking on a work placement
  • A unique offering of key business management skills combined with a sound understanding of finance.
  • Innovative use of creative assessments such as personal development portfolios, progressive reflective essays, setting up business plans, in-class or video presentations, and continuous assessments.
  • This program is taught across all three Middlesex campuses in London, Dubai, and Mauritius. This enables students to transfer to any of these campuses during their studies.

Entry Requirements

A Levels

BBC

BTEC

DMM

Access requirements

Overall pass: must include 45 credits at level 3, of which all 45 must be at Merit or higher

Combinations

A combination of A-Level, BTEC and other accepted qualifications that total 112 UCAS Tariff points

IELTS

6.0

 

(with minimum 5.5

 

in all components).

Career Prospects

This course will leave you ideally placed to begin working in a wide range of business management roles in prestigious international banks and financial institutions including Lloyds Banks and PWC.

Course Details

The BA Business Management (Finance) programme is a three-year full-time program, divided into 30 modules, with a total of 360 credits required for a BA (Hons) degree title. The program focuses on key business skills, knowledge, and experience to excel in a management career. Graduates will develop essential skills in business management, focusing on key topics such as organizational behavior and resource management. They will also build on their financial knowledge and learn the role of accounting within organizations.
Upon graduation, graduates will be able to work effectively in teams and confidently present business management ideas. They will understand topics related to managerial decision-making, management strategy, leadership, business finance, and financial statement analysis. They will also acquire skills in group dynamics, team work, numerical, communication, and analytical expertise.
Opportunity modules are available at levels 5 and 6, but not on every course. Students will be asked to make their choice during the previous academic year. If an optional module is not offered, the programme will advise students after the selection period or at the earliest time the programme team makes the decision not to run the module and help them choose an alternative module.

Year 1

Financial Concepts of Business (30 credits)
Quantitative Methods for Business (30 credits)
Marketing Theory and Practice (30 credits)
Management Concepts (15 credits)
People Management (15 credits)

Year 2

Accounting and Finance for Business (30 credits)
Operations Management (30 credits)
Business Environment (15 credits)
Management Information Systems (15 credits)
Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
Organisational Behaviour (15 credits)

Year 3

Core Modules
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation (30 credits)
Business Finance (30 credits)
Strategic Management (30 credits)
Optional Modules
Business Start-up (30 Credits)
Corporate Accountability (30 credits)
Investment Analysis (30 credits)
Work Internship (30 credits)
Consulting to Organisations (30 credits)
Business Game (30 credits)

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