DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
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Introduction
"Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, examinations may be replaced by an alternative form of assessment during the academic year 2021/2022. Please refer to the Programme Specification on these pages for further details."
Why choose this course?
- Study for your degree at one of the UK’s leading business-facing universities.
- Develop the skills and knowledge to work in the dynamic, high-reward finance industry.
- Learn from inspiring, supportive teaching staff with innovative research records and extensive professional experience.
- Gain incredible experience by going on a year-long, paid work placement or studying abroad.
What's the course about?
Indicative course structure
This course gives you a firm foundation for a career in finance. A degree in finance will give you the skills for a career in financial services such as banking, investment management, pension fund management, and insurance. During the course, you’ll develop the sharp evaluation and analytical skills needed to move into more functional and management roles.
The First Year introduces general business and finance agendas, including economics, quantitative methods, and ethics. The Second Year explores employability and the business life cycle. The Final Year focuses on areas such as banking, current issues, and global finance and markets. You can also choose from several specialist options.
You can also study a language with this course. You can be awarded the degree ‘with language’ in the title if you choose to study a foreign language in all years of study.
Your main campus is de Havilland
You’ll share this campus with students from business, law, sport, education, and humanities subjects. The student housing is close to our Sports Village which includes a gym, swimming pool, and climbing wall. You can get breakfast, lunch, or dinner in our on-campus restaurant or bar (in the newly built Enterprise Hub) on days you don’t feel like cooking. You can also use the common room to play pool, video games or just to hang out with friends. Our Learning Resources Centres are open 24/7, which means you can study whenever suits you best. Want to pop over to the other campus? You can take the free shuttle bus or walk there in just 15 minutes.
This course includes the options of:
- Work placement
- Study abroad
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What will I study?
You will be studying four 15 credit modules in each semester (this may vary between double modules) and your contact time varies between modules, but usually you will have two sessions per week for each module, a one-hour lecture following by a one-hour seminar/tutorial. Typically, a new topic or theory will be introduced in each lecture and will be followed up with class discussion and feedback in the subsequent seminar. In addition, as part of your study time, you will be collaborating with your peers on tasks and group assignments. Module leaders also offer weekly drop-in and feedback sessions, usually 2 x 1 hour per module as well as revision sessions.
The University’s ‘online learning environment’ means you can access all your course resources, literature, and timetables from anywhere in the world.
Usually, assessment is split between coursework and examinations. The style of coursework can vary from presentations to business reports, essays depending on the taught topics.
Level 4
- Economics for Business II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- The Finance Professional II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Analytical Techniques for Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Principles of Finance II 30 Credits II Compulsory
Level 5
- Macro Foundations for Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Financial Markets and Instruments II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Business Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Enhancing Employability in Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Quantitative Analysis for Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Analysing Financial Statements II 15 Credits II Compulsory
Level 6
- Money, Banking and Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Analysis of Current Issues in Finance II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Corporate Financial Strategy II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Financial Aspects of International Business II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Behavioural Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- HBS Placement II 0 Credits II Compulsory
Study abroad
An opportunity for an amazing experience, which will help make you stand out from the crowd. With more and more companies working internationally, the experience of living in another country can make a great impression on future employers.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a sandwich year abroad. The University has partnerships with over 150 universities around the world, including the USA, Canada, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, and closer to home in Europe.
If you study abroad between your second and third year of study, you’ll pay no tuition fee to the partner university and no tuition fee to us either. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
You’ll also have the opportunity to develop sought-after foreign language skills by choosing language options alongside your core accounting modules. Options currently include French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese.
Work placement
Graduate with invaluable work experience alongside your degree and stand out from the crowd.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a work placement sandwich year. It’s a chance to explore career possibilities, make valuable contacts and gain sought-after professional skills.
Our dedicated Careers and Employment team are here to help guide you through the process. Recent students have worked with companies including Lloyds Bank and GE Capital.
If you take up a work placement between your second and third year of study, at the University of Hertfordshire you’ll pay no tuition fee for this year. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
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Career Opportunities
What's next for my career?
At Hertfordshire, our B.A. Finance graduates have a great track record for going into high-performing, high-salary roles throughout the sector. In fact, 95.8% of Business School graduates are in work or further study just six months after they graduate.
Where you take your career is up to you. From banking to accounting, trading to investments, with your B.A. you’ll be exceptionally qualified for a whole range of career paths. In fact, Hertfordshire finance graduates work for all sorts of organisations, all over the world.
You could join an innovative small business or a major international corporation, start your own business or stay on to study for a Master’s with us.
Our graduates have gone on to work in a range of financial roles with a wide range of organisations such as banks, stockbrokers, investment houses, pension funds, and insurance companies. They have found employment with the likes of C.B.R.E. Capital Advisors and Intu Properties.