MSc Corporate Finance

The aim of this course is to introduce you to the field of corporate finance. This is achieved by familiarising you with the core theoretical principles, and equipping you with the basic and most commonly used practical finance tools.

The module gives you an understanding of the principles and practices of accounting, the characteristics and limitations of accounting data.

The aim of this course is to equip students with critical understanding of the principles and practices of accounting, characteristics and limitations of accounting data.
 

This module is designed to give you knowledge of quantitative methods that can be effectively used to analyse financial data. Although some theory is needed to understand the methods, the emphasis is on a hands-on approach to provide you/students with practical skills.

The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of modern corporate finance so that the corporate manager, the investment banker and the financial analyst will have the conceptual foundations for making informed corporate assessments of key financial decisions.

The module will make it possible for you to acquire an understanding of the principal objectives and constraints of corporate risk management. The aim of this module is to provide you with an understanding of the multinational corporation, the global risk management markets and the use of derivatives and other hedges to mitigate risk exposures.

The ability to understand and analyse financial statement information is a key skill in a wide range of business activities, from managing a corporation to investing in securities.

Students will learn how companies use M&A transactions to implement their strategic plans and how such transactions are structured and analysed. Emphasis is given to applied financial analysis, case studies are used throughout the module and lectures are complemented by guest presentations given by M&A practitioners.

This module will help you integrate your learning across a range of skills and in particular to enable you to demonstrate the results of your learning through the development of a final project. You may choose to complete more traditional academic desk research, complete a business plan or carry out a consultancy project and any reasonable proposal is acceptable providing that it is agreed with the project supervisor and the course director

Supporting your wider learning and career success through the development of key transferrable skills and attributes that you will use both in your programme and across your career. In particular - research and analysis, career planning and employability skills development, and sustainable working.