Master of Science Finance (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Course overview

This course is designed to give you a fundamental understanding of finance in today's world. Students will explore specialist subjects, from financial systems and their structures to risk management and banking.

The programme is designed to fulfil the needs of practitioners and employers in a fast-changing economic environment, and the educational aims of the programme are:

• provide students who would not normally have an undergraduate business education with the knowledge and skills needed to operate in global business environment
• facilitate the advanced study of international business organisations, their management and their external context
• enable students to analyse, critique and apply knowledge and understanding of complex international business issues
• enable students to master new, apply and distinguish the most relevant research methodologies, techniques and tools in the ways sought by employers
• facilitate the enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction and originality
• prepare students for a career in international business in a wide range of organisational functions and in different types of organisations

Summary of Skills Development for Students within the Programme

The graduates should:

• understand and have experience of global issues
• develop critical analytical skills in assessing the global environment for business
• deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgments in the absence of complete data, and communicate their conclusions clearly to a range of audiences
• make decisions in complex and unpredictable situations and operate effectively in a variety of team roles and take leadership roles where appropriate
• take responsibility for continuing to develop their own knowledge and skills
• identify new international business opportunities and analyse international markets and industries
• contribute to transforming organisations through leadership, intellectual rigour and professional ethical values
• be self-directed and able to act autonomously in planning and implementing projects professionally
• have well-developed interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively and to interact with groups and individuals at all levels