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BSc Finance Dr Gareth Campbell

BSc Finance at Queen's University Belfast

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  • 1. BSc FinanceDr Gareth Campbell

2. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 3. What is Finance? Finance is concerned with: The valuation of financial assets such as equities, bonds, futures and options Trader behaviour in financial markets The organisation and regulation of financial markets and institutions 4. Careers Investment Banking Fund Management Stockbroking Retail Banking Accounting 5. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 6. BSc Finance: First Year Financial Institutions and Markets Financial Reporting and Analysis Mathematics for Finance Statistical Methods Market Theory Principles of Economics 7. BSc Finance: Second Year Investment Analysis Mutual and Pension Fund Management Monetary Theory Managerial Economics Introductory Econometrics Placement Learning 8. BSc Finance: Placement Year Specialised Placement Office helps students to findemployment during placement year Excellent experience for CV Make connections with employers and can often returnfor permanent employment City of London tour at end of year allows you to meetother employers 9. BSc Finance: Final Year International Finance Corporate Finance Capital Markets Fixed Income Instruments Financial Engineering Financial Econometrics 10. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 11. Careers: Employers Employers of 2011 graduates: Citi Allstate First Derivatives HSBC Bank of Ireland PwC Ernst & Young Mercer 12. Careers: Postgraduate Study Rigorous academic work prepares students whowant to pursue further study MSc Finance at Queens or elsewhere PhD Professional Qualifications 13. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 14. Relevance: Financial Events Finance is an essential part of the economy Understand how the financial system works Learn about shares, banking and corporations 15. Relevance: All Round Education ICT skills Presentations Projects Time management Team working 16. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 17. Quality: Academic Rigour Academics all actively engaged in research At cutting edge of their field Several have held visiting positions at leading U.S. universities Bank of England Central Bank of Ireland 18. Quality: Teaching In the most recent national assessment QueensUniversity Management School was rated asexcellent for teaching quality by the UK QualityAssurance Agency. 19. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 20. Entrance Requirements AAB or ABB including Mathematics 21. BSc Finance What is Finance? BSc Finance at Queens Why study Finance at Queens? Career Opportunities Relevance Quality Entrance Requirements Contact Details 22. Further InformationEmail: [email protected]: http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/Careers:http://www.fssc.org.uk