Program Overview

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BSc Finance and Investment

Course Overview

This course is designed to equip students with comprehensive knowledge and critical awareness of contemporary financial principles, theories, and products. It aims to develop ethically minded learners with a deep understanding of the economic, social, and commercial impact of financial decisions within an international context. Students will become autonomous learners with key competencies valuable in employment and self-employment, including teamwork, numeracy, literacy, time management, digital fluency, and oral communication.

Main Study Themes

• Financial Accounting
• Economics
• Banking
• Research, professional, and employability skills
• Maths and Quantitative Techniques
• Regulatory Environment
• Finance

Course Information

The BSc in Finance at Coventry Business School is a specialist, vocationally oriented course that seeks to educate and prepare students for a range of careers within the finance professions. The course enables students to examine in-depth critical issues in finance, which are relevant at all times but are of particular interest at a time of turbulence in the global financial markets.

Course Specification

The course is structured over three years, with each year representing a different level of study:

• Foundation year - Level 3
• Year 1 - Level 4
• Year 2 - Level 5
• Year 3 - Level 6

Modules include:

• Introduction to Business Management
• Fundamentals of Economics
• Foundation Academic English 1 for Business
• Foundation Academic English 2 for Business
• Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
• Introduction to Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Thinking
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Principles of Finance
• Business Accounting
• Designing a Research Proposal
• Financial Services
• Econometrics and Data Analysis
• Financial Regulation
• Financial Derivatives
• Economics of Banking and Finance
• Work Placement (mandatory for work placement students, subject to CUB TKH capabilities to provide local work placement)
• Project Module
• Portfolio Management
• Investment and Risk Analysis
• Sustainable Finance

Students can choose one module from the following options:

• Applied Econometrics
• Corporate Financial Management
• Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
• Insurance and Pensions
• International Finance

Credit and Notional Hours

A credit
otional hour is the formal name for the estimated hours that a student would need to complete a module. One credit is equal to 10 notional hours, so 20 credits are equal to 200 notional hours. This includes time in lectures, tutorials, preparing for lectures, assessments, as well as personal revision and studying. In reality, students may exceed the predicted hours, especially if their degree requires a lot of independent learning.

Course Review

The course content is regularly reviewed to make it relevant and current for the benefit of students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.