Core modules: PG Cert

• Contexts of International Finance

  This module will provide the contextual underpinnings which will support the content of many of the modules delivered on our course. Microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis will provide a solid foundation for understanding the operation of a wide range of financial markets.

• International Accounting

  Here, we will adopt an international perspective on modern financial accounting and reporting, whereby the diversity of practices in various countries is evaluated from a historical, economic, political, sociological and technological perspective.

• International Financial Markets

  This module will analyse the nature and recent development of security, product, and derivative financial markets in a global setting. It examines these markets from the perspective of corporate users and private and international investors.

• International Business Environment

  A broad-based introduction to the environment in which the international business must operate, focusing on economic, legal, political, socio-cultural, ethical, ecological and technological factors.

Core modules: PG Dip

• International Corporate Finance

  This module will extend, develop and apply some of the materials introduced in International Financial Markets. It will focus on key aspects of the financial operations related to maximising the valuation of a corporation in an international environment.

• Venture Capital and Private Equity

  This module will explore the current structure and operation of the venture capital and the private equity sectors around the world.

• Portfolio, Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Management

  This module will build on the materials in International Financial Markets to analyse the alternative techniques (primarily Chartism, fundamental analysis and portfolio theory) to construct investment portfolios that optimise performance relative to the risk-reward characteristics of investors.

• Management Theory into Management Practice: Global Perspectives

  This module will synthesise contemporary management theories with the experiential, practice-based management approaches actually adopted within private and public-sector organisations.

Core modules: MSc

• Research Methods for Managers in an International Context

  This module will provides you with the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities you will need to effectively carry out a piece of small-scale business/management research.

• Major Project

  This module will support you in the preparation and submission of your Masters-stage project or Dissertation.