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Advanced Diploma in Banking and Finance

The Advanced Diploma in Banking and Finance is designed to provide a high quality and professionally relevant undergraduate programme, developing in students a sound understanding of banking and finance and its applications. Students are also encouraged to be critical thinkers and learners that will enable them to embark on further learning and professional career developments.

Programme Objective

A core of academic knowledge, understanding and technical skills related to the finance and banking industry;

An awareness of the broader contextual issues influencing banking and finance;

An appreciation of the management and organisational behavioural theories and practices;

An appreciation of the significance of key legal, economic, and banking and finance concepts to the business organisation;

A knowledge and understanding of the main current and alternative technical language and practices within banking and finance from an international perspective;

A knowledge and understanding of theories and empirical evidence concerning the effects of banking and finance in various contexts and the ability to critically evaluate such theories and evidence.

Delivery Method

Generally the curriculums for all levels are taught over 4 terms of 12 weeks. Modules are conducted in formal instructor-led classroom sessions where students are introduced to the course discipline. Each term will cover 2-3 modules with 50 contact hours per module. Lectures are 3-hour sessions and Tutorial 3-hour sessions weekly.

Progression Pathway
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) International Banking and Finance (TOP UP)
* Advanced Diploma in Banking and Finance
* Progression to Bachelor Degree is subject to articulation arrangement / mapping
Mode & Duration
Full-time: 9 mths
Part-time: 9 mths
Intakes
January / April / July / October
Average Teacher-Student Ratio
1:30
Assessment
Each module is assessed by academic work comprising written assignments, case study reports, essays, examination as determined by the subject profile. The assessment criterion varies from module to module and level to level.
Modules
  • 1. Banking Operations
    • Banking Operations is a module taught in the second year of the degree programme in Banking and Finance. In this module, students will be provided with an understanding of the practices underlying banking operations. The module will enable students to analyse banking operations, reviews competitive strategies and the marketing of bank services. These areas are examined using theoretical models to evaluate the rapidly evolving policy of retail, and international banking.
  • 2. Financial Management
    • This module is designed for finance and business students to enable them to present and apply theories of corporate finance. Students will learn about the goals of managerial finance and the roles of financial managers and be exposed to financial and ratio analysis and its limitations. The core areas cover Financial Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting; Management of Working Capital; Sources of Finance; Time Value of Money and Capital Investment Appraisal; Capital Budgeting; Cost of Capital; Leverage and Capital Structure and Dividend Policy.
  • 3. Financial Markets and Institutions
    • This module covers various financial markets, instruments, and institutions with the primary focus on capital raising and financing activities of firms at different stages in their life cycle. The course analyses financing choices for young firms for which there exists little or no security price information and then subsequently examines capital raising issues relevant to larger, listed firms. Topics include the decision to go public, mechanics and pricing of Initial Public Offerings (IPO), role of investment bankers in IPOs, privatisation, bank and public debt markets, securitisation, credit ratings, junk bond markets, equity financing and signaling, convertible debt financing, interest rate, currency and price risk management, and issues relating to corporate hedging.
  • 4. Industrial Project
    • This module gives students the opportunity to apply concepts and principles of Banking and Finance they learnt throughout the course. Students will undertake an industrial project on banking and finance as related to their respective subjects.
  • 5. Portfolio Management
    • This module enables students to gain a broad understanding of the main financial asset classes and investment products which could be utilized by a sophisticated investor. By the end of the module, students will be able to evaluate the different types of cash and cash equivalent investments; evaluate different characteristics of fixed income securities, equities, property and other alternative asset classes; able to discuss in detail the use of open ended funds, exchange traded funds and investment trusts; recommend and offer a critical evaluation of alternative investment products which retail and sophisticated investors could use.
  • 6. Research Methods
    • This module allows students to demonstrate critical abilities in evaluating a research project, taking account of the nature of the research, identifying relevant issues and evaluating decisions taken by authors of research papers. Students learn to engage critically with quantitative and qualitative research paradigms, develop inductive and deductive skills, literature-search and evaluative skills using research published in reputable journals and which involves theory, a recognisable research design and primary data.
Diploma in Banking and Finance
 
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Last Updated: 05 December 2016

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