MSc in Finance (part-time)

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Programme Code: TMFI

Department: Finance

For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Academic year programme lasting 21 months part-time (evenings). Students must take two full unit compulsory courses in the first year and four of the half-unit options available in the second year. They must submit a structured project in one of the optional half-unit courses and take an examination in the other three half-unit courses.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Year 1
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
Paper 1	FM422E Corporate Finance (1.0) ^#
Paper 2	FM423E Asset Markets (1.0) ^#
Year 2
Papers 3 & 4	Courses to the value of 2.0 units from the list below:
	Courses assessed by Exam or Coursework Dedicated list of options:
	FM405E Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets (0.5) ^#
	FM406E Topics in Portfolio Management (0.5) ^#
	FM407E Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings (0.5) ^#
	FM410E Private Equity (0.5)
	FM417E Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
	FM471E Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing (0.5) ^# ¹ ^A
	Other options: ^B
	FM408 Financial Engineering (0.5) ^#
	FM409 Risk Management in Financial Markets (0.5) ^#
	FM412 Quantitative Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
	FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^# ² ^C
	FM477 International Finance A (0.5) ^#

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

1 : FM471E can not be taken with FM476

2 : FM476 can not be taken with FM471E

Footnotes

A : Structured Projects cannot be written on FM471E.

B : FM408, FM409, FM412, FM476 and FM477 are taught during the daytime only. To take this course, students must be able to attend teaching during the day.

C : Structured Projects cannot be written on FM476.

Supplementary criteria for progression from the first to the second year of the MSc Finance (part-time)

To be eligible to proceed into the second year, candidates must attain at least a Pass grade in the two compulsory courses: FM422E and FM423E. If a candidate fails (but does not 'Bad Fail') one compulsory course, the Board may exceptionally allow progression to the second year. Exceptional progression will be at the sole discretion of the Board. If a candidate fails both of these compulsory courses they will not be allowed to progress to year two. If a candidate has a 'Bad Fail' in one or both courses they will not be allowed to progress to year two.

A student shall normally be entitled to re-sit any failed courses only (on one occasion) and at the next normal opportunity according to the General Academic Regulations for Postgraduate Students. The School may consider an application for repeat tuition in any failed courses from a student. Results obtained at re-sit shall bear their normal value.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.