About the Courses
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
Bangor Business School is one of the longest established suppliers of banking and finance teaching in the world, since 1969.
Top of all UK universities for research in the field of Banking (RePEc, August 2022).
Learn from research active staff who have strong links and credibility with professional bodies, banks, regulators, and financial institutions.
2nd for Teaching Quality within Accounting and Finance (Times & Sunday Times: Good University Guide 2023).
Top 10 for Accounting & Finance (Guardian University Guide 2023).
Top 10 for Student Satisfaction within Accounting & Finance (Complete University Guide 2023).
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
Bangor Business School is one of the longest established suppliers of banking and finance teaching in the world, since 1969.
Top of all UK universities for research in the field of Banking (RePEc, August 2022).
Learn from research active staff who have strong links and credibility with professional bodies, banks, regulators, and financial institutions.
2nd for Teaching Quality within Accounting and Finance (Times & Sunday Times: Good University Guide 2023).
Top 10 for Accounting & Finance (Guardian University Guide 2023).
Top 10 for Student Satisfaction within Accounting & Finance (Complete University Guide 2023).
Modules
In Year 1, students will take 120 credits from the following topics, Business Analytics, Financial Techniques and Analysis, Personal Finance and Banking and Economics. There are optional modules available in topics such Digital Marketing Essentials, Foundations of Marketing, Introduction to Contemporary Management Issues in Ethics, Sustainability, HRM, and Tourism, Principles of Financial Accounting, Principles of Management Accounting, Principles of Management and Organisation and Technology in Marketing. Students can also choose optional modules from other Business School level 4 modules or from elsewhere in the University, subject to timetabling constraints.
In Year 2, students will take 120 credits from the following topics, Banks and Financial Markets, Econometrics and Investment and Portfolio Management. There are optional modules available in topics such as Corporate Finance, Management & Accounting Information Systems, Microeconomics and Public Economics. Students can also choose optional modules from other Business School level 5 modules or from elsewhere in the University, subject to timetabling constraints and pre-requisites.
In Year 3, students will take 120 credits from the following topics Advanced Econometrics, Bank Management and International Banking. There are optional modules available in topics such as Corporate Governance, FinTech in banking, finance, investment, insurance and regulation, Market Risk Analytics and Merger and Acquisition students can choose optional modules from other Business School level 6 modules or from elsewhere in the University, subject to timetabling constraints and pre-requisites