Accounting and Finance

Leeds University Business School
Leeds, United Kingdom

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Course Description:

'' Business and governments alike rely on sound financial knowledge to underpin their strategies for economic growth. This popular Masters degree aims to kick-start your career in the financial sector, by delivering advanced modules in the key areas of activity.



Corporate Finance, Financial Analysis, Accounting and International Business Finance, International Investment, Consumer and Corporate Credit, Governance and Regulation, Securities Market Micro-structure are just a few of the topics you will study, as you learn about the current challenges facing the world’s international businesses, financial institutions and markets.

The modules


Quantitative Methods

Focusing on business mathematics, descriptive statistics, probability, hypothesis testing and techniques for statistical analysis, this module builds the quantitative skills which will be used in other modules.



Information & Organisation Design

Focusing on the issues of coordinating economic activities, this module includes the role of contracts, information and incentives in organisational settings, and agency theory.



Corporate Finance

Drawing on finance theory, this module considers financial markets, market efficiency, principles of strategic management, corporate capital structure and dividend policy, derivative markets, commodities and currencies.



Accounting and Organisational Performance

This module considers the role of accounting within organisational settings and examines the means by which accounting and accountability affect organisational control and performance.



Professional Skills

This module develops a range of skills to support academic studies and enhance employment experience, including effective communication, team development and the use of communications and information technology.



Financial Analysis

This module examines company and business information, financial statements, the strategic analysis of a company, stock market analysis and the links between corporate strategy, financial performance and stock market performance, mergers/aquisitions and corporate failures.



Financial Reporting and Regulation

Focusing on economic and political issues relating to the regulation, purpose and value of financial reporting, purpose and value of financial reporting, this module analyses and evaluates current literature, and considers international harmonisation of accounting practices.



Research Methods in Finance

This module examines the research process, including the design and implementation of methodologically sound projects and the evaluation of research.



International Business Finance

This optional module examines corporate finance in the context of international financial markets and foreign investment opportunities.



Financial Derivatives

This optional module explores the underlying principles which govern the behaviour of futures options and swaps. It moves on to examine the interpretation of results of pricing models for various financial derivatives, and the application of financial derivatives to risk management.



International Investment

This optional module considers the pricing of assets and portfolio construction. It evaluates different types of investment and the effect of the international business environment on evaluation and hedging of portfolio risk.



International Banking and Finance

Focusing on the current challenges and issues facing the world’s international financial institutions and markets, this optional module considers problems, development, reform and policy.



Professional and Research Skills

This module provides students with models and behaviours which will help them understand and display skills needed in a professional organisational context. Topics covered include the marketing concept, human mental capacity, organisational processes, group dynamics, individual issues, human resource issues, management of change.



Consumer and Corporate Credit

This optional Stream 2 module examines the nature of credit markets for consumer and commercial lending. It focuses on the decision processes and credit management practices from the perspective of the lender, with emphasis on modern risk modelling and management techniques.



Securities Markets Micro-structure

This optional Stream 2 module focuses on the structure and operational efficiency of security markets through the analysis of market microstructure. It covers market design and trading mechanisms, research methods, market frictions and liquidity, trading strategies and information diffusion.



Corporate Governance

This optional module covers the theoretical, legal and practical implications of corporate governance and regulation, with specific attention being paid to how these topics apply in the financial services sector.

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Banking and Finance
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Financial Mathematics
Human Resource Management
International Finance
International Marketing Management
MBA Full-time

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