MA Finance - Courses

The details below are intended to give students a guide to the courses they would be studying on the single honours MA Finance programme. Joint honours students will need to add to this list courses from their other programme. To read what each course is about, click on the course code. The credits shown are Aberdeen credits (30 Aberdeen credits = 15 ECTS). Courses tagged C are compulsory. Courses tagged R are highly recommended. The Department's Teaching and Learning Convenor is Dr Chandana Alawattage and the Examinations Officer Dr Anne McGeachin. Dr Mark Whittington chairs the Staff-Student Liaison Committee.

First Year Courses

• AC 1009 ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY (15) (CAL TIB) C
• AC 1513 ACCOUNTING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (15) (CR, CAL, TIB, AMG) C
• EC 1006 THE ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY (15) (AZ KB) C
• EC 1505 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (15) (HB HD) C
• PO 1002 FINANCE, RISK AND INVESTMENT (15) (NH JW ERB) C
• plus three 15 credit courses of your choice

Second Year Courses

• AC 2028 PERSONAL INVESTMENT (15) (MWH AMG) C
• AC 2030 BUSINESS FINANCE (15) (ERB OK) C
• AC 2527 FINANCIAL MARKETS AND REGULATION (15) (RB LMC) C
• PO 2504 UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS (15) (DR) C
• plus a further 60 credits of courses ♦

Third and Fourth Year Courses

* To enter single or joint honours in Finance in academic year 2012/13, students must have achieved at least 240 credits overall, including passes (marks of 9 or above) in the following courses (or earlier equivalents): PO1002 (15), AC1513 (15), EC1006 (15), EC1505 (15), AC2028 (15), AC2030 (15), PO2504 (15) and AC2527 (15).

♦ Students with direct entry to year 2 will need to include EC1006 (15), EC1505 (15).

* In addition to the normal requirements that honours students must achieve at least 240 credits at levels 3 and above, including at least 90 credits at level 4, single honours students need to ensure that they achieve 30 credits worth of non AC coded courses at levels 3 or 4 to satisfy Enhanced Study requirements. The compulsory courses listed below provide 120 credits. Students may choose the remaining 120 credits from any level 3 and 4 AC, EC, PO and MS coded courses subject to meeting the above requirements.

Winter Semester 2012/13

Third Year Courses

• AC 3050 CORPORATE FINANCE (30) (JW OK) C

Fourth Year Courses

• AC 4028 EMPIRICAL METHODS IN FINANCE (30) (JW) R
• AC 4031 FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (30) (JW OK MW) C (joint honours students may substitute AC 4028 in place of this course)
  

Spring Semester 2012/13

Third Year Courses

• AC 3550 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (30) (RB) C

Fourth Year Courses

• AC 4529 DISSERTATIONS IN FINANCE (30) (CR) C
• AC 4530 DERIVATIVES AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT (30) (RB)

Winter Semester 2013/14

Third Year Courses

• AC 3050 CORPORATE FINANCE (30) (JW OK) C

Fourth Year Courses

• AC 4028 EMPIRICAL METHODS IN FINANCE (30) (JW) R
  
• AC 4031 FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (30) (JW OK MW) C (joint honours students may substitute AC 4028 in place of this course)
  

Spring Semester 2013/14

Third Year Courses

• AC 3550 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (30) (RB) C

Fourth Year Courses

• AC 4529 DISSERTATIONS IN FINANCE (30) (CR) C
• AC 4530 DERIVATIVES AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT (30) (RB)