Finance & Investment Dissertation
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI4020 | Business | 4 | 60 | Summer UK |
- Code
- BUSI4020
- School
- Business
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 60
- Semesters
- Summer UK
Summary
Target Students
Only available for MSc Finance and Investment students.
Classes
Contact hours for this module comprise a mix of face-to-face meetings, group workshops, mentoring and study clinics, video/telephone calls, email conversations, and peer-to-peer feedback sessions. The onus is on the student to engage with all contact time offered in alignment with the requirements of their studies. Students must remain in communication with the supervisory team throughout their dissertation studies.
Assessment
- 100% Dissertation: 12,000-15,000 wordsReassessment of this module will be 100% dissertation
Assessed by end of summer vacation
Educational Aims
Develop ability to undertake independent research in the area of finance and investment either in the context of further academic research or consultancy.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:
- Finance - the sources, uses and management of finance.
- Tools and techniques for transforming (big) data into useful information for business analysis and decision support.
Intellectual skills
This module develops:
- Being able to think critically and be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately.
- Being able to solve complex problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision-making techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; and the ability to create, identify and evaluate options; the ability to implement and review decisions.
- Using information and knowledge effectively in order to abstract meaning from information and to share knowledge, including the use of quantitative skills.
Professional practical skills
This module develops:
- The ability to conduct research and enquiry into business and management issues either individually or as part of a team through research design, the collection and analysis of quantitative data, synthesis and reporting.
Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:
- Effective communication: networking, listening, oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports.
- High personal effectiveness: critical self-awareness, self-reflection and self-management time management conflict resolution, displaying commercial acumen, the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience.