As a ‘top up’ student, you will study a mix of three recommended modules along with a choice of three additional option modules. Each module, worth 20 credits, has been designed to provide you with an advanced understanding of finance with an international perspective. Recommended finance modules: * Theory and Practice of Equity Trading * Introduction to Corporate Finance * Finance Research Option modules: * Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions * International Financial Management * International issues in Accounting and Audit * Forensic Accounting Learning and teaching methods Our finance ‘top up’ degree is taught using a variety of approaches including lectures, workshops, tutorials and computer laboratory based classes. As an accounting and finance student, you will also have access to a fully equipped simulated ‘trading room’ providing an ideal setting to gain a hands-on introduction to the theory and practice of equity trading.

The course prepares you for a career in a variety of financial institutions including banks, investment management, consultancy and equity trading (to name a but few). Through this finance course you will develop key skills that employers value such as numerical and quantitative skills and the ability to communicate effectively (oral and written). Many of our graduates are also seen as attractive employment options because of their advanced knowledge of the globalised business environment and how organisations are managed and operate. Recognising the need for our graduates to be able to stand out in a competitive jobs market, the University of South Wales has developed a series of employability initiatives that exist within each academic Faculty.