The Brunel Banking and Finance BSc provides students with the knowledge, skills and insights needed to effectively pursue careers in banking and financial services.
You’ll get a solid grounding in micro and macroeconomic principles, accounting practices and the workings of financial markets before studying advanced topics including real estate finance, financial regulation, risk management and how banking and financial systems operate in an international context.
You’ll also gain insight into the dynamic relationship between investors, financial markets and the institutions that enable transactions between the two.
You’ll study econometrics and develop highly valued skills in data modelling, and get training in analytical packages widely used by business and financial institutions such as Bloomberg, Reuters, SAS, EViews and STATA.
We offer two study options. You can choose three years full-time or four years full-time with a one-year professional placement between years two and three that will give you the chance to apply the theoretical principles you’ve learned to a working environment.
You can tailor the final year of your course to specialise in an area of particular interest.
Due to globalisation, banking and finance have become growth sectors for graduate vacancies. The specialised skills and training you’ll get from your Brunel BSc will make you a preferred job candidate to employers across the industry.
This course is also accredited by ACCA and CIMA offering exemptions to some of their professional papers depending on your module choices.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Financial Markets
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Mathematics for Economics and Finance
Microeconomic Principles
Macroeconomic Principles
Professional Skills and Statistics.
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Corporate Finance
Housing Finance
Economics of Information
Introduction to Econometrics
Money and Banking
Optional modules
Company Law and Regulation
Financial Accounting and Statement Analysis
Macroeconomic Principles II
Year 3
Compulsory modules
Economics of Banking
Financial Regulation
Economics Project
Optional modules
Risk Management
Managerial and Industrial Economics
Behavioural Economics and Finance
International Money and Finance
Financial Engineering
Further Econometrics
Advanced Financial Reporting
For further information on degree content, please visit the Brunel website: www.brunel.ac.uk/economics-and-finance
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
L131
Institution code:
B84
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
including grade B in Mathematics or Maths & Statistics. General Studies not accepted.
Obtain a minimum of 120 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3 and grade B in A level Maths or Maths & Statistics.
including grade B in Mathematics or Maths & Statistics
in any subject and an A level in Mathematics or Maths & Statistics at grade B
in any subject and an A level in Mathematics or Maths & Statistics at grade B
including 5 in higher level Mathematics
in any subject and grade B in A level Mathematics or Maths & Statistics
including H2 in Mathematics or Maths and Statistics
in any subject and grade B in A level Maths or Maths & Statistics.
in any subject with A levels grade BB including Mathematics or Maths & Statistics
in any subject with A levels grade BB including Mathematics or Maths & Statistics.
including M2 in Mathematics
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.5
with no less than 5.5 in each subsection
Institution's Own Test
with no less than 55% in each subsection
TOEFL (iBT)
92.0
with a minimum of:
Reading - 18
Listening - 17
Speaking - 20
Writing - 17
PTE Academic
58.0
with a minimum of 51 in all subscores
Brunel University London - English Language Requirements