Finance

• Prove financial knowledge with broader business fundamentals including understanding of management science, economics, accounting, computing and information systems, organizational behavior, business law and ethics;
• Have a foundation in science and liberal studies as delivered through the General Education program;
• Apply the subject matter critically and analytically in real situations;
• Comprehend the political, social, legal, regulatory, environmental and technological impacts on organizations;
• Provide and analyse financial information for a variety of decision-making purposes.
• Show understanding of the operation and design of financial systems, risks, financial instruments.
• Understand the role, functions and environment of financial services in an international context.
• Pursue postgraduate studies or professional qualifications in the field of finance.

• advanced skills in the corporate finance field, e.g., planning, deciding and controlling corporate investment projects.
• excellent written and oral communication skills;
• demonstrate analytical and critical-thinking skills necessary to make sound business and personal decisions;
• numeric and quantitative skills including data analysis, interpretation and extrapolation;
• effective use of communication and information technology for business applications;
• effective self-management in terms of time, planning and behavior, motivation, self-starting, individual initiative and enterprise;
• self-awareness, openness and sensitivity to diversity in terms of people, cultures, business.

The Finance major is designed to equip students for careers in the:

• investment
• finance
• banking and corporate financial services industries

Our Finance graduates are much in demand both within the Finance profession and also in other areas of business. There are a number of professional Finance bodies which offer further training to our graduates and this leads to careers in:

• Audit
• Business
• Management
• the Public Sector and Taxation

Finance graduates have also a good record of moving up the hierarchy and achieving high positions within an organization, which is not necessarily in the Department of Finance.