BSc Hons Finance

at University College Cork

Modules

Year 1 Modules (all 5 credits):

AC1103 Financial Accounting Fundamentals; AC1104 Accounting for Partnerships and Companies; AC1105 Investment Analysis; AC1106 Introduction to Asset Valuation; AC1109 Management Accounting:Principles and Concepts & AC1115 Management Accounting: Cost & Control Systems (5 credits each); EC1200 & EC1211 Quantitative Techniques for Economics I and II (5 credits each); EC1209 Understanding and Interpreting Data; EC1210 Skills for Analysing Economic Data; EC1213 Microeconomic Reasoning & Practice; EC1214 is now Macroeconomics: Tools of Analysis
 

Year 2 Modules:

International Financial Reporting I;  Consolidated Financial Statements and Reporting;  Introduction to Taxation;  Data Analysis, Business Reporting & Process Automation;  Placement Plan; Corporate Financial Policies;  Business Econometrics and Forecasting;  The Macroeconomic Environment in the Short Term;  The Macroeconomic Environment in the Long Term; Microeconomics and the Individual;  Microeconomics and Macroeconomic Outcomes
 

Year 3 Modules:

Multinational Finance;  Governance, Regulation and Control of Financial Organisations;  Case Studies in Corporate Finance;  Economic Consulting;  Time Series Analysis;  Principles of Insurance for Finance;  Advanced Data Analysis for Finance;  Placement and Research Report;  Introduction to Corporate Information Systems
 

• Economics and Markets after the Crisis
• Governance, Regulation and Control of Financial Organisations
• Insurance for Finance
• Corporate Information Systems

You will also spend six months on placement in a financial organisation in Year 3. This internship, which is arranged by UCC, is in a designated financial institution or related organisation located in Ireland or the UK.
 

Year 4 Modules:
 

Core

Financial Information Analysis;  Corporate Valuation;  Securities Analysis;  Money Credit and Banking;  International Finance;  Economics of Corporate Strategy;  Economics of Strategic Behaviour;  Finance and Capital Markets;  Portfolio Analysis
 

Electives

Taxation:  Income Tax and VAT;  Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax;  Management Accounting;  Empirical and Behavioural Finance;  Entrepreneurial Finance;  Derivatives Valuation  
 

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
 

• Derive and apply solutions to financial issues from knowledge of finance, economics,
• accounting, and information technology
• Apply theory to estimate the value of economies, industries, companies, capital projects
• as well as financial assets and derivatives
• Identify financial problems, analyse their impact, and formulate solutions that will
• withstand critical examination
• Work effectively as an individual, and as a finance professional, in teams and in multi-
• disciplinary settings
• Communicate and interact effectively with professional financial services bodies, the
• broader financial community, and with society at large.
   

Non-EU Candidates

Non-EU candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate. In addition, where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.
 

Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & ExaminationsThe minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.IELTS*  
 

• 6.5 Overall
• 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
   

TOEFL iBT  

• 90 Overall
• Listening 20
• Reading 19
• Speaking 21
• Writing 20

The fees for BSc Hons Finance may vary from €20,000 to €35,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.

The BSc Finance degree prepares you for a career in the financial markets and financial services sector. In Year 3 you will spend six months on placement in a financial organisation, during which you will gain a valuable mix of both academic and practical skills, which are highly valued by employers.
 

The degree will provide you with a range of interesting career opportunities. Graduates from the course have gone on to work in:

• investment banking
• securities trading
• stock broking
• financial consultancy
• corporate banking
• fund management
• fund accounting
• insurance 
• accountancy
   

These career paths have taken them to both national and international financial services centres where they have been highly successful.