MN52065: Contemporary issues in finance practice
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Individual Essay (CWES 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, you will be able to:
- Describe contemporary business and social issues affecting or likely to affect finance practice and discuss their implications for practitioners, businesses and wider society
- Evaluate how current developments in finance practice are shaped by, but often depart from, textbook and theory
- Be conversant with current developments in finance practice
- Demonstrate awareness of the need for practice to remain relevant
- Research and synthesise complex information on contemporary issues in finance practice
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| Synopsis: | Develop a broad understanding of the topical issues in the finance practice. You will learn how theory is applied in practice and the challenges you may face as a finance practitioner. Topics covered will change to reflect contemporary finance, but some topics we would have explored in recent years include blockchain, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.
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| Content: | By its nature, the unit content will be directed towards issues in finance practice that are contemporary at the time of delivery.
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| Course availability: |
MN52065 is Compulsory on the following courses:
School of Management
MN52065 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
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