Business and Finance with Foundation
Regent's University London
UCAS Code: A011 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Regent's University London
UCAS Code: A011 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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About this course
Finance plays a fundamental role in every organisation, whether it’s an international business or a new start-up. This course will help you to prepare for a rewarding career in the competitive financial and business sector – developing your skills as a financer and giving you the confidence to manage teams globally.
You'll gain a solid understanding of how financial markets and instruments operate and how investment decisions are taken in challenging and complex environments – as well as the skills needed to manage wealth effectively and make major corporate financial and acquisition decisions.
You'll study different financial markets and institutions, empirical finance and analytics, wealth management, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, disruptive strategies and models, and you'll learn how to formulate strategies, contrast perspectives and interpret information – developing rational, emotional and social intelligence, enabling you to think strategically when taking key financial decisions by estimating risk and uncertainty, maximising return and utility, and acting ethically.
Working with live data from the Refinitiv Eikon platform, and other specialist databases on campus, you'll also develop the entrepreneurial and research skills that are highly prized by global employers and venture capital investors. Plus, in your final year, you'll have the chance to join an immersive five-week financial trading experience.
Learn in London – the UK's business hub
From global organisations to new start-ups, studying in London offers opportunities to engage with all aspects of the business arena – gaining valuable work experience and meeting influential industry contacts.
You'll join bootcamps, simulations and masterclasses to learn to think like a leader and financer, and work on live briefs commissioned by industry experts that expose you to real-world business issues and give you the strategic skills to combat them.
You'll graduate with a practical, future-facing business education that's finance-focused, network-driven and tech engaged.
Integrated Foundation option
The integrated foundation year has been specially designed to give you the introductory knowledge and business skills needed to confidently progress to degree-level study.
It's structured around discipline knowledge, with extra modules that introduce you to the transferable skills you'll need at degree level and beyond – giving you a solid grounding in both management principles and business skills.
Once you've successfully completed your Foundation year, you'll be able to progress to any of our business, social sciences, humanities or media undergraduate courses.
Building on this foundation, you’ll develop specialist knowledge in your chosen course.
Assessment methods
Your skills and knowledge will be assessed via a wide range of task-based projects, reports, presentations and live and simulated briefs – as well as essays, case study analysis and data collection. It's important to us that your learning and assessment is:
Inclusive – fostering a student-focused approach
Engaging – encouraging interaction and participation
Authentic – based on real business challenges
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
Regent's University London offers a number of scholarships and bursaries to help with the cost of tuition fees. More information is available on the University website: https://www.regents.ac.uk/admissions/scholarships-and-funding
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Top job areas of graduates
The number of business studies graduates fell significantly last year after a long period of increase. But there were still more than 14,000 degrees awarded and this is the third most popular subject for new graduates. Because so many graduates get business studies degrees, you can find them everywhere in the economy, and very few jobs are completely out of reach for a good business studies graduate. Around 40% go into jobs in finance, sales, recruitment, management (particularly retail) or marketing. There is also a small (but well paid) group who take their technical skills into computing and IT. Thousands of graduates from this subject go into professional jobs every year, and average starting salaries are above the average for all subjects and particularly healthy in London where they top £25k. Graduates with good degree grades in business studies are much more likely to get good jobs, so don’t be complacent, and keep a close eye on your grades.
Finance
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.
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