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MSc Degree in LMBS

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Professor Roman Matousek

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Type of courses

MSc in International Banking and Finance

MSc in Finance

MSc in Financial Derivatives and finance

MSc in International Business and finance(IBF)

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About the degree

The degree offers a good mix of academic andvocational coverage of the subject material involved, thefocus of which is on the advanced theoretical and

empirical literature in international banking and finance. To achieve the courses aims and achieve the best

delivery of the subject material, the course is taught byacademics with experience of the teaching and researchin economics and finance.

The course strives to deliver a programme that will seethe successful, graduating student well equipped toenter national or international companies with atheoretical and applied knowledge of economics and

finance.

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Admissions CriteriaMSC

Postgraduate degrees are for students who havealready completed an undergraduate degree to a goodstandard or have enough experience in the relevant

field. A master's is usually taught like an undergraduate

degree and takes one or two years. It is morechallenging than a bachelor's and demands

considerable independent thought from students. IELTS or TOEFL

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Key Features of

Postgraduate Courses

The Masters award has a total credit pointvalue of 180 points at level M. This

represents a total volume of 1800 notionallearning hours associated with the award,where 1 credit point is equivalent to 10learning hours.

Your Masters course will normally dividebetween a total of 120 credit points for thetaught elements and 60 credit points for the

Dissertation

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Masters 180 points

6 modules + dissertation

Postgraduate Diploma 120 points

6 modules

Postgraduate Certificate 60 points

3 modules

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Modules

6 modules plus dissertation

Quantitative Research Methods

Financial Markets and Portfolio Theory

Banking Operations and Strategy

Domestic and International Banking

Plus 2 optional modules,

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Corporate Finance

Development Finance

International Finance

Economics of European Integration Bank Capital Management

Financial Derivatives

Modelling and Forecasting Financial Markets

Islamic Banking and FinanceRisk Hedging and Financial Instruments

Law of International Banking and Finance

Law of International Banking Transactions

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All taught modules and the dissertation/projectmodule are marked on a percentage scale, with

a pass/fail threshold of 50%. Based on the final aggregate average

percentage result, the overall Masters awardmay be graded Masters (50-64%), Masters withMerit (6569%), or Masters with Distinction(70% plus).

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In the postgraduate programme, theDepartment runs 8 postgraduate courses,

which are offered both full-time and part-time. Each course is co-ordinated by aCourse Leader.

Individual modules are co-ordinated by aModule Leader.

A three hour weekly session is scheduledfor each module.

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Attendance

Most subjects are progressive in theircontent with sessions building upon each

other, so if you do miss sessions you willneed to catch up with any work that you havemissed.

You should inform your Course Leader andmodule tutors if you are going to be unableto attend your course for some time, other

than the occasional unavoidable absence.

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Studying

You should aim to attend all yourtimetabled classes which include a weekly

lecture.You also need to study in your own time

and altogether you should plan to spend

12-14 hours a week on each module,making a forty hour week commitment fora full-time student!!!

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Marking and Assessment

Classification thresholds for each grade ofaward as follows:

70% and above Masters degree withDistinction

65% - 69.99% Masters degree withMerit

50% - 64.99% Masters degree

0% - 49.99% Fail

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Study Resources and

Facilities

Libraries

The library service at City Campusmaintains three libraries, located atCalcutta House, Commercial Road and

Moorgate. Full details of the Libraryservices are available on the web athttp://www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries.

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Internship

The best students can be offered aninternship during Summer in Financial

Institutions in the City of LondonYou gain a real working experience from

different departments.