1. BSc Finance
Dr Gareth Campbell

2. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

3. What is Finance?
 Finance is concerned with:
 The valuation of financial assets such as equities,
bonds, futures and options
 Trader behaviour in financial markets
 The organisation and regulation of financial markets
and institutions

4. Careers
 Investment Banking
 Fund Management
 Stockbroking
 Retail Banking
 Accounting

5. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

6. BSc Finance: First Year
 Financial Institutions and Markets
 Financial Reporting and Analysis
 Mathematics for Finance
 Statistical Methods
 Market Theory
 Principles of Economics

7. BSc Finance: Second Year
 Investment Analysis
 Mutual and Pension Fund Management
 Monetary Theory
 Managerial Economics
 Introductory Econometrics
 Placement Learning

8. BSc Finance: Placement Year
 Specialised Placement Office helps students to find
employment during placement year
 Excellent experience for CV
 Make connections with employers and can often return
for permanent employment
 City of London tour at end of year allows you to meet
other employers

10. BSc Finance: Final Year
 International Finance
 Corporate Finance
 Capital Markets
 Fixed Income Instruments
 Financial Engineering
 Financial Econometrics

11. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

13. Careers: Employers
 Employers of 2011 graduates:
• Citi
• Allstate
• First Derivatives
• HSBC
• Bank of Ireland
• PwC
• Ernst & Young
• Mercer

14. Careers: Postgraduate Study
 Rigorous academic work prepares students who
want to pursue further study
 MSc Finance at Queen’s or elsewhere
 PhD
 Professional Qualifications

15. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

16. Relevance: Financial Events
 Finance is an essential part of the economy
 Understand how the financial system works
 Learn about shares, banking and corporations

17. Relevance: All Round Education
 ICT skills
 Presentations
 Projects
 Time management
 Team working

18. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

19. Quality: Academic Rigour
 Academics all actively engaged in research
 At cutting edge of their field
 Several have held visiting positions at
 leading U.S. universities
 Bank of England
 Central Bank of Ireland

20. Quality: Teaching
 In the most recent national assessment Queen’s
University Management School was rated as
excellent for teaching quality by the UK Quality
Assurance Agency.

21. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

22. Entrance Requirements
 AAB or
 ABB including Mathematics

23. BSc Finance
 What is Finance?
 BSc Finance at Queen’s
 Why study Finance at Queen’s?
 Career Opportunities
 Relevance
 Quality
 Entrance Requirements
 Contact Details

24. Further Information
Email:
gareth.campbell@qub.ac.uk
Web:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/
Careers:
http://www.fssc.org.uk