Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Banking and Finance and Physics

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Banking and Finance and Physics

Course Title

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Banking and Finance and Physics

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

4 Years

240 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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Banking & Finance

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics.


Physics

Either

A pass at Advanced Level at Grade C or better in Physics together with a pass at Intermediate Level at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics

or

A pass at Advanced Level at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics together with a pass at Intermediate Level at Grade C or better in Physics.


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Banking & Finance

Banking and Finance will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to incline your analytical and statistical/mathematical mind orientation for the work-place. The course will provide you with the professional teaching of concepts related to both fields.


Physics

The course design reflects the need to provide as wide a base as the human resources of the department permit. It provides a sound basis in the subject during the first three years, with some specialisation in chosen areas offered during the final year. You will be equipped with the necessary knowledge, experience and skills to pursue careers as scientists within the industry, administration, education and, of course, research.


Banking & Finance

The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.

  1. Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:

    2. First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,

    Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,

    Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

    At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).

  2. Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
    1. 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
    2. 20 credits in the other area of study,

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.


Physics

The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.

  1. Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:

    2. First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,

    Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,

    Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

    At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).

  2. Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
    1. 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
    2. 20 credits in the other area of study,

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.


Communication and Academic Skills Programme

The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.

Banking & Finance

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BKF2011 Banking 1 4 ECTS   (NC)  
EMA1310 Foundations and Applications of Economics 4 ECTS   (NC)  
EMA1314 Financial Accounting and Control 1 4 ECTS    
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only
 
CIS1044 SQL for Statisticians 2 ECTS    
ISR1001 Economics of Risk Management 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only
 
MAT1091 Mathematical Methods 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ACC1731 Financial Accounting and Control 2 4 ECTS    
BKF2071 Principles of Finance 4 ECTS   (NC)  
ECN1201 Economics of Development and Small Island States 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only
 
MAT1116* Introduction to Vector Spaces 2 ECTS    

* Students must check the pre-requisite requirements.  

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BKF2041 Financial Services Law 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF2320 Accounting for Bankers 1 2 ECTS    
ECN2230 Macroeconomics for Finance 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only
 
INS3018 Investments and Derivative Markets 4 ECTS    
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only
 
MAT2112 Linear Algebra 1 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BKF2050 Foundations of Risk Management 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3111 Practical Issues in Banking 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3151 Securities Markets and Trading 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BKF3310 Thomson Reuters - Applied Analytics 4 ECTS    

 

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BFI3344 Investment Banking 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF2091 Money and Banking 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3041 International Banking 1 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3050 Equity Markets 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BFI3309 Mathematical Finance, Financial Engineering, Derivatives and Risk Measurement 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3021 Fixed Income Analysis 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3093 Governance and Regulations 2 ECTS    
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only
 
BKF3308 Islamic Finance 4 ECTS   (NC)  
 
Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only
 
BFI3346 Financial Mathematical Models 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 

For students opting to do the dissertation in Banking and Finance

If students opt to do the dissertation in Banking and Finance, they are required to register for 20 ECTS credits in compulsory study-units and 20 ECTS credits assigned to the dissertation to a total of 40 ECTS credits.

For students opting to do the dissertation in the other area

If students opt NOT to do the dissertation in Banking and Finance, they are required to register for a total of 20 ECTS credits in compulsory study-units.
 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BFI3301 Dissertation 20 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BFI3345 Fund Administration 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3061 Finance of International Trade 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3341 Prevention of Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BKF3320 Econometrics for Banking and Finance 4 ECTS   (NC)  
BKF3330 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 

Physics

 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY1105 Fundamentals of Experimental Physics 4 ECTS   (NC)  
PHY1197 Introduction to Classical Mechanics and Waves 6 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY1125 Mathematics for Physicists 1 4 ECTS    
PHY1133 Python for Physicists 4 ECTS    
PHY1134 Introduction to Numerical Methods 2 ECTS    
PHY1193 Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY1145 Electricity and Magnetism and Optics 6 ECTS    

 

 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY2145 Electromagnetism 4 ECTS    
PHY2230 Experimental Physics 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
CHE1750* Health and Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory 2 ECTS    
PHY2195 Classical and Relativistic Mechanics 6 ECTS    
PHY2210 Mathematics for Physicists 2 4 ECTS    

* Study-unit CHE1750 is only available for students following Chemistry and Physics.
 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
LIN1063** Academic Reading and Writing in English 2 ECTS    
PHY2140 Quantum Mechanics 6 ECTS    
PHY3110 Physical Optics 4 ECTS    

** Study-unit LIN1063 is not available for students following Chemistry and Physics.
 

 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY3111 Advanced Experimental Physics 6 ECTS   (NC)  
PHY3145 Statistical Mechanics 5 ECTS    
PHY3515 Gravitation and Cosmology 6 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY3130 Atomic Physics 4 ECTS    
PHY3225 Fluid Mechanics 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY3155 Solid State Physics 5 ECTS    

 

If Physics is chosen as the main area of study:
Students are required to register for 32 ECTS credits from the list of compulsory study-units, and 8 ECTS credits from the list of Elective Stream linked to their project area to a total of 40 ECTS credits.

If Physics is chosen as the other area of study:
Students are required to register for 12 ECTS credits from the list of compulsory study-units and 8 ECTS credits from the list of Elective Stream of their choice to a total of 20 ECTS credits.
 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PHY3200* Physics Project 18 ECTS   (NC)  
PHY3208 Short Review Paper and Philosophy of Science 6 ECTS    
PHY3209* Seminar 2 ECTS    
PHY3232 Nuclear and Particle Physics 6 ECTS    
 
Elective Stream A: Space Sciences.
 
PHY3289 Advanced Astrophysics and Cosmology 4 ECTS    
 
Elective Stream B: Electromagnetics.
 
PHY3277 Bioelectromagnetism 4 ECTS    
PHY3279 Applied Electromagnetism 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Elective Stream A: Space Sciences.
 
PHY3287 Computational Astronomy 4 ECTS    
 
Elective Stream C: Quantum Physics.
 
PHY3227 Quantum Optics 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Stream C: Quantum Physics.
 
PHY3229 Modern Quantum Theory 4 ECTS    

 
*Study-units PHY3200 and PHY3209 are only for students taking Physics as their main area.

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Science (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Science.

Banking & Finance

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Banking and Finance

  • Demonstrate your broad and intricate knowledge of the theoretical and professional disciplines related to both areas.
  • Work in collaboration with others for better and more effective solutions.
  • Integrate your skills and conceptual knowledge in the Financial Services Industry.

    Mathematics

  • Understand and employ the basic rules of logic, including the role of axioms or assumptions.
  • Appreciate the role of mathematical proof in formal deductive reasoning and exercise it effectively in solving problems.
  • Distinguish a coherent argument from a fallacious one, both in mathematical reasoning and in everyday life.

    • Physics

    By the end of the course, you will:

  • Demonstrate a refined and intricate understanding of the concepts and fundamentals of physics principles.
  • Communicate physics reasoning effectively in the oral and written form.
  • Solve complex physics problems through the use of sophisticated mathematical techniques.

    • Non EU Applicants:

    Fee per academic year: Eur 10,800

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    Banking & Finance

    As a Banking and Finance graduate, you may pursue a career as an Insurance Sales Agent, financial analyst, bank teller, commercial banker, investment banker, financial planner, insurance agent, public accounting, Hedge Fund manager, Real Estate Agent, Chief financial officer and as a venture capitalist. If you would like to pursue an academic career or further your studies, you may enrol in a postgraduate course offered by the University of Malta.


    Physics

    As a physicist, you will be the most versatile of scientists, capable of tackling a variety of both every-day and specialist problems. You may find employment in government departments, with private industry, with public authorities, as teachers in state and private or church schools and research laboratories, both locally and abroad.

    The physics programme equips you to join postgraduate courses (both locally and abroad). Such courses may range from taught and/or research Masters to M.Phil. and Ph.D.


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