Programme Description
University of Malta
Faculty of Science
Banking and Finance (Joint Area)
(for courses commencing October 2020)
YEAR ONE
Semester 1
Compulsory Units for all students (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| ACC1721 |
Financial Accounting and Control 1 |
4 ECTS |
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| BKF2071 |
Principles of Finance |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| ECN1011 |
Introductory Micro-Economics |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only
| CIS1044 |
SQL for Statisticians |
2 ECTS |
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| INS2016 |
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 |
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| BKF2011 |
Banking 1 |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| ECN1021 |
Introductory Macro-Economics |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only
| MAT1116* |
Introduction to Vector Spaces |
2 ECTS |
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*Students must check the pre-requisite requirements.
YEAR TWO
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 |
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| ECN2031 |
Econometrics 1 |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only
| INS3018 |
Investments and Derivative Markets |
4 ECTS |
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Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only
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) |
| BKF3310 |
Thomson Reuters - Applied Analytics |
4 ECTS |
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YEAR THREE
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| BKF3041 |
International Banking 1 |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF3050 |
Equity Markets |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF2091 |
Money and Banking |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF4211 |
Investment Banking |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| BKF3021 |
Fixed Income Analysis |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF3093 |
Governance and Regulations |
2 ECTS |
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| BKF4310 |
Financial Modelling |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
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
| BKF4370 |
Financial Mathematical Models |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
YEAR FOUR
For students opting to do the dissertation in Banking and FinanceIf students opt to do the dissertation in Banking and Finance, they are required to register for 22 ECTS credits in compulsory study-units and 18 ECTS credits assigned to the dissertation to a total of 40 ECTS credits.
For students opting to do the dissertation in the other areaIf 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)
| BKF4161* |
Portfolio Management |
2 ECTS |
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| BKF4300* |
Dissertation |
18 ECTS |
(NC) |
*BKF4161 and BKF4300 are for students opting to do the dissertation in Banking and Finance.
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| BKF4031 |
Investments and Finance |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF4051 |
Derivatives Markets |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF4390 |
Fundamental Tools for Investing |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| BKF4041 |
Corporate Finance |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| BKF4270 |
Structured Investment Products |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
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.
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Last Updated: 25 May 2020
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The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students' registration period for that academic year begins.
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