This programme provides a firm foundation in Finance, Financial Economics, Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, and Empirical Finance. The MSc is specifically designed to support career entry and development in the financial sector, government agencies, and higher education. The programme provides a solid grounding in modern finance and economics with a particular emphasis on techniques and models and their application to real-world problems. Students will also get an understanding of the qualitative and quantitative techniques needed to interpret market reactions to geopolitical events such as oil-price shocks and financial crises.
As well as providing the students with a firm academic foundation, this programme also aims to develop the professional skills of the individual. Students will learn vital skills expected of graduates, including ‘soft’ skills of teamwork, creative thinking, and high-impact communication.
The general objective of the Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Finance is to train professionals and researchers in the field of Accounting and Finance, in order to enable them to respond to the demands of an increasingly competitive and globalized economy. The programme additionally seeks to enable students to gain hands-on experience of the process of financial decision-making and practical knowledge of the workings and role of financial markets in the allocation of capital.
B.Sc. or B.Tech. degree in Economics, Finance, Accountancy, or its equivalent
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
To successfully complete the MSc Finance programme, students must obtain a total of 120 credits distributed over 4 full semesters over the programme’s duration. These credits shall relate to both Compulsory and Elective Courses as indicated in the FORM B below.
METHODS OF TEACHING
All courses shall be examined by Continuous Assessment through assignments and/or tests and a final examination. The grade obtained through such Continuous Assessment shall constitute 30% of the total marks of the course while the end-of-semester examination shall constitute 70%.
Performance in a course for the Professional Bachelor’s Degree programme shall be recorded according to the following schedule:
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MARK/100
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LETTER GRADE |
GRADE POINTS |
EVALUATION |
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80-100 70-79 60-69 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 0-39 |
A B+ B C+ C D+ D F |
4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0 |
EXCELLENT VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR AVERAGE BELOW AVERAGE POOR FAIL |
The final aggregate mark for a course shall be a whole number. Letter grades and grade points shall be awarded on the basis of the final aggregate mark.
In order to determine the grade point average of a candidate, the appropriate grade points assigned to the corresponding letter grade are multiplied by the credit value of the course. The products are added for all courses registered for the sum divided by the total number of credits registered. The quotient so obtained is the G.P.A. For example, student X obtains the following grades
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COURSE
FINY6101 FINY6102 FINY6103 FINY6104 FINY6105 FINY6106 |
GRADE
A B+ B C B+ C+ TOTAL |
GRADE POINTS 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.0 3.5 2.5
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CREDIT VALUE 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 |
WEIGHTED POINT 16.0 17.5 12.0 8.0 17.5 9.0 80 |
GPA = 80/24 = 3.33
To earn credit for a course, the student must score a minimum of 50% (C) in that course if this is compulsory. Students may gain credit in the case of an elective/required course if they scored 40% (D).
If a student obtains a pass mark in a course after re-sitting the course once or any subsequent number of times, the final mark given shall be the average of the marks obtained in the different settings if this average is higher than 50% or 50% if the average obtained is less than 50%. Only this average mark shall be used to calculate the student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA). The fail mark shall no longer enter into the calculation of the cumulative grade point average (GPA).
In each semester (semesters one and two), the student shall register for courses totaling not less than 30 credits. A student who fails to obtain a mark of 50/100 for any course at the end of the semester shall be obliged to resit the course(s).
The class of the Professional Bachelor’s degree awarded shall be based on the final Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) as follows:
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S/N |
Classification |
Grade Range |
Letter Grade |
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1 |
First Class |
3.6 – 4.00 |
A |
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2 |
Second Class Upper Division |
3.0 – 3.59 |
B+ |
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3 |
Second Class Lower Division |
2.50 – 2.99 |
B |
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4 |
Third Class |
2.25 – 2.49 |
C+ |
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5 |
Pass |
2.00 – 2.24 |
C |
THE CODING OF COURSES
The first four letters indicate the name of the programme and the institution. The first figure represents the Level, while the second stands for the semester (i.e. 1 for the first semester and 2 for the second). The third and fourth figures are for the course number.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
The language of instruction is strictly restricted to English.
STRUCTURE OF THE MSc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN FINANCE
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YAER ONE |
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
CV |
ST |
COURSE TYPE |
PREREQUISITES |
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L |
T |
P |
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FIRST SEMESTER |
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FINM 6101 |
Advanced Corporate Finance |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6102 |
Financial Statement Analyses & Security Valuation |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6103 |
Financial Markets and Instruments |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6104 |
Advanced Finance Theory |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6105 |
Quantitative Methods in Finance (Financial Modelling) |
6 |
E |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6106 |
Sustainable Finance and Corporate Governance |
6 |
E |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
36 |
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SECOND SEMESTER |
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FINM6201 |
Multinational Finance |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6202 |
Financial Econometrics |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
|
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FINM6203 |
Managerial Finance and Portfolio Management |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6204 |
Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital (Structured Finance) |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6205 |
Research Methodology |
6 |
E |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6206 |
Risk and Financial Derivatives |
6 |
E |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
36 |
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YAER TWO |
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
CV |
ST |
COURSE TYPE |
PREREQUISITES |
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L |
T |
P |
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FIRST SEMESTER |
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FINM6107 |
Internship |
18 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6108 |
Seminar I |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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FINM6109 |
Seminar II |
6 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
30 |
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SECOND SEMESTER |
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FINM6298 |
Dissertation |
30 |
C |
40 |
10 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
30 |
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Key: C = Compulsory, E = Elective, L = Lecture, T = Tutorials, P = Practical
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