2.5-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Finance and Management (Placement Year)

For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Finance and Management

This course is designed to give students career flexibility after graduation. The School helps the students develop the quantitative skills appropriate for the finance sector, as well as the qualitative, discursive skills appropriate for management and leadership. Students may seek to lead a finance team within an organisation, pursue a career as a financial analyst or use their business knowledge to work in any area of management. In their third year, they also have the option to undertake a paid work placement to develop their professional skills and further enhance their CV.

The BSc Finance and Management degree teaches students about how businesses make financial decisions and study international financial markets. Their management modules also develop the necessary skills and knowledge to be an effective leader.

Real-life examples are used to apply theory to practice and students regularly have access to the virtual trading floor. Here, they can learn how to use real-world Bloomberg data, information and analytics to make better business decisions and practice trading stocks and securities using X_TRADER. This industry leading software enables them to trade multiple markets from a single screen.

Management topics may include:

• management, innovation and new technologies • organisational behavior • business strategy • human resource management • leadership in organisations

Finance topics may include:

• corporate finance • financial management • portfolio analysis • financial modelling • risk management • financial markets and trading