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MSc Degree in LMBS
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Professor Roman Matousek
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Type of courses
MSc in International Banking and Finance
MSc in Finance
MSc in Financial Derivatives and finance
MSc in International Business and finance(IBF)
And more see: www.londonmet.ac.uk
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About the degree
The degree offers a good mix of academic andvocational coverage of the subject material involved, thefocus of which is on the advanced theoretical and
empirical literature in international banking and finance. To achieve the courses aims and achieve the best
delivery of the subject material, the course is taught byacademics with experience of the teaching and researchin economics and finance.
The course strives to deliver a programme that will seethe successful, graduating student well equipped toenter national or international companies with atheoretical and applied knowledge of economics and
finance.
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Admissions CriteriaMSC
Postgraduate degrees are for students who havealready completed an undergraduate degree to a goodstandard or have enough experience in the relevant
field. A master's is usually taught like an undergraduate
degree and takes one or two years. It is morechallenging than a bachelor's and demands
considerable independent thought from students. IELTS or TOEFL
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Key Features of
Postgraduate Courses
The Masters award has a total credit pointvalue of 180 points at level M. This
represents a total volume of 1800 notionallearning hours associated with the award,where 1 credit point is equivalent to 10learning hours.
Your Masters course will normally dividebetween a total of 120 credit points for thetaught elements and 60 credit points for the
Dissertation
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Masters 180 points
6 modules + dissertation
Postgraduate Diploma 120 points
6 modules
Postgraduate Certificate 60 points
3 modules
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Modules
6 modules plus dissertation
Quantitative Research Methods
Financial Markets and Portfolio Theory
Banking Operations and Strategy
Domestic and International Banking
Plus 2 optional modules,
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Corporate Finance
Development Finance
International Finance
Economics of European Integration Bank Capital Management
Financial Derivatives
Modelling and Forecasting Financial Markets
Islamic Banking and FinanceRisk Hedging and Financial Instruments
Law of International Banking and Finance
Law of International Banking Transactions
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All taught modules and the dissertation/projectmodule are marked on a percentage scale, with
a pass/fail threshold of 50%. Based on the final aggregate average
percentage result, the overall Masters awardmay be graded Masters (50-64%), Masters withMerit (6569%), or Masters with Distinction(70% plus).
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In the postgraduate programme, theDepartment runs 8 postgraduate courses,
which are offered both full-time and part-time. Each course is co-ordinated by aCourse Leader.
Individual modules are co-ordinated by aModule Leader.
A three hour weekly session is scheduledfor each module.
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Attendance
Most subjects are progressive in theircontent with sessions building upon each
other, so if you do miss sessions you willneed to catch up with any work that you havemissed.
You should inform your Course Leader andmodule tutors if you are going to be unableto attend your course for some time, other
than the occasional unavoidable absence.
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Studying
You should aim to attend all yourtimetabled classes which include a weekly
lecture.You also need to study in your own time
and altogether you should plan to spend
12-14 hours a week on each module,making a forty hour week commitment fora full-time student!!!
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Marking and Assessment
Classification thresholds for each grade ofaward as follows:
70% and above Masters degree withDistinction
65% - 69.99% Masters degree withMerit
50% - 64.99% Masters degree
0% - 49.99% Fail
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Study Resources and
Facilities
Libraries
The library service at City Campusmaintains three libraries, located atCalcutta House, Commercial Road and
Moorgate. Full details of the Libraryservices are available on the web athttp://www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries.
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Internship
The best students can be offered aninternship during Summer in Financial
Institutions in the City of LondonYou gain a real working experience from
different departments.