Master of Science in Finance

This course emphasizes financial management from a management perspective. The course focuses on raising and spending cash both short-term and long-term to create share value.

This course gives an overview of international financial markets, exchange rate determination, hedging, financial assets and investing internationally.

This course introduces the structure and format of financial statements, the analysis and interpretation of accounts, ratio analysis, and the assessment of financial performance. It also provides an understanding of the ethical and corporate governance standards that need to be observed and practiced in contemporary financial management.

This course studies quantitative methods for both financial and economic analysis, which provide the framework for rational financial decision-making in contemporary financial management. The course will include contents of business mathematics, descriptive statistics, probability, hypothesis testing techniques for statistical analysis, and financial econometrics.

This course focuses on the theoretical relationship of economics to contemporary managerial decision-making. It also focuses on optimization techniques, quantitative and statistical market analysis, pricing, and output strategies, international trade, and the role of government.

This course introduces students to fundamentals of equity analysis, portfolio construction and management, and the valuation of derivatives. Also studied in this course are Fixed Income Securities and Interest Rate Modeling, which cover the principles of fixed income portfolio management.

This course examines the core principles of Islamic finance. Its aims are to develop an appreciation of the Sharia compliant financial products and the rationale for the prohibition of Riba (usury) in Sharia compliant financial instruments. The course will look in detail at the financial techniques applied by Islamic banks with detailed analysis of Islamic asset and fund management and risk sharing concepts (PLS model). Additionally, this course will examine the Islamic Sukuk (bond) market and Islamic Takaful (insurance).

This course emphasizes financial management from a management perspective. The course focuses on raising and spending cash, both short-term and long-term to create share value.

This course study types of equity securities, their characteristics and equity market. Students will learn and practice equity valuation and equity investment strategy. The course will include fundamental analysis, valuation models, efficient market hypotheses, and passive vs. active portfolio management strategy.

This course teaches students fundamentals of fixed income securities (fixed income security markets, characteristics, security evaluation, portfolio construction and management) and studies interest rate modeling, which covers the principles of fixed income portfolio management.

This course focuses on asset allocation, portfolio theory and applications, major approaches to portfolio construction and portfolio performance evaluation.

The course makes students be able to appraise current primary derivative securities and compare their respective markets. Topics to be covered include no-arbitrage-based pricing, binomial option pricing, the Black-Scholes option pricing model, pricing of forwards and futures, hedging with derivatives, and portfolio insurance.

This module is designed to provide students with a deep foundational understanding of Financial Technology (FinTech) and its applications in modern finance. Students will learn the taxonomy of disruptive innovations that are reshaping financial services and examine how Bitcoin, and hence all blockchain and smart contract applications, work. They will be introduced to the use of big data techniques and artificial intelligence in FinTech. By the end of these module, students will understand how, why, and when financial institutions and other firms benefit from using FinTech, by analysing specific case studies of FinTech applications. Finally, this module discusses topics in corporate responsibility and regulatory standards for financial analysts, under the prism of Financial Technology and financial innovation. Topics include cybersecurity, privacy and RegTech (Regulatory Technology) for Finance.

The course examines the research process, including the design and implementation of methodologically sound projects and the evaluation of research.

This course is designed to introduce the economic analysis of banking and financial systems, and thus provide a foundation for further study in money, banking and finance. It explains the nature, functions, and the structure of financial and banking systems, and examines current issues, and analyses intermediaries and markets.

This course focuses on strategies and instruments that banks and financial intermediaries must use to achieve and maintain short and long-term efficiency and profit maximization objectives. It introduces students to strategic content and managerial functions of financial management in banks, and other financial services firms.

This course will provide participants with an understanding of the structure of central banking, its instruments, and its impact on the banking system and the economy. It explains the effect of changes in money supply and interest rates on aggregate economic activity and distribution of resources.

Participants will develop an in-depth understanding of financial markets and acquire the knowledge on the operations of different types of financial markets and financial securities traded in those markets. Participants will have an appreciation of the importance, risk and functions of various financial markets.

This course explores national and organizational cultures and focuses on the meaning of culture globally and the management of cultural differences.

This course to be undertaken after the completion of all other subjects will draw together the knowledge and skills acquired from most, if not all of the previous subjects, and will focus on the ability to examine certain issues in a real world situation. This course examines the research process, including the design and implementation of methodologically sound projects and the evaluation of research.

This course is designed for managers who use accounting information, focusing on the language of accounting, the kinds of information that can be provided by accounting systems, and how this information is used to make business decisions. An overview of accounting systems is provided, but the course does not focus on the details of bookkeeping or creating accounting systems.

This course provides a framework for thinking strategically about the management of human resources in organizations.

This course focuses on individual, group, and leadership behavior in organizations. Topics covered may include personal performance and stress management; the theory and practice of effective organizational leadership; leading and managing teams; women business leaders and employee diversity; interpersonal, group and organizational communication; employee motivation, empowerment, and performance, managing power and politics.

This course explores the rapid development of e-commerce throughout the world. It examines how e-commerce has changed the way goods and services flow from manufacturers and service providers to consumers, and opportunities therein, for new firms.

This course encourages student teams to craft and implement strategies for multinational corporations in a competitive global environment using a computer simulation model.

This course focuses on the theoretical relationship of economics to contemporary managerial decision-making. It also focuses on optimization techniques, quantitative and statistical market analysis, pricing and output strategies, international trade, and the role of government.

This course focuses on operation functions within organizations with emphasis on the service environment. It charts decision making techniques including statistical analysis and technological applications, strategy and links to other organizational functions.

This course explores the ethical issues raised by the activities of the business and corporate sphere and the legal complexities of the societies and environments in which they operate. It also focuses on legal and ethical complexities of the transnational business activity.

This course focuses on managerial decision making in marketing and the use of market data and analysis. Emphasis is placed on the inter-relationship of marketing concepts, formulating and implementing marketing strategies, policies and systems of control.

This course provides a bridge between the taught components of the masters program and its strategic application.

This course covers the essentials of planning a new venture and financing it. It encourages student teams to develop and present a business plan for a new venture.

This course encourages student teams to craft and implement strategies for multinational corporations in a competitive global environment using a computer simulation model.