| AF7004 |
FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS AND FORECASTING I
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This module will provide you the knowledge and skills of empirical finance
that are important in the field of banking, finance and investment. The
module will deliver you the knowledge of econometrics that is required to
understand and analyse the real world financial data. You will learn about
classical econometric models such as linear regression involving Ordinary
Least Squares (OLS) method, time series regressions, hypothesis testing.
Furthermore, you will be introduced to forecasting methods and their
applications. You will also learn panel data analysis.
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CORE, 20 Credits |
| MN0490 |
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIC DECISIONS
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The module aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills pertinent to
responsible financial decision making practices. In doing so, this module
will equip you with both theoretical and practical knowledge regarding
corporate governance, social responsibility and sustainable strategic
decision making in finance. Within the module, you will cover the following
five main topics:
- The role of finance, operations and marketing functions in
strategic decision making
- Financial evaluation of sustainable investment projects
- Corporate governance, accountability and disclosure
- Socially responsible investment
- Corporate social and environmental reporting
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CORE, 20 Credits |
| MN0491 |
CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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The module introduces you to core concepts regarding the objective of
finance, how capital is first raised and then deployed into wealth creating
operations and then how wealth is then returned to the providers of capital
in an optimal way. At the end of the module you should be able to
demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of corporate finance and
develop the skills and ability to analyse corporate finance decisions in
both quantitative and qualitative terms. You will also undertake an
individual research project looking into capital market efficiency.
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CORE, 20 Credits |
| MN0492 |
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS AND
INSTITUTIONS
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In this module you will gain a fundamental understanding of the concepts and
theories operating within international financial markets, the financial
institutions/participants that comprise the market and its regulation. Your
learning will begin a the macro level, examining the financial system as a
whole, the different institutions that comprise it, their roles within it
and how they are regulated (with specific reference to banking). You will
learn about market dynamics – what drives markets and finally what
drives
the markets for specific instruments, namely money market instruments,
equities and fixed income. To apply the knowledge acquired in this module,
you will be using financial information and data. You will also use basic
financial arithmetic and statistics through Microsoft Excel.
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CORE, 20 Credits |
| MN0493 |
INVESTMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
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In the module, you will learn the knowledge and skills that are important to
understand and analyse the performance of portfolio composed of stocks and
fixed-income securities. Additionally, you will develop a critical
understanding of derivative instruments (options, forward and futures) and
about market risk measurement technique (VaR). The module thus provides
detail theoretical background where you will also learn the application side
of investments in financial assets and portfolio management.
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CORE, 20 Credits |
| NX0422 |
DISSERTATION PREPARATION AND RESEARCH METHODS
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In this module you will learn about a variety of different research methods.
This will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills necessary for
you to conduct research at Masters’ level and prepare you to complete
a
Master’s dissertation or consultancy project. By the end of the module
you
will know how to apply both quantitative and qualitative data collection and
analysis techniques. In quantitative techniques you will learn about
sampling, questionnaire design, statistical inference, and hypothesis
testing while qualitative techniques covered will include methods such as
interviewing and focus groups. Analysis methods such as content analysis and
thematic analysis will also be covered. In addition, you will gain some
understanding of research philosophy (positivism and interpretivism) and
research ethics and you will be able to write a research proposal to bring
these ideas together.
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CORE, 0 Credits |
| NX0472 |
DEVELOPING GLOBAL MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES I
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This module is the first of two that prepares you to be highly employable by
developing key hard and soft skills which have been identified by current
research as those necessary for postgraduate students seeking work. The
development of the module has been underpinned by Bird and Osland’s
(2003)
Global Competency Framework and will provide you with two discrete skills
sets - emotional and cultural intelligence (soft skills) and business
intelligence (hard skills).
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CORE, 20 Credits |
| NX0480 |
THE NEWCASTLE BUSINESS SCHOOL MASTERS
DISSERTATION
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In this module you will gain an understanding of the academic skills that
are required to produce a Masters Dissertation. By the end of the module you
will have written a 3000 word dissertation proposal and a 15000 word Masters
dissertation. The areas included are:
- Justification for the choice of topic
- Appropriate understanding, awareness and critical analysis of
existing and up to date literature evidenced by a comprehensive and
well-referenced literature review with an extensive reference list
- Selection, justification and application of an appropriately
rigorous methodology - including limitations of the approach
selected
- Clear statement of the findings of the research
- Critical analysis of the findings
- Explicit links between the analysis and the conclusions supported
by critical argument
- Evidence of original work or thought for example in the form or
context of the data collected, analytical process or application of
findings
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CORE, 60 Credits |