- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
MA Finance programme is structured to provide an international quality education in Finance, Economics and Econometrics for students with an interest in, and aptitude for, Finance but no necessary prior background. This programme provides rigorous graduate level training in Finance to a standard appropriate to a professional practitioner.
The programme is designed to help the student become a problem solver and therefore enhance their flexibility in the job market. It is a stimulating and challenging degree that aims to provide the student with a wide range of skills demanded by the financial sector. Successful graduates attain economic, quantitative and communication skills that are highly sought by employers in the public and private sectors.
Entry Requirements
An honours primary degree in any discipline. Students without any knowledge of Finance are strongly advised to have a good background in Statistics and Quantitative Methods and/or to be prepared to undertake substantial independent study to equip themselves with the expected level of Finance. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- DERIVATIVES 2: AN ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS AND CREDIT DERIVATIVES
- MONEY & BANKING
- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 4
- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTANTS
- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 3
- ECONOMICS OF SPORT
- LAW & GOVERNANCE
- ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- IRISH ECONOMY
- FINANCIAL CRISES AND REGULATION
- ECONOMICS OF WORK AND LIFE DECISIONS
- DERIVATIVES 1: FORWARDS, FUTURES & SWAPS
- ECONOMETRICS
- ADVANCED MICROECONOMICS
- INVESTMENTS (PORTFOLIO SELECTION & ANALYSIS)
- ECONOMIC RESEARCH
- ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS
- INFORMATION ECONOMICS
- FIXED INCOME MARKETS (INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS).
- INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Year 2
- ECONOMETRICS 1
- FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
- ADVANCED DERIVATIVES
- MICROECONOMICS I
- CORPORATE FINANCE
- THESIS
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- RISK & UNCERTAINTY
- MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE
- MACROECONOMICS I
- FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMETRICS
- LABOUR ECONOMICS
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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