Course Name
Entry
MSc Finance
September 2011
Your registration date and time
Date: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Time: 11.45am
Room: Exhibition and Conference Centre (ECC)
Welcome to all new MSc Finance students!
Your first week will be a general introduction to the course, the university and most
importantly each other! You should make every effort to attend all of the activities run
in the first week of the course as they will provide you with a lot of useful information.
Please read the following information carefully.
As you can imagine, your first week at UWE will be very busy and involve many
different activities. They will include some formal registration activities that may
involve queuing, so please be prepared for this.
You will meet all your Programme Manager and your class colleagues on:
Date: Monday 19th September 2011
Start Time: 10am
Room: 4C14
Key areas of support for FBL students
FBL Student Advice Centre is your first point of contact for non-academic support and
guidance.
If you have a query about course content you should talk to your tutors, but you can
see the Student Advisers if you have any more general concerns, or if something
happens that makes it difficult for you to study and meet deadlines. They can explain
how university regulations affect you, and perhaps guide you in making decisions.
The Student Advisers will meet you during Induction, but meanwhile please visit their
web site and feel free to make an appointment (via FBL Reception on 0117 32 83610)
during your first weeks if you'd like to discuss anything with them.
Other Important Information
Below you will find a series of links to information you should familiarise yourself with
before you start your studies. This includes some of the rules and regulations
governing your study, information about the Library and IT Systems that you will use,
as well as how to become a Student Representative and the Careers service.
Information Technology
Library
Student Representation & Elections
Careers
Check+list
Before you arrive at UWE you must
- Receive your username and password
- Go to myUWE to
1) Register online
2) Confirm your personal details
- Make arrangements to pay your fees
- Check our new students pages www.uwe.ac.uk/newstudents
Have photographic evidence of your identity ready for registering in person at the
University
Your core textbooks for Semester One. You are expected the purchase these
textbooks:
Fundamentals of Financial Management:
Arnold, G., 2008. “Corporate Financial Management”. 4th edition. Harlow: FT-Prentice
Hall.
ISBN: 978-0-273-71041-7.
Financial Instruments:
Reilly, F.K., and K.C. Brown, 2009, “Analysis of Investments and Management of
Portfolios”, 9th ed., South-Western.
Financial Statement Analysis:
Palepu, K., Healy, P, Peek, E. (2010), “Business Analysis and Valuation – IFRS
Edition”, 2nd edition, London, Thomson
Summer holiday work
Task 1 - Join FBL Buzz! FBL Buzz is the Faculty’s very own social networking site.
Here you can meet other students who will be joining the Faculty in September and
make some friends before you arrive!
Task 2 - You should also familiarise yourself with the modules you will be taking
during your first year. Please click on the link below to find out more information
about your programme structure and the modules you will be studying. Please note
that while there is a recommended text for most modules, these are subject to
change so we recommend waiting to buy these until the start of term.
Task 3 - Pre Course Reading Materials:
Statistics
Recommended readings:
Harper, W., 1999. Statistics. 6th edition. London: Financial Times Management.
Newbold, P., Carlson, W. And Thorne, B., 2002. Statistics for Business and Economics.
International edition. New York: Pearson.
Rachev, S., Hoechstoetter, M. Fabozzi, F. and Focardi, S., 2010. Probability and
Statistics for Finance. New York: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Spiegel, M., Schiller, J. and Alu Srinivasan, R., 2009. Schaum’s Outline of Probability
and Statistics. 3rd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Swift, L., 1997. Mathematics and Statistics for Business, Management and Finance.
Basingstoke: Macmillan.
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Advanced readings:
Hand, D. and Jacka, S., 1998. Statistics in Finance. London: Arnold Publishing
Ruppert, D., 2004. Statistics and Finance: An introduction. London: Springer.
Maddala, G. and Rao, C., 1996. Handbook of Statistics 14: Statistical Methods in
Finance. London: Elsevier Science Ltd.
Corporate Finance (Financial Management)
Introductory readings:
Brooks, R., 2010. Financial Management: Core Concepts. International edition. New
Jersey: Pearson.
Megginson, W., Smart, S. and Lucey, B., 2008. Introduction to Corporate Finance.
London: Cengage Learning.
Keown, A., Martin, J. and Petty, W., 2008. Foundations of Finance: The Logic and
Practice of Financial Management. 6th edition. New Jersey: Pearson.
Intermediate readings:
Arnold, G., 2008. Corporate Financial Management. 4th edition. Harlow: FT Prentice
Hall.
Brealy, R., Myers, S. and Allen, F., 2006. Principles of Corporate Finance. 8th edition.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
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Pike, R. and Neale, B., 2006. Corporate Finance and Investment: Decisions and
Strategies. 5th edition. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.
Advanced readings:
Bodie, Z. And Merton, R., 2000. Finance. International Edition. New Jersey: Prentice
Hall International.
Vernimmen, P., Quiry, P., Dallocchio, M., Le Fur, Y. and Salvi, A., 2009. Corporate
Finance: Theory and Practice. 2nd edition. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Programme Manager Contact Information
Name: Dr Eleimon Gonis
Email: Eleimon2.gonis@uwe.ac.uk
Tel: 0117 328 3405
Course Link: http://courses.uwe.ac.uk/n39012/
Course Code: N39012
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