Business Administration MA, International Banking and Finance, 7.5 credits

Aim

The course aims to provide students with advanced insights into the global financial environment, its structure, institutions, and particularly the structure, operations, and regulation of the banking industry.

Course objectives

After completing of the course, the student should be able to:

- reproduce, explain and use key concepts and definitions in finance and banking from both a theoretical and practical perspective.

- describe, explain, and identify the development of the structure and functioning of the modern international financial system and analyze the role of banks in it.

- describe, explain, illustrate and contrast different regulatory standards their functions, applications and significance for advisory services within the banking system.

- demonstrate and categorize the causes of domestic and global financial crises and their impact on financial markets and defend well-founded arguments in its context.

Content

The course focuses on the functions and operations of financial markets and global banking systems. Furthermore, it addresses regulatory standards, their applications, and risk management within banking systems historically and in contemporary times. Space is dedicated to theories for identifying and analyzing global financial problems such as bank crises and their consequences for financial markets, internationally and domestically. Within the framework of the course, the management of financial risks and decision-making in global contexts is also addressed from both governance and critical perspectives. Business elements are also included in the course.

Entry requirements

Business Administration BA (A/B/C) 90 credits, including the courses Business Administration BA (A) External Reporting, 7.5 credits, and Business Administration BA (A) Managerial Control, 7.5 credits, or equivalent; the courses Business Administration BA (B) External Reporting and Financial Analysis, 7.5 credits, and Business Administration BA (B) Financing, 7.5 credits, or equivalent; the course Business Administration BA (C) Financing in Theory and Practice, 7.5 credits, or equivalent.

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Teaching form

Campus Course:

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars, assigned materials, various forms of exercises, and elements from the business sector. Mandatory attendance applies to seminars and elements from the business sector (in case of absence, supplementary tasks will be assigned). Access to a computer with internet connection is required to complete the tasks included in the course. The language of instruction can be Swedish or English.



Online Course:

The teaching consists of digital lectures, seminars, assigned materials, elements from the business sector, and communication in an online learning platform. Physical meetings are not obligatory, except in cases where a written individual in-class examination takes place. Access to a computer with internet connection is required to complete the tasks included in the course. The language of instruction can be Swedish or English.



Student Responsibility:

Students are responsible for their own learning and are expected to independently seek information and take responsibility for both individual and group work.



Limitation of Teaching:

Teacher-led teaching and support from the course responsible teacher are only offered during the course period when the student is admitted to the course.

Examination form

1000: Written Exam, 3 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx

2000: Individual written assignment, including seminar participation, 4.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx

3000: Business element
Grade scale: Two-grade scale

Seven-point grading scale, A-F and Fx. A-E is passed, Fx and F is failed. 



Criteria for assessment: see discipline specific criteria: https://www.miun.se/gradingcriteria

Campus course and distance course:

During the examination, a supplementary oral presentation may be requested by the examiner in order for the student to demonstrate the required knowledge. This is to ensure that the student is the actual sender and author of the written work.

The examiner has the right to offer alternative examination arrangements to students who have been granted the right to special support by Mid Sweden University’s disabilities adviser.

Examination restrictions

Students registered for this version of the course plan are entitled to be examined three (3) times within one (1) year according to this course plan. Thereafter, the latest version of the course plan applies.

Grading system

Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx

Other information

Course certificates, credit transfers, appeals, etc., are regulated in the Higher Education Ordinance.