FIN41810 Applied Investment Project

Academic Year 2019/2020

The Applied Investment Management (AIM) module provides students with placements at financial institutions. Students will gain practical investment experience and draw valuable skills from industry professionals through the summer internships. The AIM also provides the chance for students to rigorously apply their developing financial skills in a range of practical situations. A suite of formal lectures, workshops and professional simulations will be run prior to the summer internships.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module, students will be expected to be able to

1. Ability to apply the financial skills essential for the investment environment.
2. Communicate clearly to pertinent stakeholders in a business environment.
3. Implement and appraise recent contributions to academic literature in the financial services industry.
4. Expertise in the preparation/completion of the written project.


Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

1

Autonomous Student Learning

230

Total

231

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: The Project will be assessed in relation to the quality of the literature review that you engage with in informing your project. Unspecified n/a Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
Not yet recorded
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Not yet recorded

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