Overview:
- Credits:
- 7.5
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Summer
- Subject:
- Finance
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Dr Kevin (Yong Kyu) Gam
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Curricular information is subject to change
On completing this module, students are expected to be able to:
1. Understand the role and functions of banks and financial institutions and how these have evolved over time.
2. Appreciate the importance of banking for macroeconomic outcomes.
3. Discuss how external forces, including internationalisation, technological change and regulation influence the shape and configuration of the banking industry.
4. Understand the forms and relative merits of regulation and supervision.
5. Appreciate the causes and consequences of banking crises.
6. Analyse, measure and understand approaches to competition in banking.
7. Conduct research into issues related to the banking industry.
Topic 1: Money and the Financial System
Topic 2: The Economics of Financial Intermediation
Topic 3: Bank Balance Sheets and Bank Risks
Topic 4: Banking Crises
Topic 5: Real Economic Effects of Banks
Topic 6: Bank Regulation and Supervision
Topic 7: Central Banks, Monetary Policy, and Financial Stability
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 54 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Total | 158 |
Not applicable to this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
---|---|
Autumn | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
Not yet recorded.
Lecture | Offering 51 | Week(s) - 39 | Fri 09:00 - 12:00 |
Lecture | Offering 51 | Week(s) - 38 | Mon 09:00 - 12:00 |
Lecture | Offering 51 | Week(s) - 38, 39 | Thurs 09:00 - 12:00 |
Lecture | Offering 51 | Week(s) - 38, 39 | Tues 09:00 - 12:00 |
Lecture | Offering 51 | Week(s) - 38, 39 | Wed 09:00 - 12:00 |
Lecture | Offering 52 | Week(s) - 39 | Fri 13:00 - 16:00 |
Lecture | Offering 52 | Week(s) - 38 | Mon 13:00 - 16:00 |
Lecture | Offering 52 | Week(s) - 38, 39 | Thurs 13:00 - 16:00 |
Lecture | Offering 52 | Week(s) - 38, 39 | Tues 13:00 - 16:00 |
Lecture | Offering 52 | Week(s) - 38, 39 | Wed 13:00 - 16:00 |