MSc Business with Finance
Kaplan - University of Essex Online, United Kingdom
First Year Course Fee
USD 8,041
Course Accredited By
NA
Understanding finance is often seen as one of the most challenging parts of managing a business effectively.
- Our business and finance postgraduate pathway allows you to gain an understanding of key financial management and economics topics, while improving your managerial and strategic skills.
- The course focuses on modules such as financial decision making, business strategy and financial management. Alongside gaining specific financial knowledge, you’ll also have plenty of opportunity to develop the other skills that are useful when operating in the modern business environment: innovation, communication, critical evaluation, and many others.
Alongside the core modules in management and finance, you are able to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations through optional modules that look into:
- Theories of leadership and how they apply in practice
- The key concepts that underlie marketing and how to develop a strategy
- Human resource management and its distinction from personnel approaches
- Your course will finish with the completion of a research report on an area of business, finance or management of your choice. Once you have chosen the issue you want to look into, you will gather primary evidence and make commercial recommendations based on your analysis of the data.
- If you are interested in business but looking to focus on a specific area, take a look at our Masters degrees in finance, human resources, marketing, analytics or project management, or even our AMBA accredited online MBA.
Enrollment Cycles
- July 2024
- September 2024
- October 2024
- We know that many people from non-traditional backgrounds would succeed on our courses! That’s why we offer two different entry routes, taking into account your prior work experience and relevant qualifications. You will also need to meet our English language requirements.
- Additionally, you will need to pass your first assignment set within your two-week induction period of the course in order to continue with your studies.
Academic entry route
In order to satisfy the academic entry route requirements for our MSc Business with Finance, you must have the following qualifications as a minimum:
- An undergraduate degree from an approved institution, equivalent to a UK Honours degree, or a relevant professional qualification
Work experience entry route
In order to satisfy the work experience entry route requirements for our MSc Business with Finance, you must meet the following criteria:
- At least five years’ senior level work experience
English language requirements
- As our courses are delivered in English, a high proficiency with English is required. If English is not your first language, your English ability should be equivalent to an IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5. Don’t worry if you don’t hold an IELTS or equivalent qualification – we offer a free online English test to assess your proficiency.
- You don’t need to prove your English ability if you are a national of, or have completed a qualification equivalent to a UK degree
- The MSc Business with Finance is made up of the following modules and, upon completion, is equal to a total of 180 credits at Level 7.
Level 7 modules:
- Business and Management Research Report (40 credits)
- Financial Management (20 credits)
- Management: Principle and Practices (20 credits)
- Economics for Managers (20 credits)
- Financial Decision Making (20 credits)
- Project Management (10 credits)
- Business Strategy (10 credits)
- Research Methods (20 credits)
20 credits of optional modules:
- Leadership in Practice (20 credits)
- Marketing: Principles and Practices (20 credits)
- Human Resource Management (10 credits)
- Human Resource Management in Context (10 credits)
- Marketing Strategy & Management (20 credits)
* These modules are core and must be passed in order to achieve the award.
2021-22 Full course fee**: £11,570
Full payment discount
- When paying for your undergraduate or postgraduate course up-front, we’ll offer you a discount of 10% for students starting their course in the 2020-21 academic year, and 5% for students starting th