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BA Degree inBusiness Administration:FinanceOpen University validated as BA (Hons.)Business Administration:Finance with Combined Studies5 reasons to study Finance1. Gain vital work experience in the marketplacewith an international internship.2. Interact with research active faculty andgain practical insights into the complex worldof finance.3. Combine the study of Finance with excitingMinors from other leading academic disciplines.4. Access to leading graduate schools in theUK and the USA.5. Acquire the skills to become a financial expertwho is quantitative, competitive, and articulate.Career paths for Finance experts– Risk Analysis– Accounting– Corporate Finance– Banking– ConsultingWhere do Richmond’sFinance graduates go?*In the Workplace– Accenture– Deloitte– Ernst & Young– PWC– Morgan StanleyGraduate SchoolThe majority of Richmondgraduates go on to pursuefurther graduate study atsome of the leading graduateschools across the UK andin the USA.– London School ofEconomics (LSE)– City University / CASSBusiness School– University of Warwick– Brunel University– New York University*Figures and informationsupplied by the Departmentof Alumni RelationsProgramme overviewFinance is an exciting andfast-changing field. Financialinstitutions are continuallyinventing new ways to manageand invest funds, and theyare seeking talented graduatesto meet these new demands.Successful financial expertsare quantitative, competitive,and articulate.Finance includes the studyof corporate financialmanagement as well asfinancial institutions, capitalmarkets, and the raisingand investing of funds.The Finance concentrationfocuses on concepts, principlesand practices that investigatethe ways in which risk,return, and value interact inthe global business world.Key areas of study– Financial Accounting– Managerial Accounting– Micro and Macro-Economics– Information Systemsin Management– Corporate Finance– Money and Banking– Principles of Investment– Competition and StrategyPlus optional courses– International Finance– Derivatives– The Global Investor52 www.richmond.ac.uk53