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This course provides a platform for students to apply in practice all aspects of the BFin programme within a 'real world' setting. Students will demonstrate their team-working, negotiating, adaptability, analytical, strategic evaluation, and communication skills in this course by applying theory and practical skills to real world situations within a finance setting.

Synchronous learning activities:

These sessions will take place exclusively in Week 0 of Semester 1.

Lectures: 4 x 2 hour

Practical classes: 4 x 5 hour

Workshops: 2 x 1 hour (meetings with clients: client engagement / interview, and group presentation to client)

Asynchronous learning activities will consist of a range of activities including group meetings and discussions, independent and group-based research, trial presentations, totalling 170 hours across the course.

Normally a grade D3 or above in Finance 2 and Financial Modelling (or equivalent).

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Assessment

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. Normally, the group-based assessment listed above cannot be reassessed.

The course aims to:

■ Provide an experiential learning opportunity to students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired to date within a concentrated period.

■ Allow students to formulate recommendations and strategies in response to the challenges faced by managers, organisations, and financial institutions.

■ Allow students to demonstrate adaptability when faced with uncertainty in real world situations.

■ Allow students to finesse analytical skills, communication skills, and group working skills and demonstrate these to different audiences.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Apply finance theory to real world problems using a range of practical frameworks.

2. Develop a portfolio of skills in the following areas: team-work, negotiation, adaptation, resilience and analysis

3. Effectively communicate to an audience comprised of a variety of stakeholders.

4. Construct recommendations for an external client organisation to assist them in evaluating their strategic goals.

5. Employ reflective techniques to better understand their strengths and weaknesses as a finance practitioner.

6. Work collaboratively in a group to produce a combined report in which theoretical concepts in finance and/or practical financial recommendations are communicated to different audiences.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.