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Project Analysis, Finance and Investment – (M.Sc.)
University of York
Department of Economics and Related Studies
| Application Deadline: | March 25 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,890 - ≈ € 18,340 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | York / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of York
This programme is designed for those interested in attaining or developing analytical skills in economics and finance which are relevant to successful careers in the fields of investment, finance, project appraisal and project management. These areas offer scope for beneficial career development as investment analysts, financial advisers, project managers or consultants in central and commercial banks, stockbrokers and other financial institutions, consultancy firms, government departments and international agencies, such as the World Bank.
Students who do not have a strong background in economics, but who have other relevant qualifications or experience, can take a Summer Session course in Economics and Quantitative Methods.
The main course consists of four core components:
* Finance and Investment
* Corporate Finance
* Applied Microeconomics for Decision-Making and Policy Analysis (Double Unit)
* Either Econometrics or Quantitative Analysis or Econometric Methods for Research (Double Units)
In addition students choose four optional units which should be selected from the following, with at least two units from Group A:
Group A
* Cost-Benefit Analysis
* Development Project Appraisal
* Financial Markets
* Financial Risk Management
* Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation
* Management Decision Analysis
* Project Management
* Theory of Finance (Double Unit)
Group B
* Applied Microeconometrics
* Economics of European Integration
* Experimental Economics
* Game Theory: Economic Applications
* Health Care Management
* Industrial Economics
* International Macroeconomics
* Labour Economics
* Advanced Macroeconomics
* Political Economy from the General Equilibrium Point of View
* Project
* Public Finance
* Public Sector Economics: Microeconomic Applications
Students may be allowed to take one or more of their optional units from the following courses in environmental economics offered by the Environment Department. Students wishing to do so must first ask their M.Sc. Director and the Environment Department's M.Sc. Director for permission, which is not automatic.
Contents
Compulsory core components:
* Finance and Investment
* Corporate Finance
* Applied Microeconomics
* Econometrics 1 & 2 or Statistics and Econometrics or Econometric Methods for Research or Econometrics 1 and Applied Microeconometrics
In addition students choose forty credits of optional units which should be selected from the following, with at least twenty credits from Group A:
Group A
* Cost-Benefit Analysis
* Development and Finance
* Financial Markets
* Financial Risk Management
* Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation
* Management Decision Analysis
* Project Management
* Theory of Finance
Group B
* Advanced Macroeconomics
* Applied Microeconometrics
* Development Project Appraisal
* Experimental Economics
* Game Theory: Economic Applications
* Health Care Management
* Industrial Economics
* International Macroeconomics
* Labour Economics
* Project
* Public Finance
* Public Sector Economics: Microeconomic Applications
Students may be allowed to take one or more of their optional units from the following modules in environmental economics offered by the Environment Department. Students wishing to do so must first ask their MSc Director and the Environment Department's MSc Director for permission, which is not automatic.
* Environmental Economics
* Environmental Valuation
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Register Now!Requirements
The minimum entry criterion is the equivalent for an upper second class first degree from a UK university in which economics and mathematics or statistics was a component.
English Language Requirements
The department's normal English language requirements, are (a) an IELTS result of 6.5 or (b) a TOEFL result of 600 if paper-based, 250 if CBT and 100 if iBT, or (c) A, B, and C Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English.
For those applicants who have already achieved an IELTS 6.0 and only need a 0.5 increase to make their offers unconditional, the University has approved a limited system of admission through satisfactory completion of the English for Academic and Research Purposes course (EARP1). The course is offered by the Centre for English Language Teaching and after successful completion of it and upon passing the end-of-course test, students will enter the Department directly and they do not need to re-take IELTS at the end of August.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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