BSc (Hons) (Finance) - CK204

Overview

First Year - Finance

To be admitted to the First University Examination in Finance, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits.

Second Year - Finance

No student may register for the Second Year programme of study until the First University Examination in Finance has been passed. To be admitted to the Second University Examination in Finance, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits.

Work Placement

At the end of the second year, following consultation with the Placement Officer and staff of the Departments of Accounting, Finance and Information Systems, and Economics, the class will be divided into 2 groups for the placement component of the programme (FI3002). Any student not placed will be given an equivalent assignment by a UCC Accounting and Finance or Economics staff member and will submit a research report thereon. The period of work placement for Group One will run from July-December inclusive, i.e. immediately following the Second University Examination in Finance. The work placement will be jointly monitored by a UCC academic mentor and a business mentor in the external organisation. Students will be expected to keep and submit a weekly log book for examination by the academic mentor. Upon completion of the placement, students will then spend the following January-March inclusive taking their third year taught modules and completing coursework as appropriate. Group Two will take their third year taught modules and complete coursework between October and December inclusive of their third year, and will then go on placement from January-June inclusive.

There is no provision for repeating the Work Placement module in the Autumn or in a Repeat Year. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School only for very serious reasons. Any student who commences placement in Group One and subsequently fails at the Year Two Autumn Supplemental Examination must withdraw from the placement and re-register and complete Year Two. If Year Two is subsequently passed, either in a first or second repeat year, the student will not then enter a second period of placement but will undertake a substantial assignment in the second Semester of Year Three, as directed by the Head of Department/Module Co-ordinator. Students who fail the Work Placement will not be eligible for the award of an honours degree.

Third Year - Finance

No student may register for the Third Year programme of study until the Second University Examination in Finance has been passed. To be admitted to the Third University Examination in Finance, a student must have satisfactorily attended the prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.

Fourth Year - Finance

No student may register for the Fourth Year programme of study until the Third University Examination in Finance has been passed. To be admitted to the Fourth University Examination in Finance a student must have satisfactorily attended the prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements