In addition to the base IBA modules, the programme focuses on various industry specific areas such as pensions and investment, the legal environment of financial services, financial tax regulations, and mortgages and real estate. Also the fundamentals of the banking world and international finance are offered.
The modules will introduce students to key factors driving change in the banking sector, the financial services marketing environment, and the key principles of regulation, the global frameworks that exist. Work placement is carried out within a bank or financial services company.
Key Financial Services modules include:
- European Financial Regulations
- Money & Banking
- International Mortgages & Loans
- Pensions & Investment
- Personal Insurance
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| Accounting & Bookkeeping | Marketing Research | Cost Accounting & Management |
| Intercultural Management | Money & Banking | International Labour Relations |
| Administrative Organisation Management | Sales & Export | - (seminar) Labour Negotiation & Work's Council |
| Small Business Environment | - (seminar) International Trade Risks | Advanced Corporate Strategy |
| Modern Principles of Marketing | Global Financial Regulations | - (seminar) Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Business Philosophy | Business Plan | |
| Introduction to Finance | Statistics | Research Methodology & Quantitative Methods |
| Food and Beverage Operations | Business Accounting | - (seminar) Business Research Methods |
| Training in Interpersonal Skills | Enterprise Technology & Innovation | Strategic Marketing |
| TIPS - Interviewing Skills | - (seminar) Sustainable Business | - (seminar) Marketing in Turbulent Times |
| TIPS - Effective Meeting | Pensions & Investments | International Marketing for SMEs |
| TIPS - Peak Performance | - (seminar) | - (seminar) International Marketing in Practice |
| TIPS - Feedback and Group Interaction | Information Management | Quality Management |
| Enterprise Formation | Personal Insurance | - (seminar) Quality & Change: Auditing/Certification |
| Sociology and Organisational Behaviour | Marketing Plan | International Mortgages & Loans |
| Hospitality Operations | Managing Organisations | - (seminar) Appreciative Inquiry |
| Managing Sales and Accounts | Financial & Risk Management | 2nd Foreign Languages / |
| New Business Environment | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | Intercultural Business Communication for Managers |
| Food and Beverage Management | Enterprise Diagnostics & Evaluation | PDP 3 - Personal Development Plan & Tutoring |
| International Law in Business and Commerce | 2nd Foreign Languages | Work Placement Module |
| 2nd Foreign Languages | PDP 2 – Personal Development Plan & Tutoring | Graduation Assignment |
| PDP 1 – Personal Development Plan & Tutoring and Academic English | PDP Seminar - Managing Diversity | |
| PDP Seminar - Business Presentation Skills | PDP Seminar - Negotiation | |
| PDP Seminar - Project Management Game | PDP Seminar - Consulting Skills | |
| PDP Seminar - Leadership in Business Environment | PDP Seminar - Tapping your Creativity | |
| PDP Seminar - Team Building | PDP Seminar - Conflict Management | |
| PDP Seminar - Effective Time Management | 6 Project weeks & In-company Visits | |
| 6 x Project Week & In-company Visits | ||
| PDP Seminar - Team Building | ||
| PDP Seminar - Effective Time Management | ||
| 6 x Project Week & In-company Visits |