BACHELORS DEGREE IN BANKING AND FINANCE
Programme Aims and Objectives
Introduction
This Bachelor of Banking and Finance degree programme is designed to equip students with a background of banking and finance concepts, as well as knowledge and skills that allow for practical application in the modern-day workplace.
The Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance programme is tailored to provide the knowledge and skills required to handle financial products as well as financial and banking product development, to individuals that work within or aspire to work in the Global Banking and Finance Industry. The programme also provides a platform from which individuals can begin to develop into highly competent managers, who are well qualified not only in Banking and Finance but also other professional areas required for successful business administration and management.
Rationale
The Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance program gives students the ability to transform the theoretical knowledge obtained throughout their studies into practice. The Banking and Finance degree course is of particular interest to those wishing to enter the financial sector. It will provide students with the opportunity to acquire specialist economic knowledge of the operation of the monetary and financial sectors.
Aims of the programme
The fundamental aim of the Banking and Finance program is to build human resource capacity to meet the needs of the Zambian banking and finance industry at undergraduate level. The Banking and Finance programme provides the students with the essentials of banking and financial knowledge.
Objectives of the programme
The objective of the Banking and Finance program is to train students to a level reflective of international standards required of a banking and finance professional and reflective of the needs of the industry in a globalised banking and finance environment.
BS110: Principles of Microeconomics
BF 120: Basic Financial Accounting
BF 130-Banking Operations, Lending & International Business
BF 140: Mathematical Analysis
BF 150: Principles of Management
BF 190: Business Law
BF 210 Monetary and Financial Systems
BF 220 Financial Reporting, analysis and Management Control
BF 224: Corporate Finance
BF 240: Introduction to Data Processing
BF 242: Decision Making Techniques
BF 260: Principles of Marketing
BF 310: International Trade and Finance
BF 320: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
BF 330: Risk Management
BF 341: Operations Research
BF 343: Production and Operations Management (POM)
BF 390: Banking Law & Practice
BF 392: Regulatory Framework of Financial Institutions
BF 400: Research Methods
BF 424 Lease and Project Finance
BF 430: Corporate & Merchant Banking
BF 432: International Banking
BF450: Strategy and Strategic Management
BF 452: Insurance and Pensions Management
BF454: Microfinance Institutional Management