BA (Hons) Finance Bachelor's degree at the University of Stirling

HeadStart is an induction module for new students joining Stirling Management School. The module will ensure that your transition into University is as smooth as it can be because we will give you the information, and tools to help. You will also have the opportunity to meet and work with your fellow students and members of staff. Activities, such as team working, communication skills and guest discussions, as well as Speed Updating (an event where you are introduced to the support services staff), will take place at the start of semester and will be supported by a dedicated Canvas page. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Campus, UK Additional Costs There are no additional costs

This module will introduce the financial system, the markets within the system, various instruments and key concepts. It provides an overview of the roles of financial intermediaries, as well as the fundamental products that they trade. The module will include an historical consideration of the markets, as well as the investigation of current developments, to allow understanding of inter-relationships within the wider economy. An introduction to various financial securities will provide contexts for focus on key concepts of Finance. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Campus, UK Planet Core International Education/International Module Objectives Reading/watching both academic and

Economics is much more than measuring inflation and maximising profit. At its heart, economics is a way of understanding interactions in everyday life, both with each other and our natural environment. In this module, you will use real-world problems such as climate change and inequality to learn the key concepts in economics. This module, like all our introductory teaching of economics, uses the CORE project as its syllabus. This data-driven, interactive, interdisciplinary and modern economics syllabus empowers you to actually do economics, not just learn economics. This is combined with an immersive and technology-enabled learning experience using debates and class experiments. You’ll expl

This initial Accounting and Finance module provides a firm foundation on which to build further study. Assuming no prior knowledge of accounting, you will begin with an introduction to the subject, its purpose, its role and its limitations. The published accounts of every business remain the main vehicle by which it tells the outside world about its performance, solvency, cashflow and investor attractiveness. You will learn the basic language of accounting and use this knowledge to prepare examples of the two principal accounting statements. You will also examine different organisation types from sole traders through partnerships to limited companies and learn aspects of their legal, tax and

Interactions between governments, banks, firms, and households on a national and international scale affect economic policies, trade, and cooperation. This module continues your journey into learning economics by moving the focus from individual decision making and single markets (the microeconomy) towards the wider economy and interactions on a larger scale. This module uses the curriculum open-access resources for economists (CORE) approach to learning economics and current data to equip you to better understand the most important contemporary issues that policymakers face in the globalised world. You will explore: how interactions in the wider economy can be measured and affected through

This module introduces the concept of water as a finite resource, examining the impacts of man's current usage patterns, and looks at how usage might be made more sustainable to preserve the resource for future generations. Exploring both current and future issues of global importance, topics will include: drought; pollution; dam construction; declining fisheries and habitat destruction; climate change; water wars and fresh drinking water availability. The UN has defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which set out the world’s roadmap to ending poverty, reducing inequality and protecting the planet by 2030. Dissertation projects offered within this module will be relevant to deliver

In this module, you’ll examine basic human, animal and plant cells, as well as their anatomy and physiology. You’ll learn how various tissues and organs function in whole organisms and how animal and plant functions are strictly regulated to meet through homeostatic processes. In class, we’ll take examples from different animal groups, including humans, and from plants that inhabit a variety of different ecosystems. Is this module right for you? If you have studied a science subject such as Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics or Physics at higher/A level or equivalent, this might be a good fit for you. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Cam

This module extends and deepens the study of Java programming, started in Introduction to Computing Science (CSCU9P1). You’ll explore topics including: the design of interactive graphical user interfaces (GUIs); testing and debugging practices; sorting and searching algorithms of arrays; exception handling process; data structures and object orientation in Java. You’ll also learn how to develop a good user interface design for desktop applications and for web sites covering principles, practical guidelines and the legal, ethical and practical issues of accessibility for the disabled. Is this module right for you? This is a science module that requires a good level of numeracy and problem sol

Data flows around us all the time: how can we learn from this data, how are companies using it, and how does this affect our lives? In this module, students will start covering the principles of data science, learn how to apply such principles to solve data science problems, and, consequently, further develop your problem-solving skills. Precisely, you'll: learn about the CRISP-DM, a popular methodology for guiding data science projects; investigate the different types of data and data storage; look at the distinct possible problems related to the data and how to solve them (pre-process the data); learn how to actually process the data, which includes covering some machine learning approache

Economics is not about money, business, or finance. At its heart, economics is the study of how people interact with each other and with their natural surroundings in producing their livelihoods, and how this changes over time. In this introductory module, you’ll learn the key concepts of economic thinking of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, including: demand, supply and markets; cost, revenue and profits of firms; GDP, inflation, unemployment and international trade; how and why economists use data. This module uses ‘Foundations of Economics’ by A. Gillespie as the main textbook. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Campus, UK Planet Core International Education/Internatio

This module offers insights into the political dimension of education and how it shapes educational policy-making and educational practices. It provides a foundation in Education Studies and is compulsory for students on the Initial Teacher Education Course but is designed for any student interested in the field of education. The module sets out to give a basic grounding in Education as a political and social instrument. The first part of the course sets the scene in terms of the global, national and local influencers of education policy. The second half of the semester considers issues of Equity in Education and the policy and practices which form Scotland’s response to this educational goa

This module introduces you to different approaches to literary studies within a broadly theoretical context. On this module you will explore the concept of literary theory and consider how different theoretical positions can shape our responses, both critical and creative, to literary texts. The prescribed reading includes fiction, non-fiction, and drama, extending from the Early Modern period to the present day. If you would like to do some preparatory reading, a useful introductory guide to topics and approaches in literary theory--several of which we'll be drawing on during the module--is An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, ed. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle (Routledge

This module is an introduction to the science of landscapes – sometimes called 'geomorphology'. You’ll explore the fundamental processes, in the air, in the water, and on land, responsible for shaping the Earth's surface and making it look the way it does. You’ll learn about how we measure and characterise the Earth's different landscapes, how they have evolved in the past and how they will change in the future. You’ll gain fundamental insights into land-forming processes – their drivers, inter-relationships, complexities and rates of change – in order to better understand the natural and man-made changes that are affecting our increasingly populated planet. In this module you’ll explore: ho

This module equips you with fundamental skills in the textual analysis of film and television. Lectures and seminars – informed by screenings and reading – introduce key elements of film and television style and the techniques through which filmmakers and programme makers create them, and the purpose of textual analysis as an academic method. These skills will continue to be useful when combined with other academic methods taught in later, related modules. Although The Moving Image does not contain any practical elements, students interested in production may benefit from the module's emphasis on the close study of associated techniques. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Campus

You will continue to develop the linguistic and intercultural skills you have already worked on, deepening your knowledge of vital transferrable skills including interpersonal and communication skills and critical analysis. You will continue to develop your capacity to use a range of grammatical structures, and you will build your oral communication and listening skills in the language to A2/B1 level within the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). You will study aspects of the cultures associated with the language across the world through the close analysis of documents and texts (written, audio, visual, and other), situating them within their cultural and historical

This is the second module of the Beginners course and resumes works around higher end of A1 level and includes material at A2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. You will keep building on the linguistic structures and vocabulary you already have, while expanding your language accuracy. You will be able to talk in more detail about slightly more challenging topics, including conversations about yourself and others. You will be working in small groups for a number of weekly sessions where you will continue learning more about the grammar and use of the language in various daily situations. Is this module right for you? If you have taken our Intro to French module

The interactions between people and planet are becoming increasingly complex. This module introduces key global environmental challenges by examining their underlying scientific principles, the impacts of human activities, and potential solutions, while also developing core analytical and numerical skills. In GEOU2PP, the environment is examined as a holistic, interconnected system, with particular emphasis on sustainability and patterns of human resource use. The module covers four key thematic areas: * introductory climate concepts; * global water resource management; * air quality and pollution; * food security and challenges. Across these themes, you will investigate the relationships be

History could not exist as a discipline without the use of concepts. These are the main analytical tools of the historian, applied to the raw materials of historical research. It is by applying concepts that we can explore common themes in history and understand the causes and consequences of historical transformations. Throughout this module, historians will introduce you to key historical concepts and talk you through their use in historical settings relevant to their own expertise. You will then have the opportunity to do the work of the historian in your seminar discussions by using primary sources relating to the setting to think about the concepts more broadly. This approach will allow

This course will equip you with a critical and philosophical understanding of journalistic ethics. The module focuses on the social, political and economic constraints that shape journalistic practice across a range of platforms including photojournalism, print journalism, broadcast journalism and digital journalism. Through a range of case studies and perspectives, the course will cover some of the most salient professional issues in today’s newsrooms. You’ll explore topics including: the characteristics of journalism as a profession, its current problems and the need for journalistic professionalisation; key ethical standards in journalism; the impediments to the implementation of journali

Language is unique to humans and quite different to other communication systems. Foundations of Language (LINU9L2) will introduce you to the structures of language and the ways in which language works. You’ll gain an understanding of how sounds, words and sentences are structured and organised. Furthermore, you’ll learn about the shared traits that human languages have in common, as well as how remarkably diverse they are. You’ll learn new techniques for linguistic analysis and apply them to exotic languages you’ve never seen before. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Campus, UK Module Objectives learning how speech sounds are articulated and how they can be represented using th

Given the amount of data that is being generated in almost every field of life and human activity, statistics is becoming an essential skill to any scientist. This module aims to provide you with the understanding of the statistical methodology used to describe, summarise and analyse data. You’ll be introduced to the application of the hypothesis testing procedure based on various statistical tests for qualitative and quantitative data, using both hand calculations and statistical software. As such, this module will equip you with hands-on practical statistics skills for the analysis of real-world data. Location/Method of Study China/International Vietnam/International Stirling, On Campus/On

This module provides an extension of first-semester calculus and an introduction to the theory of probability. As an extension of first semester calculus, this module is important for mathematics students. It extends the theory of differential calculus to functions of more than one variable and introduces techniques for solving some differential equations. It also considers the approximation of arbitrary functions by polynomials and develops an understanding of infinite series. This part of the module provides mathematical techniques that are widely used in physical sciences, signal processing, quantitative analysis in finance as well as many other areas of mathematics. Probability theory is

Welcome to "The Management Challenge"! This dynamic module on management and organisational practice is designed to equip you with essential skills and insights for navigating the complexities of today's managerial landscape. It aims to bring you a very broad overview of what managers do, what management is and how it relates to current trends and principles of Business, Marketing, Strategy, and a myriad of things you do in your everyday life. It is also a great opportunity to think about yourselves as the new generation that can change the world – to the better. We start by laying a strong foundation in management principles, exploring its evolution both as a practice and an academic discip

How should we think about matters of race, gender, and sexuality? What are the ethical implications of artificial intelligence? How should we live in face of impending environmental disaster? This module explores these questions and more. It serves both as an introduction to philosophy and also as an exploration of how philosophy relates to matters of real human significance. You’ll cover the following topics from across metaphysics, ethics and political philosophy: How in general should benefits and burdens be distributed in a society? What duties do we have to those in need? How should we think about racial justice? How should we think about gender justice? How ought I to act in view of cl

In this module you’ll be introduced to political theory and analysis by exploring ideas and concepts central to political debates in the contemporary world. The ideologies examined range from liberalism, to socialism, anarchism and ecologism. Concepts investigated include: human rights democracy freedom power These concepts and ideas are explained both through referring to classical theoretical texts and through use of practical examples from everyday life and contemporary politics at home and abroad. Location/Method of Study Stirling, On Campus/On Campus, UK Module Objectives The module discusses ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, Marxism, fascism, anarchism, ecologism

You will continue to develop the linguistic and intercultural skills you have already worked on, deepening your knowledge of vital transferrable skills including interpersonal and communication skills and critical analysis. You will continue to develop your capacity to use a range of grammatical structures, and you will build your oral communication and listening skills in the language to A2/B1 level within the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). You will study aspects of the cultures associated with the language across the world through the close analysis of documents and texts (written, audio, visual, and other), situating them within their cultural and historical

This is the second module of the Beginners course and resumes works around higher end of A1 level and includes material at A2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. You will keep building on the linguistic structures and vocabulary you already have, while expanding your language accuracy. You will be able to talk in more detail about slightly more challenging topics, including conversations about yourself and others. You will be working in small groups for a number of weekly sessions where you will continue learning more about the grammar and use of the language in various daily situations. Is this module right for you? If you have taken our Intro to Spanish modul

This module will teach you basic concepts in Social Policy and skills to critically assess social policies (and you'll learn why we sometimes capitalise Social Policy and sometimes don't). The programme introduces you to an understanding of social policy as a subject of study with a focus on contemporary Britain. It connects broader understandings from across the social sciences of social problems with current public policies towards them, along with a background in the structures, institutions and responsibilities of government in the devolved UK and the financing of government. The module also equips you with conceptual frameworks for the analysis of social policy along with critical analy

We have all heard of the term accounting. Most of us will have a view on what accounting is, or even what accounting should be. Why are there so many different names for the same thing? Well, there are always some clues in the name and Management Accounting is just one part of the whole idea of accounting (and finance) in business. As part of your introductory accounting studies, this module considers why a business needs different types of information in its management. In this module you will: learn the differences between management and other types of accounting; examine why management accounting is much more fluid in its approach to calculating information; consider some simple methods f

Understanding finance is of paramount importance for everyone, including individuals, organisations and governments. The world of finance affects everyday life and that’s why it’s important to understand what how financial markets function. This module will provide you with an introduction to the theory and practice of finance and more specifically, an understanding of the basic concepts underlying two major areas of business finance: the financing decision and the investment decision. You’ll explore topics including: time value of money; investment appraisal; risk and return; valuing bonds and shares; equity and debt financing. Throughout the module, you’ll use theoretical models and real-l

Managing personal finance is an important skill. Your grasp of it can affect your life in so many ways - from choosing the right credit card or savings account, to deciding whether to buy or rent a house. In this module you will learn how to evaluate your options in relation to personal financial planning and learn how to make informed decisions. You’ll gain an understanding of: the most important terms of financial products; how to evaluate these products for yourself; the steps needed to meet your financial targets. Using practical, real-life examples, you'll improve your knowledge and understanding of personal finance and gain critical financial life skills. Location/Method of Study Stirl

With more than 70% of the Earth’s surface being covered by water, aquatic environments have central importance for the conservation of global biodiversity and play key roles in the regulation of the global climate and the functioning of global geochemical cycles. Freshwater systems have high importance for biodiversity and for provision of a range of ecosystem services, but are increasingly impacted by human activities. As a result they are one of the most threatened habitats on Earth and require careful protection and management. In this module, you’ll learn the fundamentals about how these systems work, explore their structure and functioning, consider physical and chemical processes, a

A clear grasp of the foundational principles of genetics and evolution is critical for understanding and appreciating all biological processes and the complexity and diversity of the living world. Consequently, these principles have indispensable applications for health, agriculture, and conservation of biodiversity. In this module, you’ll learn fundamentals of genetics and evolution such as: how mechanisms of heredity and evolution affect populations and biodiversity; principles of transmission and population genetics; genetic and evolutionary inference from experimental results; practical skills in molecular biology, genetics, and evolution. By developing an understanding of the most impor

As we move from basic elements of programming towards building fully-functional industrial software, we need to take a structured approach to design that scales successfully. In this module, you’ll learn about the fundamental building blocks of computer science, and problem solving more generally. Data structures organise data in a well-defined manner, while algorithms process the data efficiently. The choice of structure or algorithm has benefits and consequences that largely determine if, and how fast, a problem can be solved. These concepts are a crucial foundation underpinning the design of more complex software. You’ll explore topics including: how to modularise software using object-or

Are you interested in data science or numerical analysis but lack the coding skills to analyse data effectively? Then this module is for you! Python is a versatile programming language with a wide range of applications in various fields. Some of the most common applications of Python include web development, data science, machine learning, scientific computing, and automation. Additionally, Python is popular among beginners and experts alike for its readability, ease of use, and extensive libraries that make coding simpler and faster. This module is designed to equip you with the foundational Python coding skills necessary to excel in data science and numerical analysis. In this module, you

Have you ever wondered why Taylor Swift makes so much money? Why shoplifting is on the rise? Why football teams struggle with penalty shootouts? This module helps you explore the world through an economic lens. You will be taught by a team of academics, each introducing you to cutting edge research in their own field of expertise. You will explore a range of topics relating to current issues in society. The exact topics will vary, but might include (for example): why some sports and media stars earn such high wages; the economics of crime; what drives a cost-of-living crisis; how people's attention spans shape their decisions. You will select one topic to investigate in depth and apply econo