Law and Finance programme modules
Below are the modules available on the Law and Finance MSc, Diploma and Certificate programmes.
Module availability: Not all options will be available every year.
Credits
MSc
Students on the Law and Finance MSc must take a total of 180 credits, inclusive of the Dissertation in Law and Finance.
Diploma
Students on the Law and Finance Diploma must take a total of 120 credits in law and finance modules.
Certificate
Students on the Law and Finance Certificate must take a total of 60 credits in law and finance modules.
Compulsory for the MSc
Law and Finance MSc, Dip and Cert pathways
Find out details module information for each pathway. For information on modules offered by the School of Economics and Finance, please consult the module directory.
Modules
Law modules - Elective
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM007 Banking Law International
- SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM019 International Commercial Law
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM237 Law and Finance in Practice
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM013 Bank Insolvency and Resolution
- SOLM014 Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance
Economics modules - Elective
- ECOM050 Investment Management
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM065 Investments
- ECOM101 Behavioural Economics
- ECOM105 Valuation
- ECOM116 Financial modelling in Excel
- ECOM119 Primary Markets and Securities
- ECOM156 Foundations of Corporate Finance
- ECOM026 Financial Derivatives
- ECOM035 International Finance
- ECOM038 Behavioural Finance
- ECOM044 Advanced Asset Pricing and Modelling
- ECOM049 Commercial and Investment Banking
- ECOM050 Investment Management
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM055 Risk Management for Banking
- ECOM057 Asset Management
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting
- ECOM059 Applied Risk Management
- ECOM073 Topics in Financial Econometrics
- ECOM074 Bond Market Strategies
- ECOM079 Applied Wealth Management
- ECOM081 Development Economics
- ECOM091 Credit Ratings
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions (Compulsory if opting for Route 1 award)
- ECOM097 Portfolio Construction Theory
- ECOM100 Strategic Asset Allocation
- ECOM120 Strategy, Leadership and Management of Investment
- ECOM123 Systematic Trading Strategies
- ECOM137 China and Global Financial Markets
- ECOM143 Cases in Corporate Finance
- ECOM146 Empirical Finance
- ECOM147 Private Equity and Venture Capital
- ECOM148 Public Economics
- ECOM149 Interest Rate Derivatives
- ECOM151 Big Data Applications for Finance
- ECOM152 Applied Asset Pricing
- ECOM153 Structured Finance
- ECOM154 Further Topics in Valuation
- ECOM193 Statistical Machine Learning in Finance
- ECOM194 Fintech
- ECOM198 Machine learning for Finance
View module information for economics and finance modules.
Modules
Compulsory modules
- SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions
Law modules - Elective
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM005 International Finance Law
- SOLM007 Banking Law International
- SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM223 Compliance in Global Markets
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM019 International Commercial Law
- SOLM237 Law and Finance in Practice
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM013 Bank Insolvency and Resolution
- SOLM014 Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- SOLM058 Economics of Competition Law
Economics modules - Elective
- ECOM050 Investment Management
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM065 Investments
- ECOM101 Behavioural Economics
- ECOM105 Valuation
- ECOM116 Financial modelling in Excel
- ECOM119 Primary Markets and Securities
- ECOM156 Foundations of Corporate Finance
- ECOM026 Financial Derivatives
- ECOM035 International Finance (Compulsory if opting for Route 2 award)
- ECOM038 Behavioural Finance
- ECOM044 Advanced Asset Pricing and Modelling
- ECOM049 Commercial and Investment Banking
- ECOM050 Investment Management
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM055 Risk Management for Banking
- ECOM057 Asset Management
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting (Compulsory if opting for Route 1 OR 2 award)
- ECOM059 Applied Risk Management
- ECOM073 Topics in Financial Econometrics
- ECOM074 Bond Market Strategies
- ECOM079 Applied Wealth Management
- ECOM081 Development Economics
- ECOM091 Credit Ratings
- ECOM097 Portfolio Construction Theory
- ECOM100 Strategic Asset Allocation
- ECOM120 Strategy, Leadership and Management of Investment
- ECOM123 Systematic Trading Strategies
- ECOM137 China and Global Financial Markets
- ECOM143 Cases in Corporate Finance
- ECOM146 Empirical Finance
- ECOM147 Private Equity and Venture Capital
- ECOM148 Public Economics
- ECOM149 Interest Rate Derivatives
- ECOM151 Big Data Applications for Finance
- ECOM152 Applied Asset Pricing
- ECOM153 Structured Finance
- ECOM154 Further Topics in Valuation
- ECOM193 Statistical Machine Learning in Finance
- ECOM194 Fintech
- ECOM198 Machine learning for Finance
- ECOM026 Financial Derivatives
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions
View module information for economics and finance modules.
Modules
Law modules - Compulsory
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- ECOM035 International Finance
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting
Law modules - Elective
- SOLM007 Banking Law International
- SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law
- SOLM014 Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM005 International Finance Law
- SOLM006 International Finance Law Applied
- SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM019 International Commercial Law
- SOLM038 Strategic Decision Making for Lawyers
- SOLM223 Compliance in Global Markets
- SOLM237 Law and Finance in Practice
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM013 Bank Insolvency and Resolution
- SOLM058 Economics of Competition Law
- SOLM234 Accounting for Lawyers
- SOLM235 Derivatives in a Legal Context
- SOLM236 Risk Management in Law
- SOLM306 Law of International Financial Institutions
Economics modules - Elective
- ECOM050 Investment Management
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM065 Investments
- ECOM101 Behavioural Economics
- ECOM105 Valuation
- ECOM116 Financial modelling in Excel
- ECOM119 Primary Markets and Securities
- ECOM156 Foundations of Corporate Finance
- ECOM026 Financial Derivatives
- ECOM038 Behavioural Finance
- ECOM044 Advanced Asset Pricing and Modelling
- ECOM049 Commercial and Investment Banking
- ECOM050 Investment Management
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM055 Risk Management for Banking
- ECOM057 Asset Management
- ECOM059 Applied Risk Management
- ECOM073 Topics in Financial Econometrics
- ECOM074 Bond Market Strategies
- ECOM079 Applied Wealth Management
- ECOM081 Development Economics
- ECOM091 Credit Ratings
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions (Compulsory if opting for Route 1 award)
- ECOM097 Portfolio Construction Theory
- ECOM100 Strategic Asset Allocation
- ECOM120 Strategy, Leadership and Management of Investment
- ECOM123 Systematic Trading Strategies
- ECOM137 China and Global Financial Markets
- ECOM143 Cases in Corporate Finance
- ECOM146 Empirical Finance
- ECOM147 Private Equity and Venture Capital
- ECOM148 Public Economics
- ECOM149 Interest Rate Derivatives
- ECOM151 Big Data Applications for Finance
- ECOM152 Applied Asset Pricing
- ECOM153 Structured Finance
- ECOM154 Further Topics in Valuation
- ECOM193 Statistical Machine Learning in Finance
- ECOM194 Fintech
- ECOM198 Machine learning for Finance
- ECOM026 Financial Derivatives
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions
View module information for economics and finance modules.