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Financial Science Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Financial Science via distance learning
This program of financial science studies how to save, manage, and raise money. Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and analysis of money and investments. It deals with the questions of how and why an individual, company or government acquires the money needed and how they spend or invest that money. The four main areas of finance are corporate finance, investments, financial institutions and markets, and international finance. Financial services are the processes by which consumers and businesses acquire financial goods.
Academic Supervisor : George Iatridis
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Financial Science Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Financial Science.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Accounting - Bank Management - Business & Economic Consulting - Cryptocurrency - Econometrics - Economic Science - Engineering Economics - Finance & Economics - Financial Intelligence - Financial Management - Microfinance .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Financial Science Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Financial Science via distance learning = Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Financial Science Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Financial Science via distance learning = Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Finance & Economics.
Master's Degree - Financial Science Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Financial Science via distance learning = Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Finance & Economics. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Financial Science Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Financial Science via distance learning = Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Finance & Economics. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Financial Science Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Finance & Economics
This course deals with the principles of business finance and the functioning of the market economy with emphasis on the role of finances in determining the allocations of resources, the functioning of the firm in the economy, and the forces governing the production of economic goods. It focus on using economic and financial analysis in managerial decision making.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Money & Banking
This course examines the principles of money, credit creation and banking; the organization, operation and control of the banking system; and the relationship between the quantity of money and the level of economic activity. It provides a theoretical and applied analysis of money, banking, and financial markets.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Financial Science
This course of financial science explains the role of finance in business to make sure there are enough funds to operate and that money is spent and invested wisely. It shows how to keep a business operating smoothly without running out of cash while also securing funds for longer-term investments.
Academic Supervisor: George Iatridis
Financial Accounting & Analysis
This course shows how to interpret financial reporting and accounting to make useful business management and investment decisions. Main financial and accounting statements are analyzed: balance sheet, income, cash flows, cost accounting, cost-volume analysis, budgeting, and capital budgeting.
Academic Supervisor: George Iatridis
Financial Management
Financial management and analysis are one of the most important and valuable skills for today's managers and executives. It is essential to understand the impact of daily decision-making on an organization's financial performance. This course gives the essential tools, strategies, and tactics for analyzing and improving the financial dimensions of operating decisions.
Academic Supervisor: George Iatridis
Sources of Funding
This course shows how to find funding to start or grow a business. It explores funding sources for a business, identifying which sources are the best match for the company needs, and what are the pros and cons. It analyzes how much money is needed, for how long, and the tips to avoid predatory lenders.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Financial Markets & Institutions
This course illustrates the operations and regulations of financial institutions, as well as the importance of financial markets for both businesses and the consumer. Key concepts covered include the role of financial markets in society and the financial transactions in a global environment. It also provides a framework for understanding the major institutions of capital markets, such as banks, money managers, pension funds, and insurance companies.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Corporate Finance
This course focuses on the techniques used by corporate financial managers to assure liquidity and to minimize the risk of bankruptcy. In addition to liquidity assessment, the course examines investment of surplus funds, cash management, risk management, credit/accounts receivables analysis, inventory management, and short-term financing alternatives.
Academic Supervisor: George Iatridis
International Finance & Taxation
This course examines the international financial environment with particular emphasis on the foreign exchange markets and their interrelationships with international financial management and taxation. It also focuses on the principles involved in the taxation of inbound and outbound international transactions; jurisdictional issues; double taxation; taxation of income from inbound and outbound investment; international tax treaties; and fiscal incentives for investment.
Academic Supervisor: George Iatridis
Capital Markets
This course discusses the operation of capital markets from the perspective of investments (buy side) and corporate finance (sell side). It examines how investors construct portfolios consisting of securities with differing risk and return characteristics. It reviews capital budgeting, financing decisions, methods for evaluating and controlling risk, and compliance with regulatory requirements and processes.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Mergers & Acquisitions
This course provides a solid understanding of how the merger and acquisition process works. It describes the types of mergers, the legal process, important regulations, valuation concepts and process, financial analysis, post merger integration, and anti-takeover defenses.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Options & Derivatives
This course investigates financial innovations in the security market. It extensively analyzes futures and forward contracts, options, and swaps. It examines the valuation of these contracts and their use as dynamic hedging instruments, the role of secondary mortgage market, and the various derivative mortgage products in the context of asset-backed lending.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Creating & Managing Value
This course analyzes the decisions that companies must confront when they are generating and managing the value of the firm. Topics will include investments in new projects, debt financing, capital structure, mergers, acquisitions, and the sale of companies.
Academic Supervisor: Kao Kveng Hong
Financial Performance Evaluation
This course explains the ratios that can be useful in measuring and monitoring financial performance in conjunction with a set of financial statements. It provides a clear and concise overview of specific ratios that are used to measure liquidity, asset management, profitability, leverage, market value ratios, and comparative analysis.
Academic Supervisor: Mario V. González Fuentes
Financial Strategic Planning
This course outlines the process for effective financial planning, including where to start, what types of budgets to prepare, and how to turn planning into a value-added activity. The objective of the course is to provide guidance for the user on financial strategic planning.
Academic Supervisor: George Iatridis
Investment Strategies
This course deals with the theory and practice of portfolio management. Topics includes alternative techniques for designing investment portfolios and the criteria for revision and performance evaluation. It also discusses portfolio insurance, the use of options and futures markets, and international topics, ethics, and social issues affected by investment strategies.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
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Financial Science Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AEF - Association d'Économie Financière
AESF - Association d’Études Sociales de la Finance
AFA - American Finance Association
AFEA - African Finance and Economic Association
AFGF - Association Française de la Gestion Financière
ALIDE - Asociación Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarrollo
ASSET - Asociación Española de Financieros de Empresa
BAFA - British Accounting and Finance Association
CDFA - Community Development Finance Association
EEFA - European Economics and Finance Society
EFA - Eastern Finance Association
EFA - European Finance Association
FCIB - Association of Executives in Finance, Credit and International Business
FDSA - Financial Data Science Association
IBEFA - International Banking, Economics and Finance Association
IEFS - International Economics and Finance Society
IT&FA - International Trade and Finance Association
RACEF - Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras
SBFin - Sociedade Brasileira de Finanças
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Admission requirements - Financial Science
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Financial Science Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Financial Science Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Financial Science Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
