MSc/PgDip International Corporate Finance

The course will be delivered using two three-day intensive blocks per module. Each module will be completed within six weeks. 

Lectures and tutorials serve as the principal teaching method. Lectures are mainly content orientated. Tutorials serve as an opportunity to reflect on the lecture material and generally assist the learning process through discussion and group work.

The dissertation elements offer a further opportunity for you to apply your knowledge and skills in a less structured environment.

Taught modules which are delivered during semester 1 will adopt the conventional pattern of lecture and seminar to instil a learning framework and will use examinations, multiple choice tests and course work for assessing your performance. Modules taught during semester 2 will tend to adopt a more problem-based learning approach to learning and assessment.

Assessment

Assessment strategy consists of:

• Examinations involving discursive essay topics, problem case studies, or a combination
• Continuous assessment through assignments, small scale problems solving and multiple choice exercises
• Group and individual project work, including elements of the dissertation
• Personal portfolio development through log-books.

Staff Profile

Dr Jia Liu

Jia is a senior lecturer in finance. She is the course co-ordinator of MSc Banking and Finance courses and the course leader of MSc International Corporate Finance. She obtained her PhD in Economics (Birmingham), Hons and MSc in International Business (UIBE, Beijing), and PgCert in Higher Education (Salford).

She is an Executive Committee member of The British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA), and the Chair of the Executive Committee of the BAFA Northern Region. She also holds memberships in various academic associations.

She researches in mainstream finance and accounting, with focus on corporate finance and governance, and market-based accounting research. She has forged interdisciplinary links with economics, organisations, society and human wellbeing. She considers the social impact of her research on small, large, domestic, global, private, public, profit and not-for-profit organisations in developed and emerging economies.

She has published referred papers in international journals, for example, International Journal of Economics of Business, and is an invited reviewer for 3* and 4* journals, such as the British Journal of Management. She has also organised conferences, for example the British Accounting and Finance Association NAG Annual Conference, and special sessions and symposiums for the conferences.

Her teaching responsibilities include the modules:

• Accounting and Finance
• Corporate Financial Strategies  

Please visit the website for the profiles of our teaching team. http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/research/accounting-finance/.