6 ECTS credits
170 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4017072FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students must have taken ‘Financial Markets and Institutions’, before they can enroll in this course.
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business
Educational team
Freddy Van Den Spiegel (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
118 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

1. Introduction to banking;
2. Central banking and bank regulation;
3. Bank Management.

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Introduction to banking, B. Casu, C. Girardone, P. Molyneux, 2de, Prentice Hall, 9781292240336, 2021
Additional info

Teaching Methods

- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

REGULAR STUDENTS AND WORKING STUDENTS

Lecture: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours)

Practical: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours)

  • case studies

Self: 118 hours

  • keeping up with the course material during the semester, amounting to 2 hours per lecture: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours)
  • preparation case studies, amounting to 2 hours per practical: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours)
  • intensively following up on the news and financial reporting, amounting to 2 hours per week: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours)
  • preparation exam: 40 hours (5 days of 8 hours)
Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The banking sector is going through a fundamental transition process. Technology, liberalisation of capital markets and globalisation of the world economy change fundamentally the environment in which financial intermediaries operate. This process of change is even more fundamental within the European Union, where the single currency and the political goal of financial integration push banks even stronger towards cross border strategies. The course will give an overview of the new environment for banks, and its consequences on bank organisations, products and strategies.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: With written preparation

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Business Economics: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of International Business: Standaard traject
Master of Business Engineering: Business and Technology: Standaard traject
Master of Teaching in Economics: standaard traject (90 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)