Financial Technology MSc
Fintech Pathways Project: Industry Pathway BUS5024P
- Academic Session: 2021-22
- School: Adam Smith Business School
- Credits: 60
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Summer
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Available to Erasmus Students: No
Short Description
The Fintech Pathways Project offers three routes (start-up, research and industry) for students to synthesise, experiment with and apply their knowledge and expertise in financial technologies. The industry pathway involves students being placed within a fintech-focussed company where they will be set a fintech business challenge.
Timetable
Industry Pathway: Approximately 6 weeks industry placement followed by a portfolio writing up period (approx. 1 month).
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
ILO being assessed
Course Aims
The Fintech Pathways Project is a capstone module that enables students to apply the diverse knowledge and skills gained through the MSc Financial Technology program to real-world problems. The aim is for students to navigate the hard and soft skills required to understand a challenging technological problem, complete an industry challenge, or to create a fintech innovation. Specifically, the aims of each pathway are:
Research Pathway: for students to analyse and synthesise cutting-edge fintech literature to solve a real-world or conceptual challenge.
Industry Pathway: to socialise students into a corporate fintech setting and enable them to work on a live business problem, applying their expertise to develop an adoptable solution.
Start-up Pathway: to go through a rapid incubation process that supports students in the development, testing and pitching of a fintech idea.
The specific focus of this proposal is the industry pathway.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. Provide a convincing argument that conveys to the audience in an appropriate way their solution to a fintech challenge.
2. Incorporate sufficient appropriate evidence in their evaluation of and argument for a fintech solution.
3. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of a financial technology and justify why its application is more effective than alternative technologies.
4. To show how a financial technology can be integrated and applied to solve a live business challenge.
5. To accept negative feedback and respond in a positive and constructive manner.
6. To manage relationships with key organisational stakeholders
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.