FIN-40047 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module introduces students to the risks faced by banks. It examines risks from different angles and also considers the cultural environment in which banks operate in. It explores risk in some depth both from a qualitative perspective and a quantitative perspective. It also considers the in-depth calculations that need to be performed by banks to meet their regulatory risk management requirements.

This module aims to introduce students to the techniques of bank risk management from different perspectives so that they understand the key requirement of risk management as a process in successfully running and managing banks.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically analyse the economic factors that influence banking activities and their resulting impact on bank risk management: 1,2
critically assess the impact of the recent banking crisis on bank risk and the resulting insights into the successes and failure of the risk management process: 1,2
demonstrate and different qualitative approaches to bank risk management and the assess the ways in which banks manage a range of key risks: 1,2
critically assess the ways in which best practice in risk management could be applied to build and embed an effective risk culture: 1,2
demonstrate critical insight into the information required to assess new business and the risks associated with lending to new customers: 1,2
assess the creditworthiness of businesses subject to economic, market and sector wide consideration: 1,2

Study hours

20 hours lectures
4 hours tutorials
126 hours independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment