Postgraduate Course: Financial Services and Related Skills (LAWS11249)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To develop knowledge and understanding of the provision and regulation of financial services in a legal context, and (ii) to develop knowledge and understanding of the content and interpretation of accounts, including the regulatory framework of Solicitors' Accounts |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Financial Services & Related Skills | 3:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Financial Services & Related Skills | 3:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:-
o Understand the need for financial awareness and expertise
o Understand the purpose of the main areas of financial advice for companies and individuals
o Demonstrate an understanding of the global economic environment
o Explain and discuss the various forms of financial services available for clients: deposit-based, fixed interest and equity investments
o Explain and discuss the various forms of financial services available for clients: collective investment, insurance for protection and life assurance, derivatives
o Explain and discuss the various forms of financial services available for clients: mortgages
o Understand loan finance
o Explain and discuss the various forms of financial services available for clients: pensions
o Understand the process of giving financial advice to companies and individuals: tax elements
o Understand the principles a set of company accounts
o Demonstrate an ability to and practice of tax planning as it relates to private clients
o FSA
o Analyze and understand compare sets of accounts by using ratios
o Demonstrate Professional communication
o Demonstrate Team working (Investment exercise)
o Practice file and risk management
o Undertake Transactional research: the need to complete a full fact-find
o Understand the Client-Solicitor relationship
o Understand the Regulatory framework and professional standards, including guidance by the Law Society of Scotland
o Interviewing
o Demonstrate Writing and drafting
o Demonstrate Negotiation |
Assessment Information
Classwork - 100% if individual standard of 50% achieved across assignments/both parts
Failure to achieve this - Examination - 100%
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Caroline Colliston
Tel: (0131 6)50 6301
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Course secretary | Ms Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
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