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Postgraduate Course: Financial Services and Related Skills (LAWS11249)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits15 ECTS Credits7.5
SummaryTo 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
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2)
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 1, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 28, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 28, External Visit Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 39 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Classwork - 100% if individual standard of 60% achieved across assignments/both parts

Failure to achieve this - Examination - 100%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Financial Services and Related Skills3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)3:00
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
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Laura McBrien
Tel:
Email: Laura.mcbrien@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk
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