Develop analytical skills relevant to careers related to investment, corporate finance, and financial services. Global employers highly value advanced analytical skills in finance and economics. Gain the skills you need to pursue a successful career with a financial institution, consultancy firm, government department or international agency. Our Finance, Investments and Economics masters degree will provide you with a thorough training in areas including finance and investment, corporate finance and financial policy. Our suite of finance Masters programmes is uniquely multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. They bring together expertise from the School for Business and Society, the Department of Mathematics, and the Department of Economics and Related Studies. Discover our refocused syllabus introducing contemporary tools, methods and approaches to tackle applied, professional and academic challenges in accounting and finance. At the University of York we offer a number of different courses as part of our finance suite, including general, focused and specialised programmes. Learn more about our range of finance Masters offered at York. Learning outcomes Every course at York is built on a distinctive set of learning outcomes. These will give you a clear understanding of what you will be able to accomplish at the end of the course and help you explain what you can offer employers. Our academics identify the knowledge, skills, and experiences you'll need upon graduation and then design the course to get you there. Learning outcomes for this course Display a systematic and critical understanding of the behaviour and operations of the economy, financial markets and financial institutions, and the interactions between the real and financial economies Explain the methods of logical and mathematical reasoning used by economists and finance professionals to assess and manage risk, price financial assets and make financial and economic decisions Demonstrate a detailed understanding of the techniques of economics and finance and the ability to use them, by formulating rigorous and well-reasoned analysis of analytical problems.