Course Overview

This program is designed to equip learners with skills to identify, analyse and solve problems in the finance discipline primarily using techniques of original academic research. The programme incorporates rigorous coursework and research culminating in the production of a doctoral thesis. The program encompasses a variety of formal and informal interactions with faculty and aims to enable students develop competencies in the theory, practice, and research methodology essential to the advancement of the finance discipline. Students are expected to apply this knowledge in responding to financial policy and financial challenges in diverse practice settings. The program’s knowledge dissemination approach is meant to nurture curiosity, a heuristic exploration of new knowledge, and critical thinking. In this regard the program learning philosophy encourages discourse that leads to meaningful insights of financial knowledge and pose thoughtful questions that reinforce or challenge ideas. The students will, therefore, be expected to critique literature, present concept papers during departmental seminars, participate in training workshops, prepare papers for publication in peer refereed journals, and develop hands-on data analysis experience using advanced statistical techniques. Students will further be required to participate in professional development workshops and conferences organized internally by the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting as well as local and international ones.

Who Can Join

To be eligible for admission into this programme an applicant must meet the following requirements:

Duration & Structure Of The Programme

The minimum duration for completing the PhD (Finance) program is three calendar years while the maximum is six calendar years.

Mode of Delivery of The Programme

This program incorporates both coursework and research. Coursework requires face-to-face student-lecturer interaction, and both are required have physical presence in the assigned classrooms for teaching and learning to take place. In. the course work component of the program, students will cover eight core courses and 2 elective courses for a total of ten courses. The courses will be covered through the following approaches:

The mode of delivery includes face-to-face and online engagement through the institutional Learning Management system. The latter will be used in delivery and submission of assignments, as well as access to learning and refer

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