The Banking and Finance programme is designed to provide an academic foundation and practical training for persons working in the banking and financial services sector or who are interested in a career in the sector. In addition to the core content areas of accounting, financial management, corporate finance, credit analysis, risk management, trust and wealth management, international markets and foreign trade and regulatory framework of the sector, learners will have the option to pursue specialized courses. These will include lending and mortgage underwriting; law for banking and finance; and compliance and corporate governance. The assessment structure is practice driven and will include an emphasis on case studies that simulate the practical work environment, and project submissions that involve research on issues encountered as part of the daily activities in the sector. Practitioners in the field will be recruited to facilitate the courses.

Learners who take this option will be exposed to the theoretical background and practical knowledge and skills needed to commence a career in the banking and financial services sector or advance their career options. Investment analysts, portfolio managers, loans officers, underwriters and other loan servicing and banking professionals will benefit from this programme.

Applicants should meet normal or lower matriculation AND have an acceptable pass in CXC-CSEC (General Proficiency) Mathematics or its equivalent.

An acceptable pass in English A in an examination of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC-CSEC), or an acceptable equivalent AND one of the following minimum qualifications:

 1.     Holders of CXC-CSEC Certificates, General Certificates of Education (GCE) (or the approved

        equivalents) who satisfy either Scheme A or Scheme B as stated below: 

              Scheme A: They possess FIVE (5) subjects of which at least TWO (2) must be GCE

              Advanced  Level (‘A’ Level)* passes, while the remainder may be acceptable passes

              in the CXC-CSEC or GCE ‘O’ Level examinations. 

              Scheme B: They possess passes in FOUR (4) subjects of which at least THREE must

              be GCE ‘A’ Level** passes, while the fourth may be an acceptable pass in the

              CXC-CSEC or GCE ‘O’ Level examinations.

2.      Holders of Certificates and Diplomas awarded by this University

3.      Holders of an Associate Degree from the UWI, or from approved Caribbean tertiary level

         institutions with a minimum GPA of 2.5 

         *        Candidates who have passed two two-unit courses in a particular subject area fall

                   within the two ‘A’ Level matriculation standard (Reference Scheme A). 

         **      Six CAPE units, including the two single-unit courses – Caribbean Studies and

                  Communication Studies will be accepted under normal matriculation

                  (Reference Scheme B)

Lower Level

The following are eligible for lower level matriculation for admission to degree programmes:

1.           Holders of five (5) CXC-CSEC or GCE ‘O’ Level passes or equivalent, not necessarily

               obtained at the same sitting, as follows:

              (i)          English (A), and

              (ii)         Mathematics or a foreign language, or an approved science (not Health Science), or

                            additional Mathematics or Geography

              (iii)        Three (3) other approved subjects not already counted above. 

2.           Persons over the age of 21, who have been out of school for at least five years, on the basis

              of their overall academic and professional attainments. 

3.           Holders of one of the approved certificates from the School of Continuing Studies with an

              acceptable pass in English Language

NOTE:  The same subject cannot be counted at both CXC-CSEC General Proficiency and GCE ‘O’ Level.

OOL1001     Orientation to Online

IYRS1001    Improving your Reading Skills

IYSS1001    Improving your Study Skills

IYMS1001    Improving your Math Skills (if applicable)

ECON0001  Remedial Mathematics (if applicable)

Details will be available soon!