Journey Planner MIFFT

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 (optional)

Academic Prep courses: Core Course: Electives. 18 courses, 26 streams to

Preparatory Accounting Purpose of Finance choose from (approx).
Data Analytics for Finance
Complete 7-10 electives across your programme (inclusive of electives you Global Opportunities; GBE, block
Core Courses: take in the 4th term). 32 courses, 78 streams to choose from (approx). week exchange or full time
Corporate Finance international exchange opportunity
Financial Accounting & Analysis Global Opportunities; block week exchange opportunity available available
Investments
Personal Assessment & Development Programme 1 Professional Development courses:
You can pick from courses such as:
1 Professional Development course in Presentation • Coaching as a Leader • The Inspirational Leader
Skills. • Effective Business Writing • Leading Through Conflict
• Effective Time Management • Personal Impact
• Influencing and Persuading

Summer break or Internship

Practitioner Courses (terms and courses to be confirmed but the below are likely to be available in 2017/18)
• Advanced Financial Modelling • Corporate Finance • Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business of Asset Management • Financial Modelling • Regulations
• CFO • Introduction to Data Science • Risk Management

Events • Orientation • Finance@Work • Up Close with Faculty

• Away Day • Up Close with Faculty • Finance@Work
• Welcome BBQ • Spring Party • Christmas Party
• Up Close with Faculty • MIF Sponsored Sundowners
• Finance@Work • Final Dinner (July)
• Christmas Party • Congregation (July)

Careers • Career Centre sessions • Corporate Partners Week
• Autumn Recruitment Evening • Internship Recruitment
• Career Coaching sessions (including CV’s, Cover • Full Time Job Recruitment
Letters and Interview Practice) • Career Coaching sessions
(including CV’s, Cover Letters &
Interview Practice)
• Spring Industry Careers Fair
• Spring into Action • Autumn Recruitment Evening
• Career Coaching sessions • Career Coaching sessions
(including CV’s, Cover Letters & (including CV’s, Cover Letters &
Interview Practice) Interview Practice)
• Summer Recruitment Evening

Student • Flat hunters pub crawl • Tattoo • MBAT • LBS Stock Pitch Competition
Association • LBS Stock Pitch Competition • Private Equity Conference • Global Leadership Summit • Treasure Hunt
events* • Clubs Fair • Women in Business Conference • Summer Ball/Disorientation • Santa Pub Crawl
• Treasure Hunt • Asset Management Conference • SA Student Awards
*This is a • Santa Pub Crawl
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Prep Courses:
Data Analytics for Finance (prep course): This course provides the statistical foundations to enable you to understand topics such as market risk, sampling errors and forecasting, which are
encountered later in the programme.

Preparatory Accounting (prep course): This course furnishes students with a background for the financial reporting process. The aim is to build an appreciation of the production process that is
sufficiently detailed to give students the ability to successfully analyse a relatively complex set of financial statements.

Core Courses and Requirements:

Financial Accounting and Analysis (core course): Analyse financial information and judge a firm’s prospects based on performance, patterns in their financial statements, profit drivers, assets
and obligations.

Investments (core course): Learn frameworks for financial decision making through an understanding of principles and practice of financial management. Topics include advanced theories in the
valuation of investments, management of portfolios and risk management strategies.

Corporate Finance (core course): Understand the corporate investment and financing decisions of different companies through project appraisal and firm valuation, financial structure and pay-out
policy.

Personal Assessment and Development Programme (core course): Develop the skills and attributes you need to succeed in a global business environment. Various tools including NEO
personality tests and a 360 survey, gives you awareness of your strengths and areas for development.

Purpose of Finance (core course): Understand the private and public benefit which the finance industry delivers, whether it serves that purpose well, how the techniques learned on the MiF can
help the industry in fulfilling its purpose, and what other, complimentary disciplines students might need to use when applying the skills they have learned.

Professional Development Courses (core requirement): During your programme you need to complete two Professional Development Courses. These are half day sessions. The first course will
be on Presentation Skills which will take place during the Autumn term. You can choose which course you do from the list on the previous page and these will take place in Spring and Summer.

Electives (core requirement): Tailor your learning to meet your career ambitions. You need to complete 7-10 electives and can choose electives from our three main subject areas; Accounting,
Finance and Economics. There are also a few electives available from Management Science & Operations and Strategy & Entrepreneurship Subject Areas.

• Accounting Subject Area: Accounting is the language of business and an understanding of accounting and an ability to interpret and analyse financial statements is a basic skill that everyone in
business should possess. Electives in financial accounting will provide you with the ability to understand and analyse the financial performance of firms based on interpreting the data contained
in their financial statements.
• Finance Subject Area: Finance is at the core of any business, simply because any business needs funds to start or expand, and it is critical to understand the relation between risk and return.
Hence, understanding finance is of critical importance for any business manager.
• Economics Subject Area: Economics offers a range of electives which are essentially aimed at improving decision making. The electives provide a set of tools with which to analyse a variety of
business problems and better understand data and evidence. As recent events have shown all too clearly, the economy is a major determinant of corporate and financial success and
understanding how these forces evolve going forward is a key business skill.

We will give you more information about what you can chose and the process in September 2017. We will present your 4th term options in December 2017. If you take the 4 th term, the maximum
number of credits you can complete during your whole programme will be 10.

Global Opportunities (optional): We have a number of opportunities on the MIF Programme. We have a Global Business Experience which has been immersive one week trip (previously to Boston
and New York), a block week exchange opportunity to Columbia and a full time exchange programme. The full time exchange programme gives you the opportunity to study abroad during your 4 th
term. The courses you do on exchange count towards your electives credits. We will present you with more information and the process for all of these options in November 2017.

Practitioner Courses (optional): these practitioner courses will link your elective and core academic learning to real-life applications. The courses will equip you with relevant tools and insights
relating to your certain interest areas. These will take place over the course of your programme and we’ll give you information and sign up details well in advance.
Events
Orientation: Orientation provides a great introduction to life at London Business School during which you will be introduced to your fellow students, study group, staff and
some faculty. It is a full week of activities and there will be mix of presentations, class, social events and an Away Day. Attendance during Orientation week is compulsory for
all students.

Away Day: The away day will consist of team-building exercises at an external venue. The programme includes a mixture of indoor, workshop style activities and outdoor
activities that allow you to get to know your study group and work towards establishing some ground rules for working together during your programme.

Up Close with Faculty: London Business School is recognised globally for its leading research faculty who sit on company boards, advise governments, industry bodies, work
with small dynamic new ventures, major consultancies, multinational companies and government think tanks. Through the Up Close with Faculty series, you will have the
opportunity to have an private dinner with a key faculty member who will give exclusive insights into what they are doing in the financial sector and their research.

Finance@Work: The Finance@Work events provide you with the opportunity to hear from a panel of Masters in Finance alumni, practitioners and faculty who will share their
experiences and talk about current topics in specific financial sectors. This is followed by networking with alumni, sector specialists from select school clubs and executive
education participants.

Social events: there are a number of social events that the MIF Programme Office organises throughout the Programme. These will include:
• In mid September, the MIF Programme Office are organises a MIF Welcome BBQ for you, your partners and children. We also invite Alumni to this event so it is a great
chance to start meeting some previous students!
• A Christmas Party which will be at the end of your Autumn term here on campus. We provide music, food and drink and a chance to mingle with your current classmates.
• We sponsor Sundowners in the Spring term. Sundowners is our weekly watering hole in the Nash Lounge, wine, beer and soft drinks are provided free of charge to
everyone who attends
• There is also a spring party where we hire a space off campus and party until the early hours. We’ve previously been to Tanner Warehouse, BEAT and Bounce.
• Final Dinner: This will be a chance to formally celebrate the end of your programme with all the graduating students. This is a formal three course meal where we celebrate
everything you have achieved since you started as a MIF student. We’ve previously held this at Kensington Roof Gardens and Madame Tussauds.
• Congregation is your formal graduation ceremony, normally taking place at Royal Festival Hall, where you can invite your family and friends. A celebratory Garden Party
back at LBS will follow the graduation ceremony. This normally takes place on a Thursday or a Friday in mid-July.

Career Centre
Career Centre is a comprehensive in-house resource that will help you fulfil your next career step. We have thousands of employer relationships, an excellent job board and an
information portal with lots of sector insights, including employer profiles and sample job descriptions. We are a team of dedicated professionals who have significant business,
recruitment and coaching experience. Our role is to listen, advise and guide which, combined with your own preparation, research and focus, will help you achieve your career
goals. What you see on the first slide gives you just a few ideas of what we provide and how we can help you.

Student Association
How do you define the Student Association of The London Business School? Simple. The SA is YOU, and every other student on campus. It is the organization that represents
and coordinates student activities and interests throughout the school. Students Clubs are the heart and soul of London Business School experience. An integral part of the SA,
our Clubs provide a vibrant, collective and fun community to suit the needs of our diverse and international student body. Whether you are interested in career, cultural or
sports clubs, there is always more going on than you could ever have time for. Clubs provide students with an opportunity to explore areas of interest and provide important
networks to alumni and the wider community. Again, this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is on offer.