New module structure for BSc Finance and Technology (FinTech) courses
We have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2025/26 for the Finance and Technology (FinTech) BSc.
You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us atug.applicants@sussex.ac.uk.
Course changes for our Finance and Technology (FinTech) BSc (including with a professional placement year)
The changes only apply to Year 2. Year 1 and Year 3 modules remain unchanged.
Take a closer look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course.
Year 2
| Semester | Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Databases (core) |
Databases (core) |
No change |
|
Fintech and Financial Transformation (core) |
Fintech and Financial Transformation (core) |
No change |
|
| Statistics and Introductory Econometrics (core) | Statistics and Introductory Econometrics (core) | No change | |
| Introduction to Economics (option) | Introduction to Economics (option) | No change | |
| Theory of Investments (option) | Theory of Investments (option) | No change | |
| 2 |
Applied Machine Learning (core) |
Applied Machine Learning (option) |
Becomes an option module |
|
Corporate Governance and Ethics (core) |
Corporate Governance and Ethics (core) |
No change | |
|
Computer Networks (option) |
Computer Networks (option) |
No change | |
|
Corporate and International Finance (option) |
Corporate and International Finance (option) |
No change | |
|
Principles of Banking (option) |
Principles of Banking (option) |
No change | |
|
Software Engineering (option) |
Software Engineering (core) |
Becomes a core option |
|
|
|
Introduction to Data Science (option) |
New module, which is a pre-requisite for Applied Machine Learning |