Topic outline

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  • Year 1

    Semester A

    Four compulsory modules:

    • BUS170 Introduction to Accounting and Finance
    • MTH4113 Numbers, Sets and Functions
    • MTH4400 Applied Calculus
    • MTH4600 Applied Probability & Statistics

    Semester B

    Four compulsory modules:

    • BUS137 Economics for Business Management
    • MTH4115 Vectors and Matrices
    • MTH4400 Applied Calculus (continued)
    • MTH4600 Applied Probability & Statistics (continued)

  • Year 2

    Semester A

    Three compulsory modules:

    • BUS283 Financial Markets and Securities
    • MTH5129 Probability and Statistics II
    • MTH5212 Applied Linear Algebra

    Choose one module from:

    • MTH5123 Differential Equations
    • MTH5124 Actuarial Mathematics I
    • MTH4000 Programming in Python I

    Semester B

    Two compulsory modules:

    • BUS282 Financial and Management Accounting
    • MTH5120 Statistical Modelling I

    Choose two from:

    • MTH5005 Programming in Python II*
    • MTH5103 Complex Variables
    • MTH5115 Linear Optimisation and Game Theory (previously called MTH5114 Linear Programming and Games)
    • MTH5126 Statistics for Insurance

    * Before taking MTH5005 you must have taken MTH4000.

    Year-long

    One compulsory module:

    • MTH5205 Professional Skills for Mathematicians (0 credits)

    Off-pathway modules

    Modules outside this pathway (normally a maximum of 15 credits) may be taken with School approval. Permission to select off-pathway modules will not be granted until the timetable is finalised in September 2024.

  • Year 3

    Semester A

    Three compulsory modules:

    • BUS341 Corporate Financial Management
    • MTH6141 Random Processes
    • MTH6154 Financial Mathematics I

    Choose one module from:

    • MTH6102 Bayesian Statistical Methods
    • MTH6134 Statistical Modelling II
    • MTH6138 Third Year Project (may be taken in either semester)*

    Semester B

    One compulsory module:

    • BUS381 Advanced Financial and Management Accounting

    Choose three modules from the following list including at least one of MTH6155 and MTH6113:

    • MTH6101 Introduction to Machine Learning
    • MTH6110 Communicating and Teaching Mathematics (by approval in semester A)**
    • MTH6113 Mathematical Tools for Asset Management
    • MTH6138 Third Year Project (may be taken in either semester)*
    • MTH6139 Time Series
    • MTH6150 Numerical Computing with C and C++
    • MTH6155 Financial Mathematics II

    Off-pathway modules

    Modules outside this pathway (normally a maximum of 15 credits) may be taken with School approval. Permission to select off-pathway modules will not be granted until the timetable is finalised in September 2024. Off-pathway Level 4 or 5 modules will not be permitted.

  • Further information

    • Module Directory URL

      For further information on modules that can be taken for your programme, please look at the Module Directory here.

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