Here you can find information regarding the undergraduate financial risk management programme offered in the department.
See the Faculty Calendar (Yearbook) here for a more detailed description of the various modules.
See the Faculty Calendar (Yearbook) here for detail of the admission requirements.
Persons with training in Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics and Financial Mathematics, are employed by the financial institutions as quantitative analysts, financial risk managers, investment analysts, portfolio managers and in the structuring of financial instruments. This training gives students the necessary background for building a stimulating and financially rewarding career in conventional financial (and emerging FinTech) sectors.
| Compulsory Modules | |
|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | 112 | 8 credits |
| Probability Theory and Statistics | 144 | 16 credits |
| Mathematics | 114 | 16 credits 144 | 16 credits |
| Plus | |
|---|---|
| Business Management | 113 | 12 credits 142 | 6 credits |
| Economics | 114 | 12 credits 144 | 12 credits |
| Financial Accounting | 188 | 24 credits |
| Information Systems | 112 | 6 credits |
| Or | |
|---|---|
| Computer Science | 114 | 16 credits 144 | 16 credits |
| Economics | 114 | 12 credits 144 | 12 credits |
| Financial Accounting | 188 | 24 credits |
Business Management 113(12) and 142(6) are taken in the second year.
| Compulsory Modules *** | |
|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | 274 | 24 credits |
| OR | |
| Financial Risk Management | 274 | 24 credits |
| Economics | 214 | 16 credits 244 | 16 credits |
| OR | |
| Financial Accounting | 288 | 32 credits |
| OR | |
| Operations Research | 214 | 16 credits 244 | 16 credits |
| Financial Risk Management | 212 | 8 credits 242 | 8 credits |
| Mathematical Statistics | 214 | 16 credits 245 | 8 credits 246 | 8 credits |
| Mathematics | 214 | 16 credits 244 | 16 credits |
*** If Computer Science 114 (16) and 144(16) are followed and passed in the first year, then Business Management 113(12) and 142(6) are compulsory.
*** Where Business Management 113(12) and/or 142(6) are listed as prerequisites, the relevant second-year modules can only be followed in the third year.
| Compulsory Modules | |
|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | 387 | 32 credits |
| Financial Risk Management | 314 | 24 credits 344 | 24 credits |
| Mathematical Statistics | 312 | 16 credits 316 | 16 credits 344 | 16 credits 364 | 16 credits |