BSc Finance and Mathematics
Colchester, United Kingdom
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English
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Full time
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Introduction
BSc Finance and Mathematics
Through developing expert abilities in mathematics and discovering how these can be applied to financial situations, you will improve your capacity to make successful financial decisions and understand how you can turn risk into opportunity.
Our BSc Finance and Mathematics course offers you modules in mathematics, accounting, economics and actuarial science. Our business-focused course equips you with the knowledge and skills that are in demand by employers, and in particular in financial markets or corporate careers that involve financial decision-making and problem-solving.
You gain a thorough grounding in both finance and mathematics, investigating topics including:
- Corporate finance
- Portfolio management
- Applying mathematical, statistical and probabilistic techniques
- Programming and computation in languages such as Matlab and R
- Micro- and macro-economics
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Curriculum
Year 1
- Introduction to Finance
- Introduction to Economics
- Calculus
- Statistics I
- Matrices and Complex Numbers
- Mathematical and Computational Modelling
- Mathematics Careers and Employability
Year 2
- Quantitative Foundations of Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Portfolio Analysis
- Microeconomics (Intermediate)
- Ordinary Differential Equations
- Statistics II
- Survival Analysis
- Mathematics Careers and Employability
Final Year
- The Pricing of Securities in Financial Markets
- Mathematics of Portfolios
- Mathematics Careers and Employability
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Career Opportunities
Clear thinkers are required in every profession, so the successful mathematician has an extensive choice of potential careers.
Our graduates are highly employable in a wide range of places, working in business, pharmaceutical industries, banking and computing among others. The Council for Mathematical Sciences offers further information on careers in mathematics.
Recent graduates from our BSc Finance and Mathematics have found employment as:
- Chartered accountants
- Investment consultants
- Accounts technicians
- Stock lending analysts
Program delivery
BSc Finance and Mathematics: 3 years
BSc Finance and Mathematics (Including Year Abroad): 4 years
BSc Finance and Mathematics (Including Placement Year): 4 years