Financial Mathematics : MSci Hons : GN1H

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Core

• Calculus
• Convergence and Continuity
• Discrete Mathematics
• Further Calculus
• Geometry and Calculus
• Integration and Differentiation
• Introduction to Accounting and Finance
• Linear Algebra
• Numbers and Relations
• Probability
• Statistics

Core

• Advanced Principles of Finance
• Further Topics in Economics for Managers
• Introduction to Economics for Managers
• Probability II
• Real Analysis
• Statistics II

Optional

• Principles of Finance

Core

• Likelihood Inference
• Probability Theory

Optional

• Bayesian Inference
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Markets
• International Financial and Risk Management
• Investments
• Medical Statistics: study design and data analysis
• Quantitative Finance
• Statistical Models
• Stochastic Processes
• Time series analysis

Core

• Derivatives Pricing
• Optimisation
• Spreadsheet Modelling for Quantitative Finance

Optional

• Assessing Financial Risk: Extreme Value Methods
• Bayesian Inference
• Behavioural Finance
• Clinical Trials
• Computer Intensive Methods
• Dissertation
• Financial Econometrics
• Forecasting
• Generalised Linear Models
• Industrial Dissertation
• International Money and Banking
• International Money and Finance
• Introduction to Intelligent Data Analysis (Data Mining)
• Lebesgue Integration
• Longitudinal Data Analysis
• Mathematics Dissertation
• Microeconomics for Money, Banking and Finance
• Principles of Epidemiology
• Statistics Dissertation
• Stochastic Processes

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.