BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics

Programme Code: UBFIMAST

Department: Mathematics

For all first year students in 2017-18 

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

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Course number and title

See note

LSE100

The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

1

EC100

Economics A OR

 

EC102

Economics B §

2

MA100

Mathematical Methods

3

ST102

Elementary Statistical Theory

4

MA103

Introduction to Abstract Mathematics

Year 2

5

FM212

Principles of Finance

6

MA212

Further Mathematical Methods

7

ST202

Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference

8

MA203

Real Analysis (H) AND

 

ST213

Introduction to Pricing, Hedging and Optimization (H)

Year 3

9

FM320

Quantitative Finance

10

MA323

Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics (H) AND

 

ST326

Financial Statistics (H)

11

Two from:

 

MA321

Measure Theoretic Probability (H)

MA322

Mathematics of Finance and Valuation (H) (if ST302 is not taken)

ST300

Regression and Generalised Linear Models (H)

ST302

Stochastic Processes (H) (if MA322 is not taken)

12

Course(s) to the value of one unit subject to approval; no further FM courses are permitted.

 

Notes

§ Course allocation dependant on Economics A-level or equivalent background. See course guides for further information.

 

LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.