MSc in Statistics (Financial Statistics)

Academic-year programme. Students take three compulsory courses (two units) and options to the value of two units.

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Course number and title 

1

ST425

Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation

2

ST436

Financial Statistics (H)

3

ST422

Time Series (H)

4

Courses to the value of two full units from the following*:

 

ST405

Multivariate Methods (H)

ST409

Stochastic Processes (H)

ST411

Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (H)

ST416

Multilevel Modelling (H)

ST418

Non-linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (H) (n/a 14/15)

ST421

Developments in Statistical Methods (H)

ST426

Applied Stochastic Processes (H)

ST427

Insurance Mathematics (H)

ST429

Probabilistic Methods in Risk Management and Insurance (H)

ST433

Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance (H)

ST435

Advanced Probability Theory (H)

ST439

Stochastics for Derivatives Modelling (H)

ST440

Recent Developments in Finance and Insurance (H)

ST441

Introduction to Markov Processes and Their Applications (H)

ST442

Longitudinal Data Analysis (H)

EC484

Econometric Analysis

FM402

Financial Risk Analysis (H)

FM404

Forecasting Financial Time Series (H)

FM413

Fixed Income Markets (H)

FM429

Asset Markets A (H)

FM441

Derivatives (H)

MA407

Algorithms and Computation (H)

MA415

The Mathematics of the Black and Scholes Theory (H)

MA416

The Foundations of Interest Rate and Credit Risk Theory (H)

MA420

Quantifying Risk Modelling and Alternative Markets (H)

MY456

Survey Methodology (H) (n/a 14/15)

MY457

Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (H)

MY459

Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Advanced Regression Modelling (H)

OR406

Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms (H)

 

Other courses with the permission of the Programme Director

Notes:

*Students cannot take more than one full unit of non-ST or non-MY prefixed courses.