MSc in Risk and Finance

Programme code: TMRIFI

Department: Finance

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Student must take courses to the value of four full units (of which one paper includes a dissertation) as shown below.

Paper

Course number and title

1

FM403 

Management and Regulation of Risk (includes dissertation)

2

Papers to the value of one half-unit from the following list of Finance courses:

FM429

Asset Markets A (H)

FM431M

Corporate Finance A (H) or FM431L Corporate Finance A (H)

FM473M

Finance I (H) or FM473L Finance I (H)

Or any other half-unit quantitative Finance course with the permission of the programme director

3 & 4

Papers to the value of two and a half units from the following:

 

AC412

Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H)

AC444

Valuation and Security Analysis (H)

AC470

Accounting in the Global Economy (H)

FM402

Financial Risk Analysis (H)

FM404

Forecasting Financial Time Series (H) *

FM412

Quantitative Security Analysis (H)

FM413

Fixed Income Markets (H)

FM421

Applied Corporate Finance (H)

FM429

Asset Markets A (H) (if not taken under Paper 2)

FM430

Corporate Finance and Asset Markets

FM431M

 Corporate Finance A (H) or FM431L Corporate Finance A (H) (if not taken under Paper 2)

FM442

Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (H) *

FM445

Portfolio Management (H)

FM472

International Finance (H)

FM473M

Finance I (H) or FM473L Finance I (H) (if not taken under Paper 2)

FM476

Entrepreneurial Finance (H)

GY420

Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy

GY455

Economic Appraisal and Valuation (H)

GY462

Real Estate Finance (H)

GY465

Concepts in Environmental Regulation (H)

GY475

Issues in Environmental Governance (H)

 

LL4BE

Principles of Financial Regulation (H) (not available 2017/18)

LL4BF

International Financial Regulation (H)

LL4BK

Corporate Crime (H)

LL4BL

Financial Crime (H)

LL4BX

Corporate Governance - Advanced Topics (H) (not available 2017/18)

MG455

Consumer Insights II: Judgement and Decision Making (H) (not available 2017/18)

MG4A8

Strategy for the Information Economy (H)

MG4B9

The World Trading System (H)

PH425

Business and Organisational Ethics (H)

SO425

Regulation, Risk and Economic Life

SO469

Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (H)

ST409

Stochastic Processes (H)

Any other paper with the approval of the Programme Director

Notes

* Students taking this course can apply for a place on FM457 Applied Computational Finance, a non-assessed computer course.


Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.