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BSc in Finance

Programme Code: UBFI

Department: Finance

For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year Classification Scheme for BA/BSc degrees from the 2018/19 academic year.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

LSE100

LSE100 is a half unit taken by all students, running across Autumn and Winter Terms in the first year. The course provides one of the marks that is eligible to be included in the calculation of the First Year Average for purposes of classification.

Students will choose ONE of the three half-unit options below:

LSE100A The LSE Course: How can we transform our climate futures? (0.5)

LSE100B The LSE Course: How can we control AI? (0.5)

LSE100C The LSE Course: How can we create a fair society? (0.5)

Year 1

Paper 1

FM100 Introduction to Finance for BSc in Finance (0.5)

 

And either:

 

AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5) or

 

ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5) #

Paper 2

EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5) # and EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

Paper 3

ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0) #

Paper 4

MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0) #

Year 2

Paper 5

FM213 Principles of Finance (1.0) # A  (withdrawn 2024/25)

Paper 6

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) # 1

 

And either:

 

ST115 Managing and Visualising Data (0.5) #

 

OR one 0.5 unit course from the following:

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Paper 7

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) # and EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) #

Paper 8

FM200 Financial Systems and Crises (0.5) and FM201 Macro-Finance (0.5)

Year 3

Paper 9

FM301 Market Anomalies and Asset Management (0.5) # and FM302 Theories of Corporate Finance (0.5) #

Paper 10

FM321 Risk Management and Modelling (0.5) # and FM322 Derivatives (0.5) #

Paper 11

FM304 Applied Corporate Finance (0.5) # and FM305 Advanced Financial Economics (0.5) #

Paper 12

EITHER:

 

ST310 Machine Learning (0.5) # and ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) #

 

OR

 

ST310 Machine Learning (0.5) #

 

and courses to the value of 0.5 units from the following:

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

 

OR

 

ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) #

 

and courses to the value of 0.5 units from the following:

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

 

OR

Courses to the value of 1.0 units from the following: B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

1 : Before taking EC2A3 you must take EC1A3

Footnotes

A : Students must have completed: EC1A3, EC1B3, MA100 and ST102.

B : Courses selected from the Undergraduate Outside Options List must be approved.

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